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DELAWARE CITY Bpecial to THIS EVENING JOURNAL. DELAWARE CITA'. Del., May 20.— "Mothers* Day" was observed with appropriate services in the Presby-j morning terian Church on Sunday The sermon in and evening. SÄ5? Â , SSSîïMr* favorite hymns were sung. • The pas Work, an< * "Mothers Disappointments tor's subject was Sufferings, Joys." Commencement exercises High School will be held in Assembly Hall on Friday evening, June 6. The address to the graduates " HI made hy Hon. Everett C. Johnson, of, Newark. work aamgnetl o • rn member of the Haas folios a P rrf * 1 flrnt's address. William K. Morrow; prophecy* 0 Miss' "Mildred^"Saffinek; ?r«H m J i ew is Warner and valedlc Zhi v hv Miss Miria Blake An enter ^ nment s be^ng arranged for the evening before commencement by the members of the ninth and tenth grudrs. The funeral of Mrs. Matthew Big \ of the gcr look place from her. late resi-. denee on Wednesday afternoon. The were conducted by the Rev. J. H. liohegan. pastor of the M. E. ehureh. assisted by the Rev, J. L. Rushhridge. . Contrary to étalements published in several papers, herring are scarce at present. The highest catch of the has not exceeded «.000. while 75 , 001 ) season In former years as many were caught in one haul. The Misses Ethel and Marguerite at their as (lagan gave a card party home, on Friday evening. Those pres ent were: Miss Pauline Tugend, lohn Swan, Irving Calls and Charles Wood. T. Bayard Hebei is erecting a dwelling near his residence on Fif.h street. sud is to have eight rooms, with the latest conveniences. The shad season is rapidly drawing to a close. About 400 shad caught during the week. The fisher men received S42 per 100 on Friday, while the lowest they have received during the week is $!>7. Unfns Yearaley. a fisherman, had a very good ing. He caugnt two sturgeons, one of which contained fifty-eight pounds of caviar, for which he received 4115. while (he other one netted him The building is (o be frame, has week In fish wore 4R. He also caught about 125 shad, j which netted him about M',25. George Price has resigned his po sition as bridge lender here, over the Chesapeake and Delaware canal, to position with H. P. Scott. He will be »ecept a who lives near here, succeeded by Charles Pensil, who for merly worked at the lochs here. The card party given in the fire '•ngine house on Friday evening. w;as well attended. The party was given for the benefit of the lire company. Mrs. H. C. Clark. Miss Emma .Mulli gan, Miss Edith Bimons, H. C. Clark and .lohn Swan won the prizes in euchre and 500. Paul E. Hamme, of the 112th, Co. C; A. C.. who was recently honor ably discharged from (hat organiza tion, has sent word to ills friends | here that he was married to Miss j Anna Dietz, of York, Pa. The wed ding look place in York. George W. Patterson, Sr., caught a j carp in the e^iat ticre on Friday, which weighed over five pounds. The fish had to be landed with a scoop I net. John H. Casey, who has been in stalling libraries at Fort Molt and Fort DuPont, left here on Saturday* for New York City. He has been de layed here liy the loss of a shipment nf hooks in the floods in Ohio, and the order had to he duplicated. In all he sold nearly 16.000 books about here. The firm of which he is a mem ber supplies army posts and garrisons with libraries. The hooks he sold here included atlases, Billies, diction aries, fiction, hand-books, paper-back novels, which include all the latest copyrights. Before leaving here he presented thirty books to the school to start a library. The books in clude a set of "Our Young People." In four volumes. Brady's History of the Civil War and other hooks desir able for libraries. Miss Bessie O'Neill has returned from a short visit to Atlantic City.— Miss Eunice Hayes spent the week . end with lu r parents near here. - Miss Gertrude Cook, who has been visiting lier parents near here, return ed to Baltimore on Saturday.—Wil liam Crothers, of Baltimore, spent tho week end with friends here — Albert Shea ira. of Philadelphia, was a recent visitor here.—Teritz Wainer, of New York city, spent the week-end here.—E. Uuna A. Fair Phifedelpbia, Robert O. Jeffeiis, Charles Barber, Edward Mul houscr, Howard K. Ingram and John Smith, ail of West Cheater. Pa., and James McElwee. of Wilmington, were recent guests at the Delaware City Hotel.—Lionel Bright of New York tily, -pent the week-end with his with ills parents wauger. or Baltimore, H. hanks, of parents here.—Mrs. William Robinette was a Wilmington visitor on Satur Mrs. Fred Bendler Wilmington visitors.— Alexander 'Halllday spent the week and witli his mother here,—Miss Mil dred Ball was a Wilmington "Isltor Saturday.—Miss Josephine Howard spent the week-end in Wilmington. Jay.— Mr. ami were recent STATE ROAD FOLK AT EVENING SOCIAL Special to THF, EVKNING JOURNAL STATE ROAD. Del., May 20.—An enjoyable evening was spent at the home of Clayton Appleby on Friday at a farewell dance, being the last of Ich; season. The house was tastefully ilecorated with ferns and palms. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. J. Wilkin son Cranston, Mr. and Mrs. Georgs Whitfield, Mr. and Mrs. John Brooks. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Maloney, Miss Amy Armstrong. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hayes, Mr. and Mrs. John Richards, Bealor Diehl. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Moody. Clyde Weer, Waiter Powell. James Whitfield, Earl Bacon. John Biggs, Richard Appleby and Mary Biggs. Mr. and Mrs. J. Hayes and «laughter, Eunice, Miss Mabel King, Miss M. Dunn, Miss Irene Wise, Miss Louise Moody, Miss Bessie M. Miller, Miss Linda Appleby. Miss Florence Moody. Elsie and Ruth Dennings, R. 11. Talbott. Reese Moody. Mr. and Mrs. 'Clayton Appleby and Douglas Apple by Miss Bessie Davis, of Bear, and Miss Helen Whitfield, of Farnhurst. The McPike Orchestra furnished music. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Biller and daughter^ Bessie, attended the dance and entertainment given by the Tall Cedars of Lebanon last Wednesday evening. Miss Kate Darlington, who has been visiting Miss Florence Moody bas left for her home, in Newark. PRICES SMALL FOR i CHICKS AND EGGS I To progress In the poultry business iis to make money, the same applying, of to -•*»• «• ■»);; Jn»t get enough for ourselves. Is being taken up not only to make U pay for Itself, hut to yield a profit, says a writer In the Syracuse Herald. Few course, to all businesses. it, | The great profit in poultry is ini ] pure bred stock, because there Is lit j tie difficulty in adding to the ordinary proflts> hy , hp sa]p of rKRS hH1chlnK in lhP „«.ping o1 day-old| who wants to buy !!'*; or wh ® for cl,lt , k8 ,ll, i come Horn mongrels? Even for | hr n ' arkf ' 1 - pure bred birds will dress, ^ .ban mongrels, and win bring, • »>«ier price because more . arc l8. ,!JI <en of them. In many advertisements one ca.» ha , t 'i„" g - * ,[ or or c *? i( L k * , ,. lt)0 for f 8 11 u agreed that $1 fAr eg KB . m a season arc Helling cheap, and! ("hen there are plenty of them, w « , good pi lee, and profitable, and I» î, ho8n cgg8 a " d , n ? 08fi chu ks ate high-class chicks. But to ai man or woman in the poultry husiiieaa high-class eggs and baby chicks arc worth much more thsn that. H a man has a good strain-good egg-laying strain—mates his 1 Irds carefully, and altogether takes care' of them, his Income from pure bred eggs for setting and his baby chicks for 'Kgs for hatch-: I atnrtlng in the poultry IiusIiick j pa j out a large sum of mono should be in excess of $1 per 15. Not so many people buy eggs for. hatching. Such eggs at a dollar per 15 cost nearly 7 cents each, to be foi-' lowed hy the care of Incubator and possibility of infertility, and the re-' turning of the infertile eggs. With day-old chicks the 21 davs of ineu-! bator arc done away with, and you have some real living birds to sl ift with, the price being anywhere from $4 up. But one who has day-old chicks to sell should get more or suf I 1er the penally of being thought to j have Inferior chicks. The incubation j 0 f an egg and the bringing forth ol a thick is worth IS cents at Hie. lowest, Neither is the idea wished to conveyed that a man or woman s should y before he or she knows something about th-v( tare and management of poultry. This la directed particularly to the man who has had so*-ie dealing with chirk ens and who, with easy-going manage ment, makes Ids ordinary stock pay * a neat little sum" in addition to Ins daily labor in an office and to the man who! | % «.■ i*iiu- r wi vl-u ter \i l i- r i\ e j * *' The Newport KuuhI Suffrage Club will hold its monthly mcetln B at the j home of Mrs. John A. Cranston to morrow afternoon at J o'clock. - has a smll farm. I quote from a catalogue: Buff' Or pingtons, eggs. $15 per 16: $25 pci .'JO; $40 per 50; baby chicks. $20 per I IS; $32 per 25; Rhode Island Reds, $5 per 15; $8 per 30; $12 per 50; baby chicks, $10 per 25; $16 per 50. The manager of this farm said he could not supply the demand tor baby chicks. He shipped some 1000 miles tuZUWKI ■ / m Practical Side CORSETS I j L \ m/A Non-Breakable and Cuarantecfi for Absolute Satis faction, Comfort and Wear F. N. Practical Side Corsets arc made with Patented Reversible Side Pieces, which can he reversed or removed without ripping or stitching (one of the many splendid features). ' For Medium or Stout figures, these corsets are highly recommended. They give the figure slender, graceful lines without the usual un comfortable pressure of most corsets. Sizes 18 to 36 0 ■ )• frrW <• , ; ■ 8 > Vi % « AS. Prices $1.25 to $3.50 Ask to have this corset demonstrated to you. Hf! ifJJ 1 V - y i. m 0 u ß V 0 0 -?-a Ù'.-. -s n V r .a | ; j j | | ! Cl», / f\ W.L,DOUGLAS NS \ $3.50, $4.00 & $4.50 / ' i :Xi SHOES 5 & * iTHI LARGEST MAKER OF MEN'S ' 1 *3 SO A 44 SHOES IN THE WORLD r/ tv Look in W. I». Douglas Mort» ... windows and you will son shoes r <".ti lor $.'{.50, .$4.00 and #4.50 IhsCt are B, > > Æ l«»t as good in style, tit and wear as V.^ ' :jW other makes costing $5.00 to $7.00. Jr the only difference Is the price. Shoes^SE in all leathers, styles ami shapes to suit^ everybody. If you <'ould visit TV. 1». Douglas large factories at Brockton, I>1ass., and see for yourself how carefully TV. I», Douglas shoes are made, you would then understand why N they a re warranted to tit better, look better, Vi bold their shape and wear longer than \V any other make for the price. ?V\ The Beet $2.00 and $2.60 Boy»' Shoe« in the World. 8«-f that U'.L.Donglse name J ie elnni|»«*«l oat the bottom take NO SUBSTITUT Ce i If W. L. PoiiflM ihoM »re no« for la e In ronr nrlnltf, \ order direct from the factory and wire the middleman'» JL jnofll. Shoe» for every member of Hie family, at all P» '«**»• *»y Part'H Fn»t, postage free. Write for i 11 1 net ruled i alulog. D will »how you how I\ to order by mall and why yoo can »are money f on your footwear. f w. V.. m>l OUS, Breckloo, Man. «5 ailG ' J - 'X CAUTION So! L. V-i W.L.DOUGLAS SHOE CO.: 701 Ma^set St f 7lh Air««» SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS ' I R. Cummings Mr and Mrs. James have been spending a few days w ith " Georgetown friends. Mr. and Mrs. Howard T. have returned from New A'ork city where they went to hid "hon voyage") to Mr. and Mrs. John C. Marsh their son-in-law and daughter, who were married last week and sailed for Port Wallace Miss Henrietta Bsnerofl of Detroit, l'V. H. M S, will he a guest of Mrs. William M Melds of Kent mere, this wprk rturl „g lhf > Deaconess Confer PIU . P t0 ,, p £ r ,d at St, Paul s M. E. j chlm . h Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Albertson cf Taconta , W „h.. have gone to Wash iington, D. C.. after spending,a few- ; days w ith Mr. and Mrs. Edmund P. Mo0(lv j^ith Gardner has been visit i„ B |, Pr p „renls. Mr. and Mrs. James] G * rtnPr ^ Perryvllle. Daniel Feebly has been pending a j . h | brother at Elkton, I , ^ ,rs ; sop K P or, ding .oinc .. . . ... . i Mrs - H Warner MeNoal and Miss Mildred McNeal of Newark have been spending some time with Mends in, this city. Mrs. A. W. Moore of Newark has | an Prlnre. Haytl. Mich., ffeld secretary of the tieneral | Conference 0 f Deaconess Work of the McGee of Odessa 1st lime with friends in \ . . , , ,_, , been the guest nf A\ llmlngton friend*. , Master James Burl in is the guest-, of Mrs, Waller Williams of Port l)o-| posit. Md. . Mrs William Retten and Miss Eli*- , abelh Metten have been the guests of Mr. j Middletown. ] Mrs. William T. Sory has returned . 1 to Townsend after s visit to relatives , In this city. Mrs. Ells Walts of Townsend has hren visiting Mr, and Mrs. Raymond Walls of •his city. i Mr. and Mrs. of and Mrs. Alexander Metten Mavriee Alexander h"'and children ami Mr. and Mrs. A. II., ore recent guests nf Mr. I Ainsenw : ant ) m ,- p. w. H. Brown of Ceeilton. ! Mr. and Mra. Adam Rena of Middle- : 0wn h „ vr returned after a visit to! ] friends in this city, \ j town has been spending a lew' days j „ ith relativ«*« in Ibis city ; f Middle- : Mias Blanche Roberts I - ——-0 I The enthusiasm of doing one's very , best, the resolve to advance to better j icings and broader fields of actlviiy ^ fk stimulated by the chances of tBe j Want Columns.—Adv. 1 Mrs, J. C. Parker has been spend ; ing a few days at the home of Mm. , J. ('. Stiles of Middletow n. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Crouch « f. Middletown have been spending a j few days here. Mrs. Minerva Rotter of Woodlawn 1 1 has been visiting friends in this city. ! Mr. and Mrs. George < 'rossa n were 1 recent guests of friends at Townsend. 1 y(rs, W. D. Adams of Georgetown I is visiting her son, Wilbur I,. Adams I in this city. The spring months often And a woman tired out, with patn in back. hips anti hud. nervous and sleepless, Foley Kidney Pilla will iiuirkly prova •heir worth and value as a healer of all kidney and bladder ailments and irregularities. They are a splendid remedy for rheumatism, clearing the " rlc >oW from the Joints »nd system. Try them, N. B. Danforth, Market «»d Second streets. AVI1., Del * Underselling Sale NOW IN FULL BLAST The Greatest Selling Event of the Season of Women's and Misses' Suits, Coats, Dresses and Ready-to-Wear Apparel SILK TI B WAISTS. $3 VALUE AT fl.48. MUSLIN I'ETTI COATS, »1.00 GAR MENTS AT 19c. Extra good quality with ruffle trimmings. Sell everywhere at $1.00. Special sale price LINENE SKIRTS. $1 VALUE AT 19c. BLACK TAFFETA WAISTS, $0.00 VALUE AT $1.98. SILK HOSE. 30c FIRST QUALITY AT 19c. Silk Hose in black, brown and white. No seconds, regular stock. 50c quality, sale price 19c; 65c quality, sale price Lincnc Skirts in blue, white •Three different styles, guaranteed to wash. Black, blue. lavender. Sale price .$1.18 and all Black Taffeta and Mcssalinc Waists. Open front. $5.00 value. Sale price tan ; sizes; no alterations; one to customer. Sale I9c $1.98 ,!lr 19c at price need ol Summer Wearing Apparel, then visit this Great Sale Tomorrow. The We stand ready to relund your Do not put oil coming to this Great Sale, the can t last long. II you are in J values to be had cannot be equalled in this or any other city, money il you are dissatisfied with your purchase, goods are moving rapidly and these bargains care ol your wants. Plenty ol help to take Read Over the Following List of Articles: 1 1500 Skirts A Sale of NOTWITHSTANDING THE DRASTIC REDUCTIONS ON THESE SI ITS AND COATS, THE BOSTON CLOAK STORE'S FREE ALTERATIONS HOLK Y WILL BE CON TINUED All Sizes. Styles and Materials Greatly Reduced For This Sale. $2.00 LINEN AND PIQUE SKIRTS. 98c. Pure Linen and Pique Skirts in natural colors. Brown, Blue and White. Regular $2.00 value. No alterations. Sale price . Dresses 1 1 For Home, Street or Evening Wear—A Saving of One-Half in Most All Cases. The Most Remarkable Values Ever Offered in Tailored Suits 98c $1,00 WASH DRESSES. NOM $1.98. Stylish Dresses of strped lawn and batiste. $3.50 and $4.00. price $1*2.00 SUITS GO AT $3.85. Suits of AUxcd (Materials and Shepherd Plaids. Plain and fancy trimmed, satin lined. Only one to a customer. Sale price . i.. $S.OO WOOL MIXTURE SKIRTS. SLÜ9. Skirts of all-wool mixtures. $ 5.85 $1-98 Sale All sizes, including extra largc_ Altered free. Rceu sizes, la r value $3 50. $1,69 $5.30 LINEN AND GINGHAM DRESSES, $2.98. Five style- in pure linen, gingham Dresses. Forme; price, $5.50. price $18.00 SERGE SUITS, NOM $7.93. All-wool Mixtures and Serge Suits of Black, Blue, Brown and Gray, lined. Altered to lit. Regular $15 00 and $18.00 values. Sale price. Sale price .., . $3.00 EXTRA SIZE SERGE SKIRTS. $2.73, Black and Blue Serge Skirts of extra good quality, plain t,i trimmed. $5.00 ÔÎO value. Sale price $8.00 TAILORED SKIRTS. NOW |3.98. Tailored Skirts of fine serge and mixtures. Altered and fitted free. Our $6 <1*0 QÛ values. Special... tpOkt/O $ 7.95 Satin Sale $2.98 $22.30 VALUES NOW $9.73. Suits of Serge. Bedford Cord. Worsteds, F.tc., in all the newest styles and shades. Silk and satin lined. Regular $20.00 and $22.50 values, Sale price, now. $23.00 TAILORED SLITS AT $11.93. $ 9.75 l *o/| SERGE DRESSES. $1.83 All-wool Serge Dresses in black and blue only. Regular $10 and $12 values. Spe cial sale price. $4.85 Suits of Serge and Worsted mannish ma terials. Newest cuts. Aiost all sizes, includ ipg the extra large sizes. No extra charge. Altered and guaranteed to fit. A genuine $25.00 garment. Sale price. $ 11.95 $13.00 SERGE DRESSES. »7.95. B aid trimmed Serge Dresses, ail sizes. Regular $15.00 value. Sale price. Waists of Every De scription for All Occasions At Underselling: Price*. $33.00 EPONGE SLITS AT $13.00 A large number of extra fine F.pongc.^j^ . French Serges, F.nglish Tweeds in Black. Blue, Gray and Brown. Materials guaran-^K I I II I teed. Silk linings. The best $30 and $35^fjf | ^.7+ \ / \7 values in this city. Sale price. $7.95 $12.00 SILK DRESSES, $3.9«. Dresses of tine China Silk. Waist and Skirt trinmeJ 'vito ruffles, value, prcc . $1.00 VALUES IN W AISTS. 19c Special lot of 75c and $1.00 Waists. Alany different styles in lawn and gingham. Special sale price.... High and low neck Waists of lawn and voile materials. Regu lar $1.50 value. Special sale price ... $2.00 MERCERIZED SILK AT 98c. Waists of Mercerized Silk and Voile. Newest styles. High and low neck. A $2 value. Special rale price. Regular $ 12.00 Drastic Cut in Coats for Women, Misses' and Children 39c Sale $5.98 $13.00 MESSALINE 69c $10.00 MISSES' AND JUNIORS' COATS. $3.85. Full length Coats in all-wool mixtures for Misses and Juniors. Coats that sold regularly at $8.00 and $10.00. For this special event. Sale price. DRESSES, $K.98 Dresses of Black, Blur, Cop enhagen and Brown Messaline. $15.00 value. Sale <{*0 $ 5.85 $11.00 THREE-QUARTER ( OATS, $6.93. Coats of three quarter length, cutaway, of plaid and serge materials, collar and cuff trimmings, plain or fancy hack. $12.00 and $14 00 values. Sale price. 98c »15 EVENING DRESSES. $7.83 Stylish Evening Gowns of Chiffon. Net and Voile, sleeves. Special price .. $ 6.95 Short Our $15.00 values, sale Specials RAINCOATS. $7.85 $18.00 SERGE COATS, NOM $9.83. All full length Serge Coats in black and blue materials. Nicely made. Altered and guaranteed to fit. An excellent value at $18.00. Sale price.. $ 9.85 $4.00 Rubberized Raincoats Some trimmed with velvet col lar; sale price. $8 English Tex ture; sale price.. $10 and $12 Raincoats. Silk and F.nglish texture. Black and blue poplin. price. MUSLIN PETTICOATS $1.00 Petticoats .19c $1.50 Petticoats . , 69c $1.75 Petticoats $2.00 Petticoats . 98c Specials $ 2,00 MUSLIN GOWNS. 75c Muslin Gowns.39c $1.00 Muslin Gowns.'. .39c $1.65 Muslin Gowns. $2.00 Muslin Gowns. MUSLIN DRAWERS. 39c Drawers. 49c Drawers. 65c Drawer?. 75c Drawers. 85c Drawers. $3.00 CHILDREN'S ( OATS AT $1.98. Children's Coats in sizes from 6 to 14 years, in all-wool mixed materials and serges. Our regular $5 00 goods. Sale price .. $3.98 $ 1.98 79c 9Sc s '" $5.00 23c $6.30 CHILDREN'S SERGE COATS. $2.98. A large and excellent lot of Children's Coats in different color serge materials. Nicely made, embracing all the styl» of the larger coats. Regular $6.50 value. Sale price . . 29c ...... 39c .13c $ 2.98 19t 79c CORSET COVERS. 18c Corset Covers. 9c 29c Corset Covers......... I9r 45c Corset Covers. ... BRASSIERES. 45c Brassieres .25c 65c Brassieres $8.00 DRESSY COATS GO AT $3.98. Children's Coats at less than cost to make them. Most up-to-date styles. Rest shades and materials and guaranteed. Money back if you desire it. Sale price... BLACK SATEEN $ 3.98 PETTI ( O ATS 23c 75c Petticoats .39c $1.00 Mercerized Sateen.... 39c $1.75 Extra sizes included, 98c 39c 424 Market St. Boston Cloak Store 9 Daniel 5. Laub, Prop . We Give Green and ty/f Gold Stamps. 1.0Ml TRIP FOR *K8. SPICER. Mrs. Mary Spicer, of No. IU2 Kits; Fourth street, left last even In* for western an extended southern and trip. Mrs. Spicer will spend one week with her daughter, Mrs. Ethel King. She als. at Washington, ftlatlves at Richmond ill visit Ports mouth, Va.. Memphis and Atlanta. r\ Icndlng her trip to Chicago and Den ver. and Mrs. Splicer will lea\e in Au gust for s trip to relatives In London and Liverpool, England ICVKMMJ COMPACT. Mr. and Mrs. Carl J Holloway, of No. 1804 Claymont street, «ave a party on Friday evening In honor of their guests, Misses (loldle BedSWorUl anil Mattie Haubert, of Snow Hill, Md Those present wore; Morrow, Miss Lulu Lewis, Miss Mabel Burton, Miss Annie Burton, Miss Ruth Barber, Miss Lillian Sines. Misses (loldle Beds worth and Mattie Hanh.nl, Miss Flsic SHIRT WAIST RAME. A delightful shirt waist dance was given last night hy Mrs. Park mons, at Shellpot Park. The dance was one of the first of the aeason. Sun of Snow 11111. Md. ; Mrs. Elmer Scott, Mrs. Oliver Cook. Mrs. Carl Holloway, Leroy Jones. Paul Kidgdon, Carl Hol loway, Mr. Kirkly, Elmer Scott ai d Oliver Cook.