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AMERICA FIRST. LAST.
AND ALL THE TIME.
FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1918.
THAT HARMONY PLAN.
«•a* HETHER that harmony plan ihat was adopted by
W the Republican State Committee at Ita special
meeting In Dover on Wednesday will result In Republican
Democratic defeat In Delaware next I' all
victory and
will depend very largely upon the manner In which It Is
handled by the State Committee and the Advisory Com
mittee provided for by the plan.
have sold repeatedly, harmony Is needed. It
. As we
Is desired by the great mass of Republican voters.
With harmony, Delaware Is a Republican State; without
Democratic State. Tho truth contained
harmony it Is a
|b that statement has been shown by past experience.
; Tho address made by General A. R. Benson, tho State
ohalrmon. was happily phrased and In keeping with the
work In hand. The harmony plan Is well devised and
admirably expressed. It now merely Is a question es to
the uses to which It shall bo pul. If It be to bring
•bout a triumph In Delaware for Republican principles
Republican practices, all well and good, for that Is
No true Bc
tad
the thjng the Republican voters desire,
publican, however, wlshrs to see It prostitut'd to servo
1 -r and selfish factional ends. The parly end Its
Intelligent and patriotic principles should bo kept para
mount to «11 other things when the harmony plan Is put
in operation.
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THOSE HOSIERY HUZZAR8.
T Is not an edifying spectacle when scores of men of
of them with moUicrs, wives, daugh
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_ all ages, many
ters and sisters of their own. congregate at Tenth and
streets and. by their shamelessness of eye and
do their best to Increase tho embarassment of
Market
tningtou.
U Is a pity that some labor conscription body did not
have the power to round op tho offenders and compel
them to fill out questionnaire» showing why, In war
times like these, they did not have something more Im
portant, more decent and more useful to do than to loaf
the sidewalks and outrage the feelings of women and
girls, roost of whom are engaged, directly or Indirectly,
in war work.
speech,
delicately-reared and decent women and girls who are
caught In the swirls of a violent wind-storm which Is
forcing Us way between the duPont and the Ford bulld
mk
Persona who saw tho conduct of ths members
of the Hosiery Huzzars says It was one of tho most des
picable things over witnessed In the streets of Wll
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IT'8 INVESTMENT.
IBERTY LOAN." It Is somewhat of a misnomer,
* L unless there Is *uch a thing as a person making
loans to himself. The people who buy bonds simply
lend to their government—themselves. Who pays the prin
cipal and Interest? Tho people.
Indeed, If ®ach person could and would take the aame
»mount of bonds. It would be silly to Issue bonds bear
ing Interest. It would be like charging folks something
for using, for themselves, what Is their own.
Up to January 31 last, our people had Incurred a debt
of W,550,000,000, since entering the war. Four per cent,
of this, say, would be 2C2 millions, or what the bond
buyei^ have actually loaned (and will receive, finally)
because many of the folks cannot buy bonds. Tho
|6JSf>0.000.000 Is simply money switched from one pocket
Into the o'.her, or employing one's money In an enter
prise for one's own benefit In effect, your bonds Is rather
Investment than a loan. And an Investment that Isn't
protected against the world-robbing German» I« In- bad
■nape
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FAIR PROFIT ON WHEAT.
ARMERS from twenty-three States, meeting
1* Washington to attend the Agriculture Department's
advisory committee conference, protest against the con
gressional proposal for *2 50 wheat and declare that
there Is a fair profit In wheat at »2.20.
It Is not only s fine exhibition of patriotism on Ihe
part of these farmers, but It's a keynote for the fixing
of war time profits. Anything more than a fair profit
war necessaries Is war profiteering, and a profit that
should be reduced.
But In Washington and In Delaware and In «11 other
wheat-growing States, there are other farmers who
there to get all they can, and the »2 50 wheat proposi
tion has on Insistent backing. These fellows were glad
to get eighty-five cents to »1.15 for their wheat, the year
before the war, and, very likely, many of them have
been holding their 1917 wheat exporting the Government
to fix the price at *250. How they'd yell, should Govern
ment put an excess profits tax on their wheat based
prices of wheat before the war!
Foiling to breach the Allied Unes with guns,
Kaiser tries pesee proposals. You have to admit |
U's cheaper, anyhow, especially when it costs as much
u ft.OOii to «hoot hi* biggest gun Just once.
•hat
A WOMAN'S AVAR OF SCORN.
fate» than being »hot at sunrise.
One such fate Is to bo a woman slacker and live
Oak Park, out In Illinois.
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HERE aro worse
of tears hav# been eplat
.the
tho
the
tho
Hiver» of Ink and oceans
tcred over & "man
.Irw," leper outcasts, pariahs and homeless dogs—but
their sorrows are mild compared to those of pro-German
without a country," a "wandering
women In Oak Park.
Oak Park is a mere village, tremendously fashion
able withal, but still a village, and of Its few thousand
famille», all of whom are "first," 1,200 sons are In khaki
and it claims the national record for commissioned
officers.
Oak Park women feel a natural Interest In the war
and they intend to give their fighters their solid sup
port. When they say solid they include, undivided, com
plete, unbroken and unanimous support. They have
hoard about women slackers, but they never intend to
mert one.
The head of the Red Cross, as leader, has declared a
stale of war on all women who play bridge, golf, In
dulge In other amusements during afternoons which
should be devoted to «urglcal dressings, knitting and
war gardens. The cost of Ignoring the will of the ma
Jorlly and clinging to selfish pleasure is to be social
Which. In Oak Park ts equivalent to dls
ostracism!
graceful death and secret burial!
To check up on the loyal women workers the Red
cross committee arranged a loyajly parade for which all
village business was suspended. U was announced that
"There will be but one ground for exemption from march
ing In the parade. All pro-Germans may slay out."
To women not already engaged In Red Cross work,
knitting, or signed up on the pledge for a war garden, tho
following statement Is made:
"The only legitimate excuse for not doing war work
Is employment during the day, sickness, or very small
children. Just what are the sacrifices our boys are mak
ing for you? They are sacrificing everything but their
souls and they arc Unding them. Those boys are
very
teaching the world .the real meaning of sacrifiée, and
there are none of us too good or too high even to shine
their boots.
"Yet you will not respond to the call sent out for
workers. Do you think you are really worth fighting fort
If you cannot give lime to make hospital garments or
surgical dressings you are loo unpatriotic for Oak Park
and the best thing to do Is to get passports to the land
of 'kullur 1 and live with your kind. We don't want you
here!"
The time Is coming when the same sort of treatment
will bo accorded to pro-German women In many othor
communities and some of them will be In Delaware.
WHAT IS LIBERTY?
hearing and reading much about "Liberty."
What Is It?
The dictionaries define It as freedom of action, or
the right of the Individual to do as he pleases with that
which Is his. It I» a clear and simple definition, but we
always ml»»* much when wo take definitions at their
Liberty Is a groat deal more than the In
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face value
dividual's freedom of action.
Liberty Is one of the mightiest sentiments that have
shaped the affairs of men since the beginning.
The archeologists have dug up for our study long
burled civilization», in almost every one of the con
tinents, and In every Instance there has been abundant
evidence of the prevalence of an arbitrary ruling or
privileged class, or set of Individuals, no matter how
high the order uf civilizations disclosed. There Is also
record In modem history of times when men's wages,
social status and limit of aspirations were definitely
fixed by and to the advantage of tho few. The common
rauet live thus, work for this wage, believe In this
that god, or be beaten, burnt or Jailed. But liberty Is
born of thought, «nd suffering Is tho great promoter of
thought. Men came to see that while liberty exercised
for the masses meant progress, exorcised by the few It
longer liberty but tyranny, and they began to
man
or
was no
turn existing conditions upside down, for liberty's sake.
But such a mighty force Is liberty that even It must
have Ita Iknlta. like fire. It Is a good servant but a bad
master. Liberty Is something more than the right of the
Individual to do as ho pleases. The Individual's acts and
his possessions must be limited by what ts for the
even
common good.
What Is trie of Individual persons is true of Individ
ual nations. Europe was guilty In permitting Germany
to build tip a power through which to Impose her In
dividual liberty upon the world without limitation by
tho common good of the nations. America and the Allies
aro now combatting Germany's "personal liberty" to get
drunk on militarism and Interfere with the common
peace, decency and progress, as drunkards always do.
Liberty Is among the greatest of blessings. It ts ono
of the mattest of sentiments that have raised man
ibove tbe b ea*ts. It Is to be worked for, fought for, died
fop , f ne9dB hflf »i^ys. But, It must needs have Us
, jjmltaUous. Ilka all other sentiments that affect man, save
, fa j th ^ q uC i_
^ Th# maJ1 wbo commits gross and unwarranted abuses
and Injustices In the name of liberty Is no better than
1 is the man who denies the right of human liberty with
i limitations which make for the common welfare.
bad
Premier Clemenceau'» comment on the Austrian for
eign minister* peace speech wae Just "Czernln Hear'
Any time that old French ''tiger" runs out of a Job ho
have one on our staff at condensing things.
osn
Uncle Sam is to look his harbors against trade which
serves no war purpose. Well, sir. woSe got used to Swiss
cheoso made In America already, for ono thing.
It Is & peculiar feet that every time Germany cele
brates "a great victory," Austria sets up a great talk for
peace.
The Turks claim "a great sucoees" In Palestine. Must
be that some of them have outrun General Allonby.
With the Paragraphen
Mr. Creel has In his publicity department an alien
foe, who le engaged In translations of a delicate nature.
He was. It Is said, dismissed from the Smithsonian in
stitution for disloyal utterances. Maybe this will explain
some things about Mr. Creel's department that we here
tofore wore not able to understand.—Philadelphia In
quirer. ...
Interviewed for a New York paper, Mr Creel,
Washington, says: "Nothing ts being withheld from you
that you ought to know." Mr. Creel seems to miss
Important point In this latest expression of his. What
want ts amusement. Give us some more nickel plated
submarine» off tho coast of Jersey—Cincinnati Times
Star.
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CtMS OF THOUGHT
Nothing keeps me in such awe as perfect beauty; now
there 1» something consoling and encouraging In ugliness.
— R. B. Sheridan.*
So soon as the man overlook me, he was but a word
and a blow for down he knocked me and laid mo
dead.—Bunyan.
A good old man, sir, he will be talking; as they
when the age la In, the wit is out.—Shakespeare.
I have no
8 ,, because I think him so.—Shakespeare.
the
much I
•hat
other but a woman's reason; 1 Ihfbk him
lhe Dr f. For Ireland
(From the New York Sun.)
Lloyd George demands the draft for
Ireland along with all other parts of ■
.the United Kingdom because Us whole
available man power Is needed to keep
tho Iron heel of German militarism OH
the necks of all men who would be free. |
This paper for one thinks too well of
tho Irish people to believe that as n
whole or as the greater part they will
rrsUt thu draft when they knew the hit
ter. the Ignoble, thtf irreparhlea price ,
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which would have to bo paid to trlum-j
pliant Prussian barbarism if the Allies
were overwhelmed by the most per-1
feet war machine that has ever bllflecl
liberty and enslaved mankind.
It is until likable that Uie Irish, 1°.
whom Independence Is a religion, would ,
clioosc German servitude for Uiemselves
rather than have England escape that
war machine. It is unthinkable that
the Irish, whose Intelligence and keen
n-ss aro a proverb, would full. to see
that England cannot fall under tho Iron
heel without Ireland meeting the same
fate. U U unthinkable that Ireland.
rather than he loyal to the Allied na
strass
ÄÄKÄSiÄg;»
the opportunities and the hopes of
mortal man.
Tens of thousands of men In whose
veins runs tho purest Irish blood have
gone from this country willingly and
eagerly to Join the Allies battling In
Their love of liberty is as
Franco.
strong as any on this earth. Nobody
has a dearer pass'on than they to see
the Ireland of their fathers standing
In the family of nations on even terms
with all others. And they have gone
to the war as drafted men with no
other thought than that there can never
be Irish freedom, there can never be
freedom for anybody anywhere.
secure
If the Iron heel of Prussian militarism
Is to bu permitted to crush out the
very Hfo of liberty.
There will be. If we are not much
mistaken, tens of thousands of men to
go cheerfully from Ireland under the
draft, as tens of thousands of olhe s
have pone from Ireland under enlist
ment to make the same light and the
sacrifice for the first of all prizes
same
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Everything you buy is of trust
worthy quality—of the same qual
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Company is associated in foot
wear.
For not only can you get any-,
thing from a teething rattle to a
becoming dress for the young
lady at the awkward age;
You can get these things at al
most any price, as the list below
will prove to you.
There is, however, much more
to TOTS TO TEENS SHOP-ping
than range of price, variety of
style, convenience or pleasing
business surroundings.
Completeness is the keynote of
TOTS TO TEENS service—to
have a shop in which it shall be
possible for mothers to find any
desired article of apparel for chil
dren and especially for infants.
Thousands of mothers are fa
miliar with the convenience and
of TOTS TO TEENS
But
A /ew experiences and you will
know that TOTS TO TEENS
SHOP-ping means not only ser
vice to mothers, but economy as
well.
economy
SHOP-ping; many- more thou
sands Should be.
The range of prices
Baby Midget Garters, 10c.
Dr, Parker Suspender Waists,
2 to 14 yrs., 35c.
Silk Fibre Sweaters, $3.50 to
$5.00.
Shetland Wool Sweaters,
$ 8 . 00 .
Baby Coats, long and short,
$3.00 to $8.00.
Boys' and Girls' Coats, 2 yrs.
to 14; $3.00 to $15.00.
Dresses, 2 yrs. to 14 yrs., $1.25
to $15.00.
Nie Nacs, Novelties, 25c to
$3.00.
Dolls, 65c (o $10.00.
Baby Bonnets, 25c to $5.00.
Books, 10c to $2.00.
Girls' Panties, 1 yr. to 16, 18c
to $1.25.
P. K. Coach Covers, $1.00 to
$6.50.
Stork Sheeting, 36 in. wide,
$1.00 yd.
Rubber Sheeting, -36 in. wide,
75c yd.
Rubber Sheeting, 27 in. wide,
50c yd.
Baby Blankets, 75c to $2.75.
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yrs., $5.00 to $10.00.
Bovs' Cloth Pants, 4 yrs. to 12
yrs., $2.50 to $3.00.
Boys' Wash Suits, 2 yrs. to 8
yrs., $1.25 to $6.00.
Hand-made Suits, 2 to 6, $8.
Rompers, 6 mos. to 6 yrs., €Sc
to $3.00, .
Middys, 6 yrs. to 20, $1.25 to
$ 2 . 00 .
Middy Skirts, 6 yrs. to 14.
$1.25 to $2.00.
Guimpes, 2 yrs. to 14 yrs., 75c
to $1.50.
Boys' Blouses, 4 yrs. to 12 yrs.,
65c to $4.00.
Gloves, all kinds, 35c to $2.75.
Muslin Gowns, 6 mos. to 14
yrs., 60c to $2.00.
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yrs., 66c to $3.00.
Flannel Skirts, long or short, 6
mos., 1, 2 yrs., $1.00 to $3.00.
White Dresses, 6 mos. to 14
yrs., 75c to $11.50.
Infants' Slips and Sets, 75c to
$ 5 . 00 .
Carter's Underwear, Shirts and
Bands, 25c to $2.00.
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today—the emancipation of civilisation
from m iliary despotism. In Ireland,
Just as In this country, Just as In Eng
land. Just as In every land where dem
oeracy | A made the plaything of pollll
. ambition.
n "e Xayï LS X w Ä OU
advantage of on opportunity to
, voices against unwelcome gov
4"* 1 '"i^.l. h^v«^ neco»»»ry
they mav K profane the very name
of liberty with their ravings in its be
half. But their c.amor is out of nil
proportion to tlioir number*. Their
efforts are not honored by the majority;
they come to be scorned by some of
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1 1 thft^truggle for the preservation
right* of civilisation „part of
' 1 . 8 , lr „ rtv aone to the war
.. h : everlasting
8 '° • ,,f Uie conflict In northern
Jf" 1 * " " ,0 c °" ' . of th „ , bl . rt> .
* n • another nan of Ireland
* Jhe •" r " draft wlUi cheers
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Thu season's smartest styles, selected from regular slock, in the materials, Tncotme,
Poiret Twill, Men's Wear Serge, English Mixtures, Gabardine and Wool Jersey, m all
Spring colors. Plain Tailored, Braid Bound, Belted Waistcoats, Sem»-dress effects
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Women who fed weak, languid and depressed
who look pale and dull-eye« 1 and have appe
tite and fresh looks—-need a tonic that will
purify the blood, help the organs of digestion,
regulate the liver and bowels, and strengthen
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womanly ailments, improve the appetite, purUy tne
blood and re-estabiish healthy conditions. } he .y, ar ®
safe to take as they are purely vegetable and without
any harmful drug. A few doses will bring better
spirits, improved health, a feeling of fitness and
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