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= or ' FAMED % A tv m I i I £ • L h 1 C3 fioM ihrouebont th« *rorld_ Depots; T omlon. 27. Cbtfiarlio'iw tJq.: Parts. ß. Rue de la Paix- Austra lia. R. Town* & Co.. Hydney: India. B K. Paul Calcutta: China, Hoof Kon« Dru* Co.: Jr.pan. Maruya. Ltd.. Tokio; Russia. Terrain. Moscow: Bo. Africa. Lennon. Lid., tapp Town. ne.; r s.A. Poller Drus & Chem. Cor?.. Cole Props., Bostca. Peoples' Column Anorymous communications for the people's column will not be printed. Names of contributors to the column will not be printed, but must be furnished TUB EVENING JOURNAL as an evidence of goad faith on the part of the contributor. The Other Side of the Paving Question 'Editor THE EVENING JOURNAL. Dear St: Many letters Imw rooqitly (appeared in the dally (tapers strongly lOttoosing the bill formulated by the Board of Trade changing the present (method of meeting the cost of paving .the streets of .'1 ■ j-|<y ,.f Wilming ton. Most of these lottert Indicated that welters were quite unacquainted jwlth the provisions,of the bill, a fact (finite excusable because, until the (Board of Trade met in special ses sion. on Thursday, February, Eleventh, to consider the bill, it had been seen by very few people, and the daily papers had given but a brief account lof Us contents. The bill has now been approved by the Board of Directors of the Street and Sower Department, and its legal aspects hrtVe been passed upon by the City Solicitor, and, as it is a public measure of vast Importance to every property owner, it should lie given the widest publicity und most serious con sidération. I III* In considering tne bill, however, one nimt do It Justice bv cnnsldenn:, It frr.rri the broad viewpoint of public policy and not from that narrow view jot Immediate benefit or harm to any jnne individual. It Is sometimes diffi cult to forget our own special interests In any -public not, hut only in this way 'can measures affecting an entire com munlty be properly considered. The burden of all the objections set (forth in the letters so far appearing 'in print. Is. that liecause some prop iertv owners have already had the jsfreets in front of their properties ipaved at the expense of every other iproperty owner in this city. It is very (unfair now to require owners who (have had no paving to pay a larger (share for their paving. In other words because A. R. C. and Ireap any extra Immediate benefit. Im 'mediate, mind you! Because If those Iwho have written the letters objecting to the bill knew what the bill con tains they knew that. If they could only have a few years of patience. A. B. C. (and D. would also bo called upon to I pay for the paving in front of their own properties. Unfortunately street pavements, of the liest character, do not last ad infinitum, and when those which are now built require relaying: with new materials, the ahuttln<: own D. have had their streets paved at the] (public expense, all the rest (alphabet would rather have no paving at all than allow A. B. C. and D. to if the ... ers must pay one-third the cost, under the provisions of the proposed bill; so that eventually every owner city will be upon the same plane. In the meantime the cost of maintenance the annual by the Street and In the and repairs of all pavements, new or fold, is to be met from the annual (revenues received by the Street and iScwer Department. i The bill further provides that all [railroad companies occupying the beds ;of the streets shall pay the cost of so (much of the pavement as has already ! been or may hereafter lie provided for :by laws passed by the General As ■semblv or by ordinances of tho city of Wilmington. A further provision sets forth that We ask tho public In gejieral not to] call at our offices for Rameuta Oint Wient, the world's famous remedy for Eczema and all Skin Ailments, as we NOTICE have arranged with the Miller Drug Co., jz. James Belt. N. B. Danforth and T. B. Cartmell. wholesale druggists to fur nlslx all druggists. Pamcuta Ointment is a positive cure ]for Eczema, wet and dry. acute and chronic, tetter, acne, boils, pimples, salt Vheum, dandruff, ring worm, piles, scaly scalp, barber's Itch, blackheads, psor las Is, split toes, hives., Price 50c anff 31 . 00 . Testimonials and Samples Mailed on ■Request. Wawaset Drug and Chemical Company, Equitable Building, tningtoa, Del - WU when the owners of a majority of the linear feet frontage upon any street. ! section of street not less than 700 feet long, desires to have the street i paved, they may petition the Street ' and Sewer Department to have the I work done and may designate the char- 1 acter of the pavement. If the City Council provides the funds necessary to meet the portion of the cost which the city is to pay, then that street, or the section thereof shall be paved in the regular order In which the petitions are received. That is first come first | served. If. on the other hand, the Street and Sewer Department believes it necessary pavo a street, or section thereof, and the owners of a majority of the linear feet frontage protest against the pave- j ment, the department cannot go on with It except every member of the department votes to do It over the pro test. and even then It cannot be done unless the City Council provides the j necessary funds. So that the protest- , Ing property owner has two sources j of Influence against having the work ! done: one through the department, whose officers are appointed by the Mayor, and the other through his own chosen representative In Council. Again the bill provides extremely easy payments to ail, so that any one may have the benefit of a good pave ment in front of his property without the cost being p burden to him. For Instance if he lives on a 60 feet wide street, his pavement would cost him. If he paid cash, 32.52 a linear foot. and. ; if he wanted to pay in installments, j he would pay $2.62 per year if his front ' happened to be 20 feet, plus Interest on all unpaid Installments. Not a very heavy burden surely for the benefits given. Oh! but you say that is a great deal } more than A. B. C. and D. paid for i their pavement, and D.. and all the rest of us down to | Z have been for years paying the in terest, and a part of the principle, on an enormous sura of money put Into street paving, which has already amounted to more than 33-52 per year, | and yet the majority of the nlphaliet has no pavement, and under the pres ent system that majority can never get street pavement. In 1887, when the Street and Sewer Department look charge of the streets. ■ there were 78 miles of streets in the city of Wilmington opened to public 1 travel, of which 22.3 miles were paved ( with rubble atone and granite blocks. | On June 30, 1908. there were 93.3 miles of streets opened for public travel of , which 38.5 miles were paved with pave- , ment of a permanent character. (This does not Include macadam, which Is | not usually considered a permanent I street pavement). That Is in 21 years ! we had gained 15.3 miles in new streets j opened, and 16.2 miles in new streets paved, or actually nine-tenths of mile, and yet there had been over ] 31.194.531 expended by the Street and; Sewer Department in making this j gain. It does not take a very bright accountant to determine at once that A. B. C. Well is it? a : under the present system the majority j of the streets of the city of Wilmtng- ! ton could never he paved. Well, why not borrow enough money at once and pave all the streets? Do you know that there is now an out standing debt of J2.947.000, which is 6 per cent of the total assessed value of the city. That If this debt Is very much Increased It means an Increased t#c rate, which hds the effect of re ducing the value of four property, whereas a good street pavement In front of your property has the oposlte effect. think the better? an Increased tax ] antee of 32.52 a year for 20 years with a cer ' talnty of a pavement during all the period, Now which method do you rate, or a small annual payment of 12.52 for twenty years? means an addition of $2.50 ner year on a 10 cent Increase on a *2,500 assess ment ad infinitum, without any guar a pavement; the other means The first It is out of (he question for the Street and Sewer Department to pave a single street out of its annual ap propriatlon. It gets the same amount per year as It got 21 years ago. $120.000, and of that amount it snends 3108,881.06 for lighting, cleaning and repairing the streets and removing the ashes, leaving but 311.118.94 for the hundred and one | other fixed expenses which are logltl ma te charges on the department. | jf, under the present system, a cltl zen or body of citizens, appeal to the street and Sewer Department to pave b fs or their street, and the department | f!1 i| R do lti but paveg some other street, there ts an immediate protest t)ia t he or they have been dlscrlmi natp(1 against and yet the department j Iike | y had seV e ra I other appeals Just as urKent t'nder the system proposed j thp flrst „ ho comp wm t>e first SPrved ; ; and thp rPaponf> )hmtv then rests with the citizen himself and not with the de partaient. „ ._ .. j " ct , 1 *° ou8 !^. occupied the I ™ 0, *i«T 8 pt cities in the t lilted States as has the one providing for the payment of street pavement, and every city, with hut few excep lions. charges the whole, or a part, of of pav * nB 8treets to the ab "tting property. The courts have a J 1, ' cr8all >' recognized the fact that * be P^ing of a street Is a special and abutting property , should bear the largest burden , of ls cn8t8 ' aai i nfter all. Is not this c °P , n , on sense. ' ' for * n8tance ' should a property ,ocat * d at E| Khth and Union streets I » y / lgt a8 m uch for the paving of Yandever avenue ns the property abut ,lnf: on thn »venue? Or. why should Of. why should a P r op®t«y located on Tatnall street I betwcen Tweirth nnd Thlrteenth streets ■ as !l bKton street between and Thirteenth streets as the property i on Washington street? In other words. i why not P ay what yon get. and j when you 8 et 11 ? j bay "• nluc h for the paving of " " ' Twelfth "««u*wu »ircci. m oiner woras. I why not ' ,a Y for what you get. and | when you get it? In considering this h!" «'N «° forget that you paid Just 1 aa mui 'h for the pavement on Ninth ! slree « aB «he owner living thereon, and sti " he hasn t yet paid agty part of y° 1,r pavement, for you hadn't any, and - you mus « 8 e « even with him, try to imagine a period ten or twelve . vears hence when his pavement has i w " rn and needs renewal, when he ! raust come up with his third. Just the j same as you are asked to do now- If you want one. j Don't consider the present moment j only, but look into the future with a broad idea of what is best for the city j of TVilmington. even If It does pinch a 11««1® right now. See if you cannot detect considerable equity in the posed, bill. provide for public corporations replac ing all the pavements they disturb in as good condition as they were before pro Becauee the bill does not lielng disturbed, don't blame the bill, There is now all the law necessary for 1 that purpose, and its within the auth j orlty of the city officers to have It carried out. Our officers do quite as i much In this respect as those of the , majority of cities in the United Htates. ! and probably Just as much as any citizen who might occupy the posl tlon. | In considering the bill the Board of j Trade, and its legislative committee, I assumed that every occupant of a prop — r S Ask for Wilmington Provision Co.'s \ I b Real German Style Smoked Sausage |V 1 ■ f You Never Ate Smoked Sausage Until You Try the German Style At All Grocers and Butchers, Take No Other 4 Ô « De* vffy* Of Interest to Womankind I I j j I I ? A f t i. 8 ! [ iM m % %J * \ ■ Jg ? ' - % r Jm . I, ! II-JV j Bechoff »David. j ! front of where he lived, paved w ith a j E«od sanitary pavement, than to have a continuous mud hole during wet weather, which was a breeding place for germs of zvmotlc diseases which were carried all over his dwell ing during dry dusty periods. Upon this assumption, and realizing that this I condition could not be enjoyed under 1 the present system, they deavored to suggest a system by which every street in the city of Wilmington could be paved, quickly, without burd ening any citizen for Its cost, and with '>ut increasing the present lax rate. Of . course it Is not expected that any sys tern will meet all the objections of feretl: but the system proposed Is the one which has been used successfully in all the principal cities of the United States, when, after a thorough trial, lt has become popular. while Wilmington is resourceful, and has , )ppn eminently successful as an industrial centre, it cannot he expected accomplish what no other city of tbn United States has ever accomplish i e( j j] ia , | s pavp jts streets from the ! coram on fund, and the rp0ORnizPa thls f ac t the better it will ^ f<jr ber j llturP welfare. Eighteen years ago there were Just Bg mawy Btre nucu8 objections offered t ) the gygtem> then proposed, of meet j the cost of building sewers. For ! many years the city authorities had! pndea vored to find ways and means of building them from the common j ftind> hut up to 1890. there were but a f ew miles of sewers built, and the | nf those were private ones. Now. Blue satin evening wrap.—Malson erty would rather have the street in have en earlier she most of lh e8e were private ones. a fj er eighteen years' trial with building | thp gpwPr system by requiring the iiii( .... nt „ there are as many miles of sewers I ' ' abutting property to pay a portion of t j le co8 t i ti,e system has been extended there arp streets opened for travel, The tax rate j-, aa not been increased do this, a nd sewers have become guc b a necessity that but few people pan do w Rhout them. ^.j )p aamf. thing would he experienced p the citizens of Wilmington if the propogP d system of (laving the streets WRg ado pted by the present General A8aem biy. T. Chalkley Hatton. Wilmington, February 20. Proper Soap For Skin. girl Ancle dlfAculty ln Rettin« that agrees with her skin, Many a hold of a soap One that will 1« a cleansing snd whiten made from a cake of pure ing soap cream i Physicians eat Grape-Nuts They know Its food strength and nourishing qualities. "There's a Reason. • ■ j I caslUo soap. n tshle*poonful of benzoin and a quart of boiling water. Cut the bo«p Into thin shavlngB and put them In a saucepan with the water, cook Ing until the consistency of thick cream, Let it simmer slowly on the buck of the stove and not boll. When nearly cold add the benzoin drop by drop, stirring all the while. Keep the mixture in a wide mouthed glass with a lid. HOME CHAT Very thin ladies in sheath g vlnce one that there Isn't much to some women. wns con One-minute directions for making a ] young woman fascinating to a gentle Never tie as he wants you to he; never act as he wants you to act; never talk as tie wants you to talk— then he will say that you have a great deal of temperament. When you are rude make him apologize for having so little understanding of your moods. Keep him watting while you attire yourself for a dinner party or the thea tre. but rant and rave delightfully If he is a minute late. in fact, devise a pleasant little system of bullyrag ging. If the system doesn't work at times produce a few tears or stamp your feet. Very old idea, but very effective. man: JHi One-minute directions for ridding yourself of the attentions of an un desirable suitor: Be reasonable at all times. Discuss political and social questions with wisdom and under standing. Wear common-sense shoes, disgraceful directoire. polite, perfectly proper. Perfectly cor reel, perfectly amiable. Tell him that you can't live without him. Show no Jealously when he admires other wo men. lightful toilet water; essence of violet a, two and one-half ounces of essence of rose, two and one half ounces of essence of cassia, flfty six ounces of alcohol. It may be tint ed with chlorophyll. Only an Ill-bred Individual will com ment upon n gift or find fault with It Gifts are tokens of affections or though fulness If the giver makes a poor choice It is because he did not know a close fitting skull cap. U la made of a metallized net with cabochon ornaments an d loops of Jet at one side, a particularly bewitching hat of this spectacles and mittens and sneer at the Be perfectly Answers his letters promptly. Give him your photograph, him. single treatment as suggested will cause him to decamp for keens. Hing to Show him the family album. A The following formula makes a de Heven ounces of •— Millinery Tid-Bits. A pretty matinee hat Is tn the form of description Is of gold lace, with a broad flat bow of dull green velvet ribbon In the front, fastened In place with a gold cabochon. A novel piece of headgear is the cabrlo , et with one string only, and that a long onp capa hi P of being wound round the nPP |{ and j e t to (low down the hack. Feathers took as If they had been fairly thrown at the hats. They fly away from (bp j 1Bt> grp pu j j n j( ie wrong way about, and j n somP cases stand upright, with g|> i mpudPn t curl at the top. Flowers also are being put on in more or less of a haphazard fashion. A nove j ty i„ feathers Is the double un curled ostrich plume, of natural tone out side and white underneath. The under feather projects the least bit. Angel Food Rooipe. Take the white of eleven eggs, a tum bler and a half of sifted granulated sugar. a tumbler Of flour, three time slfjed: a teaspoonful of vanilla essence, a teaspoon fut of cream of tartar sifted. ! The tumblers should contain two gills and a quarter. Beat the whites of the eggs I to a stiff froth, then add the sugar lightly, ! then the flour gently, and lastly the es of vanilla. Do not atop beating until ready to put the mixture Into the sence you arc tin. which should not be greased. Bake In a moderate oven for forty tt...— itei. If still soft when tried with a straw, bake a little longer. When baked turn the tin upside down on plates to cool, cutting with a very sharp knife Sunshine cake may be made same way. by adding six of the yoiks of the eggs, well beaten, after beating the Whites and the sugar together. In the Paris Patterns r ! ] I : ! i I ! j ■* 14» » ' tl f?' Wlm Ml m ■ . * I 1 IV f 'V * j l 0. , . . lustrated, which may be developed to a • vantage In any of tl new thin material. as well as the old standbys, such as cot ton and silk crepe, messallne, voile, chalils, French flannel or cotton voile. A group of narrow tucks either side of the front ktltched to yoke depth supplies the fullness, and a broad tuck cither side of this extends from neck to waist at the J 3783 LADIES 1 TUCKED SHIRTWAIST. Psiii Pat«« No. 2783 All Seams Allowed. A pretty and simple dealg* Is here II front and back. Tha center panel may be stamped with some conventional dc sign and hand-embroidered with mer cerlzed cotton, the high co.lar and lower edge of the sleeve, being embroidered to match. The sleeves are In seven-eighth, length and are trimmed with a plaited ruffle of muslin. Hwiss, silk, chiffon or mousseline, according to taste, the upper edge of the collar bet-- trimmed to match. If hand-embroldury 1» not de sired, Insertions of fine lace may be used Instead or a wide pan?! of allover lace may be applied, the material being cut away from underneath aa far down as a low-necked lining, and the collar In this case should be ot similar lace. Many of the dressy shirt waist» this sea eon arc being made of plain silk or ring dotted net In white, cream color, pearl or elephant gray, and this model will prove an excellent one for waists of this description, the embroidery being done with self-colored silk floss, outlined with spangles of a similar shade. The pattern la In seven sizes—32 to 44 Inches bust measure. For 36 bust the waist requires (78 yards of material 20 Inches wide, 2% yards 27 Inches wide, 2)8 yards 36 inches wide or Hi yards 42 Inches wide; 3H yards of edging. Price of pattern, 10 cents. To obtain this pattern or any o' the o*hera heretofore described in THE JOURNAL. f.ll out the follow ing cv upon and inclose It > th 10 cedts tn an unvuiope addressed to the Fashion Editor. THE EVENING JOURNAL. Fourth and SLipley ■treats. Wtiiiitngrr.n. Delaware To The Fashion Editor, THE EVENING JOURNAL. Wilmington, Ue). Inclosed And 10 cents, for whl:h send me Pattern No. ...... Elze Date published Name .... .... Street ..... City sut* Date or this order FLOWER TURBANS FOR THE MIDSEASON For midseason headgear the flower and j Jet turhans have taken their place so I staunchly that apparently we must ac- j cept them whether we like them or not. I Home of the flowered ones are really lovely. Those of pale shades are undoubt- I ediy the most becoming. Like the present fur turbans they are large affairs and rest far down on the head, hiding almost all of the hair. Home are of geranium pink, the flowera of velvet. These are quite untrlmmed, de (lending entirely ion shape and becoming ness for their style. There are uUfers of small pink roae tmds with a splashy bow of velvet to match on the left side, quite far hack. One smart one Is rather on the toreador shape, the brim of white gardenias, the crush crown of pale blue panne velvet. Tills is worn with frock of the aamc shade us the velvet. Men Waited on First. Everybody who dies often In restaur ants knows that men are waited on be fore women, says the New York Press, The average waiter will let a woman starve while he serves man after man, unless she knows how to have him re buked for his neglect, which few wo men do know. Of course, this is due chiefly to the fact that men give more and larger tips than women. In res taurants frequented by those of modern incomes, however, that Is not the only cause, especially where the wallers are women. A woman waiter questioned on the subject had this to say: Pos g)bly , f the woman who can afford to wou)d not nPg i PP t to do so. and remember that It costs nothing to say 'Please' and 'Thank you. 1 our own acx would receive more attention than they Also, If women who cannot do now. afford to tip us were civil, and fecog nlze that we cannot serve everybody J* are'easy'To them. • * . fnr P'®"««- an(1 do n °' wa " t "" ^«„ Jho « hplr money. M an V a T m^kes orders a glass of milk and a hm 'makes more fuss about it * han a Purchases a good ™ !fll r *" d ,,, 18 80 0,1 y n * 1fl at the about. T V table « long tliWp.whlto othor cugtom-( ers are waiting, before « . .. what they want, while a man generally knows when tu* cornea n e meal he requires. We are accused ol flirting with our men eus orner ■ those who »ay this thought a few min Utes before making writ a statement they might known that we ha '® "° time during menl time« to ntrt. e arer ashing all the course, if we find a man easier to serve we are more eager to attend to htm. | I while, but. of Bedspread Ideas. The spreads made of thin linen or cot ton lawn embroidered are lovely used over a light color. spreads made of liiavy ecru linen with embroidered In the a large monogram center ara^« schemes In a brown and green room with oak or mahogany furniture, for ex stunning used with some col . „.— a. n.ov He mart« long enough These spreads may be made long enougn to tuck in under the bolster and then go up over It so there may be an extra strip for the pillows If the pillow cases them selves are not embroidered. "T ample. 1 Valances are being used a great deal i now. either of figured dim.ty or of a ma terlal that will match the spread. They used nartlcularly with the four poster are lieds, but very frequently with the brass beds alse. Nobody doubts the quality of Cere sota flour, try a hag at your gracer,* Baltimore & Ohio Railroad—$49.75 to Pacific Coast Points. : From February' 28 th to April 29th, In clusive. the B. & O. R. R. will sell low rate one way colonist tickets to many points In California, Colorado. Arizona, Idaho, British Columbia. Mexico. New Mexico, Nevada. Oregon. Washington and other western states. For tickets and full Information call on ticket agents or write to H. A. Mtl 11er, T. P. A.. City picket Office, 814 Market St,. Wilmington. Del* J Read THE EVENING JOURNAL. vn '{L ,sv ] 'S T-SÜL -m *■& • I i ? $3$ i'' ...... r : may he taken by the person who ie troubled with dandruff In the hair, urm Blue serge tailor gown, with black braiding.— Malsun Drecoll. Cara of the Hair. There are many simple precautions that First, brush the hair out thoroughly and carefully at least once a day. Do not use a stiff brush. Avoid also a comb with sharp teeth. sure that ail the soap lg washed out. (> 0 no t sleep with hairpins In your hair. T. i" bMt brald thB "" lr 8 ° ft,y tor ° ' U th * dandruff ,tlU P*"'«» 8 ' aftBr «ha I * ham P 00 ,ry rubbln F »htte vaseline Into the roolg uo not llap dnough to make the j hair greasy. A bit no longer than the end | ot the finger will be enough for the whole I know, how | 1 . . f - - fellow tell a f """ y *'° ry . has J" | do it who doean t know how. When the hair Is shampooed, be very head. Reflections of a Bachelor. A man ought to have some money be fore he gets married for he won't have any afterward. The flrst thing the average man thinks about when he get» home Is what would be a good excuse to go out again. The more indignant a man can get over the had morals a play would expose his family to the more he will go to it him self. A widow Is the only person In the world to whdm a man's peculiarities seem rea sonable, and she gets ever It as- soon as she marries again.—New York Press. j State of Ohio. City ot Toledo. I Lucas County. f Fi-ank J. Cheney makes oath that ha Is senior Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid». and that said firm will pay the sum of QNE hundred DOLLARS for each and j every case of Catärrh that rannot be cured by the use of HalPs Catarrh Cure, FRANK J. CHENET, as. rlner of the Arm of P. J. Sworn to before me and subscribed In presence, this Rth day of December, D., X8S6. (Beal.) A. W. GLEASON, Notary Public, coug surfaces of the system. Send f»'" testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. Sold by all Druggists. 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipa tlo^ m A AN EVENING SOCIAL and Then a Table At HANNA'S. Luncheon, Dinners, Ice Cream. 837 Market St. Opposite the Garrick.