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THE NEWARK POST .. _ . commumcatl0n8 t0 The We want and invite communications, Naw ark Post. but they must be signed by the writer s Make all checks to Th* Newark name _ not for publication, but for our information and protection. Newark, Delaware Published Every Wednesday by Everett C. Johnson POBT. Telephones, D. & A., 92 and 93. Entered as second-class matter at Newark, Del., under act of March 3, 1S79. The subscription price of this paper iB $1.50 per year in advance. Single copies 4 cents. FEBRUARY 19, 1919 RED CROSS MEMBERS TO GET HONOR CERTIFICATES WORKERS COMPUTE THEIR OWN TIME SIX MONTHS OF SERVICE PERMITS PURCHASE OF INSIGNIA Delaware men ana women who! have given eight hundred hours ! of work, in any capacity, to the Red Cross and, while doing so, all have served not less than six months in the Red Cross, now have the formal and definite opportunity to receive service certificates and badges as rewards for such work and also as valued souvenirs of the greatest war in the history of the world and the greatest humane as service ever performed by any or ganization in the history of the wor ] d OF is National headquarters has an nounced to all chapters a plan for recognizing the loyal service given by the men and women workers of thè Red Cross. This will be done through the issuance of certificates which carry with them the right to purchase and wear the Red Cross official general service insigna. The insigna for women workers will be a badge with ribbon, bar and safety catch. For men, a but ton to be worn in the coat lapel. Men workers to whom certific ates have been issued will be en titled to purchase the standard ser vice button, the price of which is 75 cents. No modification in these buttons is to be made for the vary ing periods of service. Women workers to whom certi ficates have been issued will be en titled to purchase the standard service badge for the price of one ; dollar. There are three forms of service badges for women, depend ing upon the number of months en rolled and the number of hours of work accomplished. In no case shall the award be made to a worker whose period of enrollment in service has been less than six consecutive months, or to a worker whose total number of hours amounts to less than eight hundred hours. In computing periods of service only service sub sequent to April 6, 1917, should be awarded irrespective of whether the service rendered has been on a volunteer or a paid basis. The eight hundred hours may have been accomplished in six months or twelve months or eigh teen months and in any of these instances the worker would receive a certificate which would entitle her to a Red Cross service badge with a plain blue ribbon. In cases where women have worked more than eight hundred hours in six months' time, these aditional hours cannot be counted toward any ad ditional award, as there is a mini mum but no maximum number of hours given. In order to obtain an . , , additional award, that is, a badge with one white stripe in the blue ; ribbon, a worker must have given j two periods of six months each and | not less than eight hundred hours : in each of these periods. That is to say, a worker who had given twelve months' time in sixteen ; ; ! j ! ! hundred hours, eight hundred hours in each of the six months, would receive a badge with a blue ! ribbon with one white stripe; whereas, a worker who had given twelve months' time, with sixteen hundred hours, but figured that i she had been able to devote twelve 1 hundred hours in one period of six months and four hundred hours in the other period of six months, would receive a badge with a plain blue ribbon, as no number of hours above eight hundred in one period of six months can count toward an additional award. To obtain a badge with a blue ribbon with two. white stripes, a worker must have i worked eighteen months and twenty-four hundred hours three periods of six months with eight hundred hours' work in each one of these periods. This is the greatest number of hours and num ber of months for which awards are offered at the present time. j n All Kinds of Service to be Counted In computing the eight hundred hours all branches of Red Cross work and service may be counted. Work done at home, such as sew ing and knitting, as well as work P done in the work rooms, work injtion all the Red Cross classes of hy- j giene, surgical dressings, first-aid, ' nursing and also work done and hours spent in Red Cross cam paigns for Red Cross funds and memberships should be counted. Services given and time spent in connection with emergencies, such as the influenza epidemic and the j Perth Amboy disaster, also may be , included in the eight hundred hours ,, c INSIGNIA The committee on awards ap pointed by the Delaware chapter is made up of the chairmen of the various bureaux. The members of this committee will award the ser vice certificates to the workers in the City of Wilmington and throughout the State of Delaware who have done their work in their various departments. Mrs. Willard Hall Porter, chairman of the wo men's bureau, is in charge of the certificates to be awarded for work done in surgical dressings, knit ting, sewing, supplies, inspecting, packing and motor service. Mrs. Joseph Bancroft, chairman of the bureau of hygiene, will award certificates to workers whose work has been done in classes in nurs ing, first-aid, surgical dressings, etc. Miss Madeline Draper, chair man of the bureau of home service and civilian relief, will award cer tificates for the workers who have rendered services in that bureau. a Mrs. Henderson Weir, chairman of the canteen, will have charge of the certificates for the canteen ser vice. Miss Emily P. Bissell, chair man of the bureau of development, is secretary of the committee on awards and is also in charge of the certificates to be awarded for special services. Mrs. Thomas W. Wilson, chairman of the bureau of publicity, is chairman of the com mittee on awards. "It is the duty and pleasure of your committee to bring before you the awards which the American Red Cross has seen fit and wise to bestow upon its workers, and to acquaint you thoroughly with the rules governing these awards," said Mrs. Wilson today. "These in structions come from Washington through the division to the chapter and from the chapter to the mem bers, in exactly the same way that all instructions and requests have been coming for so many months that Red Cross workers have be come well acquainted with the rou tine, and it is now, not only our duty and our pleasure, but our habit as well, to carry out such /instructions from these headquar !t er s to the letter" ; j | : How to Secure Recognition The first thing for a worker to do is to apply for a questionnaire. .This application should be made to the chairman of the bureau in which the worker feels that her major number of hours of work has been accomplished. It will be ; given by any bureau upon appli cation. The next thing is for the ; recipient of that questionnaire to 'fill it out, which will be an easy ! task as it is simple in form and j designed only with the purpose of being helpful to the workers. Then it should be returned to the head of the proper bureau. Workers will please apply for these questionnaires as soon as possible ! promptly. By so doing, they will ! assist greatly, the committee on ! i 1 a and return them , . , , i awards > which hopes to have a pre sentation service of these certific ujers. they will be placed on sale: at ^ lllai 1 P avi 1 s J ewelr y stor e> e . n4d an i Market streets, Wil j jnington, Delaware, for sale only to those presenting service certi ficates. Each Red Cross w r orker is asked to figure out her own number of months and hours of service, as n ates at the earliest possible date. Just as soon as the badges have been completed by the manufact each is the best judge of the num- ■ ber of hours and months given to | the Red Cross and is always put j upon her honor in making com- ! putations. In event any worker wishes assistance in computing or judging her hours, the chairman Qf any bureau wiU be g]ad to give s ■ , assistance when reauested SUCh asslstance when requested,, ,. ... .... ,, t, , . but this work, like all Red Cross work, rests largely with the m-1 dividual workers. ! I Consumers League The following letter was receiv- ! ed early in the week with refer ! ence to the Minimum Wage Bill • ! : ence to the Minimum wage uni, Wilmington, Del., ; February 8th, 1919 j ! I To the Editor of Newark Post j Newark, Delaware ! Dear Sir _ v , , ... , Ue have noted wit much ap P recia ^ lon Y° ur P u bl ]C spirited ac injtion in devoting part of your valu- j j able space to news and comment ' on the Minimum Wage Bill for wo and m ; nors now before the a e eglb a ure ' Although it is only three weeks since our Bill was introduced into the State Legislature by Senator j w Robinson so keen is the in , , ... 2 i . , , ^ 5 . ' upwards of 4,000 pieces of litera ture mainly by request. Another interesting point is that instead of ,, , . , , , the usual fifty bills printed at J . Dover for the use of legislators, three hundred copies of the Mini mum Wage Bill were ordered of the State printer because legisla , , v j , - tors had had so many requests for J ^ c °P ies - The Consumers' League believes in the policy: "Tell the people," so we ordered fifteen hundred Letter from copies of the Bill for use by the public and we shall be glad to send a copy to any reader of your paper who will write to us at Public Library Building, Wilmington, Delaware. Yours very truly, Mary Gawthrop Legislative Secretary Consumers' League of Delaware. V ■ - Ar •t. • ; :&iW -• -î-v 1 c JpA'?'" :■ ' ■■ ,'fi ; •V SL Kil V; w. y? S. v N. t i "fe ». • • -A 44. '* "3R NEWARK TRUST AND SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY NEWARK, DELAWARE Interest Paid on All Deposits 2 c /o on Check Accounts 4% on Savings Accounts - j.. i .. i .. i .. i .. l .. i .. i .. i .. i , M .. M .. i .. i .. i . t t-i .. T a i m in ; I , , , ! j j j j M j • H - H I I I I 1 h I i n I l H - 1 I I I 1 h I 1 i 1 I H -+ ■ ARLINGTON TO BE RESTING PLACE OF WAR HEROES | j ! Deacl in Foreign Fields i . ii to be Brought Home . It has been officially announced 0 f America's soldier and ■ sailor dead w m be returned from in 1920 the battlefield and hospital ceme- ! ! teries of France at the expense of I the Federal Government in 1920 and an appropriation by Congress ! de as ^ed for at the proper t ' me ' , ! Arhngton National Cemetery which looks out over the city of ; Washington, will be the place of; j burial of thousands of Americans ! who gave their lives in the great j war . ! "Arlington itself is an old Am- ! erican estate and was so named by the adopted son of George Wash ington when he took up his res i_ dence there and built the great j house within the cemetery, which is called Arlington Mansion, . " The construction of the man sion WaS com ™ en< ; ed ia 1 ^ 04 ' dut was not completed until after the Mar of 1812. It is said to have been modeled after the Temple of Paestum near Naples. It was the residence of Robert E. Lee until wden he resigned dis com ' mis ? lon ia tde ^ ni4ed States army l° m rebellion, and after ward became its most conspicuous military leader. The main build ' ngs ° 4 4de Premises have been preserved in their original appear mvA ance and condition. ihe six columns at the northern gateways on the east front of the cemetery were a part of the north portico ° 4 4de °^ d ^ ar Department, at Washington, removed on its de „ .... . j .. .. molition in 1879; and the stone pil lars and entablature of the Temple of Fame, just south of the man sion, were removed from the cor r 'dors of the Patent Office upon the restoration of that building after its partial destruction by fire, September 12, 1877. "Within the addition in the addition in the southeastern sec tion of the inclosure is the site of Fort McPherson, one of the chain of fortifications constructed dur ing the'War of the Rebelion for the defense of Washington.. "By order of the Secretary of War, dated June 15, 1864, the Arl ington Mansion and the grounds surrounding it, not exceeding 200 acres, were appropriated military cemetery to be laid out and inclosed for the burial of all soldiers dying in the hospitals in the vicinity of Washington and The boundaries of Tor a Alexandria. this inclosed plat have been tended w orders of the Secretary ■ . r £ 0 ^he southern boundary ex of the estate, and the actual area ! now inc i osed an d constituting the N a tional Cemetery is 408 acres. „ The bu riais in this cemetery ^ mainly 0 f those who died in hospitals in the city of Wash ington and vicinity, but include also the remains gathered from the battlefields of Bull Run, Manassas, Bristow Station, Chantilly and Aldie, from numerous camps and fie] j s between the Potomac and the Rappahannock and removals from ! Point Lookout, Maryland, and from abandoned cemeteries in the Dis trict of Columbia. The number of interments in this cemetery at this date (December 1, 1896) is 16,320." ' Finish What is Begun It is better to finish one thing, even though insignificant in it self, than to start on half a dozen ambitious projects, and fail to carry them through. For your own sake, when you start a thing, make up your mind to finish it. Begin nings amount to nothing, except as they promise achievement, and some of the saddest of failures in humaril lives are those which stand for countless attempts and nothing accomplished. Form the habit of finishing what you begin if it is of no more importance than tying a shoestring.—Exchange. Have a Mental Graveyard Every man should have a grave yard of his own. In it he should bury all of his mean thoughts, his hatreds, his animosities and evil aspirations; and bury them deep, so that there can be no resurrec tion. If you hear a bit of malicious gossip—bury it deep. If you have been nursing a feeling of hatred toward somebody for years—bury it. And when you have finally fill ed your graveyard with the worst that was in you—you will find the world and all that goes to make it a much better place than ever be fore.—Exchange. A New Flag on Pacific Coast There is a new flag °n the Paci. fic Coast —blue, with a star-shaped white centre in which are as many smaller stars as there are dis. charged soldiers in the employ of the firm that displays it. "\V e h ; kept faith with the boys who listed in the service of the try," is the silent message it veys. ive en coun ' eon PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY on road from Milford X Roads to Vought's Corner. I Friday, Feb. 21, 1919, at 1 o'clock, p. m. Horses, cows, 3 shoats, chickens corn by the bushel, hay and straw by the ton. A general line of farm- | ing implements. GEORGE STEWART. W. S. Armstrong, Auctioneer. a NOTICE A meeting of the New Castle County Tomato Growers' Associa tion will be held at Wolf Hall, February 25th. ARCHIE L. PEEL. Secretary. REMOVAL NOTICE DR. F. V. MECHL1NG announces the removal of his offices to Rooms » 202-203 Ford Building, Wilmington, Delaware. Phone 5071. FOR SALE it TWO MODERN DWELLINGS on Delaware Ave., Newark No. 1—Seven rooms with bath, steam heated, slate roof, by 200. built than the average. No. 2—Six rooms and bath, hot air furnace. Lot 45 by 200, also lot in rearJjO by 200. These properties should not he looked by any person looking for fortable home. Farmers' Trust Company Newark, Del. Lot 50 This house is belter over a com 1919 FARM LIST Send for NEW 1919 FARM CATALOG, just out, giving full descriptions, locations and prices of over a million dollars' \vi.rill of selected farms, suburban homes, Ches apeake Bay water-front places, etc., at sur prisingly low cost. Eight branch offices, salesmen with autos to show farms iree. ALBERT L. TEELE'S FARM AGENCY Main Offices — Newark, Delaware Wilmington Office ---812 King St. Have YouOid Tires? ■((« <<«<5 We have specialized on ... a process where no ». matter how old a tire we can make it n >nly • I practically like new but give you a tire th; will • render service , , to vou. Guaranteed (or -00 miles for less than half the price of a new \\ e also ^peciali/e ill vulcanizing:, all w ir c,' te £h - MPIRE DOUBLE TREAD CO., 823 Shipley St., Wilmington, Delaware. tire. ; ;- H I I I H-H I ■ ! i . i - i-l-l-i-H -h-i-;-:-;-! li j. m GarrickTheatre ? -r WILMINGTON The Home of High-Class :: VAUDEVILLE .. Twice Daily, at 2.15 and 8.15 " • • Always the Best Show in Town * H - 1"1 1 1 1 - M-r 1 I I , H-; .. ; . . H -;. -[-'•++ Want Advertisements hi S»l*, For Root, Lost and Found WANTED-;—Two or three rooms for light housekeeping. Man, wife and two-year-old child. Ap ply EUBANK'S BARBER SHOP, Newark, Del. ' NOTICE — Gunning, Trapping, Hunting, Trespassing on all my farms positively forbidden. JOHN J. CHAMBERS. 10-23-lyr.-pd. LOT of second hand boards for sale. HOUSE for rent. Apply, J. P. WILSON.