The Detroit times. [volume], April 12, 1909, FIRST EDITION, Page Page Five, Image 5

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WOMAN DEFORM
* BID MAN? NO!
-Jl UliE KOSTICN.
In Remarktble Statement Says Law
Should Not Prevent Criminali
Bringing Children Into World.
NEW YORK, April 10.—He stood be
fore the Judge, convicted of theft.
She sat in a seat behind him.
In his eyes was worry.
In hers there was that unexplain
able longing of a woman to help a
man—that thing that makes a woman
love a man just because he needs her.
His lawyer was pleading for him.
“And, your honor,” be droned on,
pompously, "in addition to my argu
ments that this young man's sentence
should be suspended, let me also add”
—he smiled benignly—"er—let me
also add that in this court room there
sits before you now a woman who will
wed this man and will make for him
a home. The redeeming power of
love"
'Stop,” said the Judge. “That's
enough. I suppose that most judges
would melt at the suggestion of matri
mony. I don't.”
“But—er—er.” came from the law
yer.
"This man is a criminal. He shall
not bring any more criminals into the
world.”
The lawyer was nonplussed.
He had run up against n new kind
of Judge, Warren W. Foster, of New
York.
"I’ll suspend sentence on this young
man. But, If he marries this woman
or any other woman without my cou
sent —without coming to me and prov
ing that he can be a decent husband
—l'll put a sentence of two and a half
years in force against him right away.
Don't you dare to marry, young man.”
This dictum the judge gave, and Al
bert E. Johnson left the court room
broken hearted, his sweetheart weep
ing bitterly.
Judge Foster Is a bachelor, with
grnv hair. He seems chivalrous and
gentle to women and men alike. He
was willing to talk about his action
the next day.
“I suppose I am going to be misun
derstood.” he said to your correspond
ent. "I'm not n crusty old bachelor.
Yes, you may take a picture of me to
prove It.
“But I couldn’t let that young man
PLAYTIME STORIES
An Old Norae Tale.
Once a long time ago a woman wont
to hire an herdsman and she m**t a
big bear. "Where are you going, old
woman?" said Bruin.
“To hire an herdsman.” said ah**
"Won’t I do?” said Bruin.
"Well, why not?” said the woman.
"Do you know how to call the Hock?
just let me hear.”
“ Ow, ow,” growled the bear.
"My, no: I can't have you!” the
woman cried when she heard him
say that, and off she went on her way.
After a while she met a wolf.
"Where are you going, old woman?
said the Wolf. "To hire a herdsman.’
said she.
"Won't » do?" said the wolf. "Well,
why not; if you ran only call the
flock; let me hear," said she.
"T'h. uh,” said the wolf. My, no!"
said the woman. "You'll never do
for me ”
After a while she met a fox. "Where
are you going, old woman?" snid the
fox. "To hire a herdsman,” said she.
WINBTEf). Conn., April lU.—The toy
telephone Hue that Johnny Clarke and
htn slater Mary rigged lip between
their father’s chicken coop and her
bedroom caught a chicken thief the
other night. IJftle Mary had said her
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Albert K. Johnson, oontlctrd prUonrrd
Mho niu prohibited by- Jutlar Kwnter i
from marrying.
marry that girl, I know. They always
think they tan reform men But when
a woman loves she loves so deeply
that she goes the man’s way. Bhe
doesn’t fight against him to make him
go her way. 'He’ll only drag you
down.’ 1 told her.”
And I found out afterward that the
gentle judge had sought the girl and
had consoled her as l*»Rt he could.
"But there is a bigger thing than
the romance of It —the broken ro
mance,” continued the judge.
“What about ihe children they
would bring into the world? That's
the biggest question we face today.
Despite the .opinions of a certain gen
tleman who has recently gone to Af
rica. I say that we must see that chil
dren are not born so promiscuously
that many of tKem will be criminals.
“As It is now the hand of the law
does not stop the criminal, who hap
pens to be out of Jail, from producing
offspring!!. If he can find a mate he Is
at liberty to raise ns large a family
ns the processes of nature will per
mit. They are cursed into the world.
They are born with living souls.
“Living souls must be either lost or
saved in this world, and their fate is
a tremendous question. It is terrible
that this question of the fate of a
living soul can be raised by a drunk
en criminal In a moment of passion,
after he bus beaten a weak woman
into submitting to his brute cravings.
‘Wmcpc APC YOU GOING, OLt>
WOMAN?*.ASKED BRUIN*
"Why not have mf 1 " said the fox.
"Well, why not?’’ said the woman.
Toy Phone Catches Thief;
Any Boy Can Build One
prayers and wa» Just oozing off to
sleep when over the clgur box and
stove pipe wire telephone contrivance
came a series of unearthly noises She
listened intently, and soon was able
to fix the disturbance as emanating
from the chicken coop. She spread
the alarm, and the whole family sal
lied forth, en deshabille, armed mis
cellaneously. They caught a bold thief
In the very act of plundering the hen
roost, captured him and turned him
over to the police.
Any boy and his sister cnn make as
good and serviceable telephone outfit
as that which saved the Clarke chick
ens. It only requires enough wire nnd
two cigar boxes.
Get ordlnarv-sized cigar boxes, the
ones that hold fj() cigars when full.
Make a hole half an inch in diameter
MARY'S HOME FROM COLLEGE—How Pa-Paw Got in Bad With the Dog
THE DETROIT TIMES: MONDAY, APRIL :», 1909.
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JIDI.R WARRICK W. FOSTKR.
"That was what I thought of when
I decided the caae of the young man.
"No man in his frame of mind has
the right to make it possible for an
other soul to be lost.
"The question of whether meu and
women have the right to bring chil
dren into the world promiscuously is
one of physiology.
Most children are conceived un
expectedly.
"How careful breeding may Improve
any race is shown in our horsea, dogs
nnd cattle. It haa been shown, too,
In the human race by the prearranged
mating of a fine man and a beautiful
woman, producing beautiful children.
"How far wc> ran breed the human
race in this way is a question.
"But I do know that whenever we
can prevent the mating of men and
women who are almost sure to pro
duce* weak, sick or criminally disposed
children, we must do it.”
"If you only know how to call the
dock. Let me hear.”
"Pil-dul-holom,” sang the fox in a
clear, fine voire.
“Yes. I'll have you for my herds
man." said the woman, and she set
him to he**d the flock. What do you
think! The first day he ate up ihe
goats; ihe second he ate up the
sheep; and the third he ate the kine.
Tiu* old woman was churning when
she heard the dreadful news about
her flock, and she snatched up some
cream which was in the churn and
threw it at the fox, who was running
away from her. Ha got a dab of it on
the end of his tail, and thai's the rea
son why tha fox has a wh’te tip to his
brush ever sinre.
The first academy of aviation in
Germany has been founded at Munich
by the Bavarian Automobile club,
which lias purchased an extensive
tract of land and will build a big aero
dome.
OAflTOniA.
Bun tbs Tto Kind You Haw Always BoujM
B *-r
Job Printing don* rl|hi. Tim** Print
ing Cos.. 16 John R.-*t. Phon* 1498.
in the center of each and then place
them in each of the houses that you
wish to connect, on a straight line
with each other.
Five pounds of stove pipe wire is
enough to stretch the ordinary dis
tance. Make a loop in one end and
fasten it with a nail; then stretch It
taut to the other box. supporting it
where necessary with stout twine
stretched to tree limbs, etc.
If your mother won’t let you bore a
tiny hole through the glass, so you
can run your wire through the win
dow into u room, ss Johnny and Mary
Clarke did. set your cigar box up on
the window sill outside, nailing It down
to make It stout. Then your telephone
Is complete. Try It nnd you will find
that you can hear distinctly for over
4uo yards.
A telephone like this, 200 feet long.
:: Unknown Wives of Well-Known Men
Mrs Robt. M. I.aFollette. wife of
the senator from Wisconsin, has been
called an ideal helpmeet. Just now
she Is the busy associate editor of Isi-
Foleite's Weekly, ihe magazine the
senator recently launched.
As she has helped her husband in
everything else, she Is helping hi n
In this new venture of ills. She con
ducts the woman's department of the
magazine, which Is proving u bright
and entertaining feature.
Mrs. LuFolette, who was Mies Belle
Case, of Barlboo, Wls., before her
marriage. Is an example of the type of
woman best fitted to be the domestic
companion of u public man.
She Is a graduate of the t'nlversltv
of Wisconsin and a post-graduate in
law there, although she has never
practiced. For 10 years she was pres
ldent of the Emily Bishop league, an
informal school devoted to health and
self-expression.
THE ROYAL COMPENDIUM
By STUART B. STONE
Ganley placed the Royal Compen
dium of Literature. Science and Art
upon the low- stone wall mid peeped
through the Iron gate for inconsider
ate dogs. Nothing stirred within the
Immense park-like inclosure, however,
and, taking up the heavy prospectus,
he passed up the cedar lined walk to
the big. Ivy-covered mansion. The
quiet gloom of the great, brick house
rather frightened hlni. but he needed
funds for the final year at the tech
nical school, and lie set hia Jaws.
As he lugged at the old-fashioned
bell knob, Ganley ran over In his
mind the multiform merits of the
nooks. Before the door had hal*
opened, he was w’ell into his intro
ductory statement:
“Madam, I have here the most as
toundingly complete compilation of
facts, fun and figures the world has
looked upon. The Royal Compendium
comprises 32 volumer, 16.000 pages,
with mapß, charts, flags of nil na
i “Madam, I have *ere the most a*-
toundingfy sumptuous and extraor
dinarily complete”
lions, the world's famous paint
ings"
A strikingly pretty girl peeped
through the opening and interrupted
“A book agent," she said most dis
dainfully.
The words stung young Ganley into
tctlon and he answered quick as a
flash:
"I also desire to say, madam, that
the Compendium contains a complete
and comprehensive manual of etiquec
Pill I
will carry music played 30 feet away
from one of the cigar box transmit
ters. Ami it won t cost more than
cents.
flj
£
• ’ <
iand good manners; how to receive a
gentleman at the door —how to be
have in company—how to eat prunes
t nd dance the schottische —the way to
acknowledge an introduction —how to
(salute your fiance”
| ‘'Goodness!” Intenupted the pretty
itnald: "Como In and I'll call father.”
! In another minute, Ganley found
i himself in a prim, darkened parlor,
trying to remember the table of rul*
(rs of nations Rut where the king of
j Abyssinia should have been in his
jmlnd, the dark, dreamy eyes of the
maid at the door obtruded, and he
hud to pull himself desperately togeth
er when the girl returned, accom
panied by a red-faced, sturdy old yeo
man. his good wife nnd an unneces
sarily plentiful representation of
youngsters. The girl seemed to en
joy his bewilderment and smiled half
mockingly, half-sympathetlcnlly.
i "Now unwind," she commanded,
j "You’ll have to listen fast, dad.”
Ganley flushed. If she would mod;
at him. ho would show Iter his grit
land make the sale in spite of her.
' "This magnificent compilation ” he
rattled off, "comprises ‘lVnvn on the
| Farm’ and 1,000 other pathetic ballada,
099 receipts for making everything
from asparagus soup to Zulu pudding,
the lives of the wives of the presi
dents. the language of flowers'
“Hold on.” Intenupted old farmer,
tie turned to the watching girl. "Any
thing In these hooks about farming?”
"Ask him,” prompted the girl, her
cyet twinkling; and Ganley took tip
the challenge.
“Yes, sir,” he responded. "Who in
• vented the cultivator —what to plant
in dark of the moon—l,ool names
for plow horses”
"Walt," asked the dazed good-wife
"What about embroidery, Fan?”
The girl nodded further challenge
"Everything, madam." assured Gan
ley. "The famous drop-stltch. lock
stitch and loop-stltch—perforated pat
terns for stamping green wreaths on
pink cheesecloth —a*» article on how
Cleopatra learned to sew”
"Anything funny, Tan?” piped one
, of t lie youngsters.
Again Fan dared with her d r eamy
I eyes.
I "You just bet," d-‘dared Ganle/
"Joe Miller's joke book —500 drum
; mers' yarns told on n freight train in
.Arizona—the original story that made
I the hyena laugh”
"Well, I swan!” exclaimed the old
■ gentleman. "It's the beatenest book
ever—what do you say. Fan?”
j Ganley’s heart stood almost still,
i He required the commission on only
■ three more sets to secure the covet
ed degree. He was sorry now lie had
| antagonized the girl; but she had af
jfected him very strongly and he had
desired to vindicate himself. But
| when he looked up sin was regarding
him very gravely, almost tenderly,
it seemed.
"Yes," she nodded. ‘‘Buy it, dad."
"Write it down, sonny.” responded
the farmer; and Ganley’s heart
bounded.
The girl spoke again. "And Uncle
Henry’s family. They would be de
lighted with so valuable a work.”
The squire nodded "Put In oue for
Hen, Buddie.”
Ganley looked up at the girl In de
lighted amazement.
“And Aunt Elizabeth.” she pursued.
"She dotes on books, you know, dad.”
The old man grinned. "Put tha;
down, too. sou. Fan gets what she
| wants.”
At the door young Ganiev, tremul
oils with Joy, endeavored to thank the
maid. "If 1 might come back some
time," he pleaded.
The girl smiled. "The Compendium."
she reminded. "Burely that marvelous
I book would guide you hack to our
poor place."
And Ganley wen f down the cedar-
I Hned way singing In his heart.
llcal playhouses
LYCEJM.
As “Merely Mary Ann" in Israel
Zangwill'H stage adaptation of 111*
storyette of that Mine, Mlsa Ka>
Courteney nave Lyceum patrons, Sun
•lay, an example of liei art at its heat
Her portrayal of the simple. trusting,
unsophisticated country maid, who, an
servant in a Ixmricn hoarding house
| learna to love Lancelot, a pour bu*
talented composer la an effort worthy
;of any stage. In It Mlsa Courteney
seems to put her whole soul. The emo
; tlonal demands are great, but ao are
Mlsa Courteney’s resources.
Miss Courteney had half the audt
cnee In tears, Sunday afternoon, when
the curtain fell on the par ..ing scene
in act three. And the actress herself
j was drying her eyes i.t she came from
(the wings In response to the whole
hearted applause that followed her
touching exhibition.
Zangwlll displayed good judgment,
even though he was compelled to de
part from the original tale, in adding
| the fourth act, in which Ijuicelot and
Mary Ann meet again on more even
I terms. Mary Ann Is then n cultured
i lady, while Lancelot has won wealth
and fame as a composer, and though
'at Aral Mary Ann spurn* Lancelot’s
(elated offer of marriage the old lovJ
Its rekindled by a lender melody and
| the curtain falls with the lovers id
each other's arms. Without thin end
ing the play would be disappointing to
the average playgoer of the present
day.
Mr. Glaser's was marked
bv the same painstaking care and pol
ished efTort that distinguishes all his
portrayals. Ellxa Warren's Mrs. Lead
beater was moat faithfully don i, and
the same was true of the Rosie of
Belle D'Arcy. The other members of
'the company were well placed.
THE WHITNEY.
"The End of the Trail," a lively
drama dealing with frontier life In
New f Mexico some 20 years ago, fur
nished plenty of thrills, and some
really good entertalnmert, in the
Whitney theater. Sunday. Strongly
featured in the ad ion Is the well
drawn character sketch of Carlos, half
breed Apache, graduated from Car
j lisle and West Poln*. but still subject
'to the overpowering love for fire,
water which brought about the down
fall of his race. Willis F. Jackson's
| work In the part was all that could
lie desired, and aroitnd this strong bit
of stagecraft, the entire action re
! volves.
The story is far from anew one.
| The ranch boss Is murdered, and the
. murder is charged to his stalwart
! foreman, who accepts the burden of
the guilt to protect the heroine,
□ gainst whom there is some circum
stantial evidence. Hack of the murder
is the story of a strange worahop
| which the Indian has for the pretty
heroine. He fears that the ranch fore
man Is going to harm her, and shoots.
t
j Jn Society* j
Milton A. Mcßae will give a free
| illustrated lecture on "A Cruise About
South America,” Tuesday, April 13, at
8 p. m., in public library branch No.
4, Field aud Agues-aves.
Sidney N. the Detroit pub
lisher and composer, leaves Monday
for New York to attend a meeting of
the American Guild of String Instru
ment players to be held in the Hotel
Astor the coming week. Mr. Lagatree
will read a paper before the conven
tion.
Kappa Delta, an organization com
posed of Detroit college students and
alumni, will give its second informal
party of the season in Straslnirg's
academy next Wednesday evening
The executive committee, Messrs.
Lionel V’. Canon, Francis D. Hurley
and Vincent M. Brennan, has gotten
out a number of attractive posters'
which are exhibited In several down
town stores. Tickets may be obtain
ed from the members of the executive
committee, or from the entertainment
committee, Messrs. McNamara, Col
ford, Fitzgerald and Melvin.
The Young Men’s association of the
First Baptist church will give an even
ing for friends in the church, Thurs
day evening at 8 o’clock, when Frank
Hurburt O’Hara will give a dramatic
recital, “If I W’ere King,” with Inci
dental music.
.#•
The marringe of Herbert E. Robin
son and Miss Ethel Wurzburger,
daughtor of Mrs. Bernard Wurzburger,
of No. *jfi Alfred-st., was celebrated
Thursday evening at fi oelock in the
Hotel Cadillac. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Leo. M. Frank
lin. The couple have gone east on a
wedding trip nnd will bent home af
ter .Tune 1 at No. 300 North Boulevard.
Page Five
The villain, an eastern promote?,
takes advantage of the aftair to trra
to accomplish the neath of Bruce Me* 1
Donald, the manly foreman. There lg||
a long seriea of tense sceuet, ending ,
most dramatically with the killing of <1
the villain by the Indian. ■
Jerome Brunner plays the hero l H 1
satisfactory mannet, while Florence 3
Johnstone showed rare good judgment 'll
a» the heroine. Thu other parts were I
well taken care of and the dranut J
teemed to touch a popular chord.
AVENUE
Thu Champagne Girls sparkled j
brightly on the stage at the Avenue, |
Sunday, adding spice to a show tfeat |
at timea threatened to go "staly** &
Guy Coney Island" Is the name gs |
the opening aklt. Just wnere the naige \
came front was not explained, a* J
Coney island was never mentioned or
shown in the scenery. The piece la
from the pen of Charles Nichols, who f
plays a leading part.
A better named chorus ha* not bee* •]
seen In the Avenue for *eveal weeks I
than that of the Champagne Girls. Thg ]
girls sing wel, dance cleverly, and In "
the last act take part in military drill <
that Is one of the hits of the perform*
nee.
During (he olio Honan and Kearney '
gave a line of talk that pleased a aeo*
lion of the audience; Charles Nlcholg
and company, Including Billy Ward,
Marie Croix and Marie Fisher, present*
ed an interesting sketch, entitled '
“Western Style;" Charles F. McEvoy
worked off a few songs and alleged r
jokes, and the three Armstrongs did |
clever stunts on bicycles.
GAYETY.
Rather above the average in th* «
Important matters of singing and 4
dancing Is the Hastings show in the
Gayety this week. Viola Sheldon has
a good voice, uses it well, and has an ,
excellent selection of songs. Her sing* y
ing of a selection from Cavalierly
Rustirana, with a male chorus, was A ■
welcome novelty. Edna Burnett also *
sings well.
The comedians this week are Tort f
Coyne and Al Lewis and they run t® |
the Irish and German varieties of fun.
George Campbell and Birdie Brady,
jugglers, are worth going to see. Th® x
hit of the olio, however. Is Mile. Alda, .
who poses artistically In bronze effect,'
her scenes following famous sculp* *
♦ ures. Mildred Flora has been seen
here before In her wire-walking turn, *
The chorus girls of this troupe are
'nil of ginger and keep moving all the
time, particularly the ponies. Th® 2
"Dance of the Temptress" is Interest* /
Ing and very like some other dances
with Oriental setting and music. Fri
day night there will be a chorus girls'
contest.
Though gas and petroleum engined
were unknown in Japan ten year* ago,
they are now used by about 15 per
cent of that country’s manufacturer*
for motive power.
ADVICE TO THE
LOVELORN
Better Write to Her.
Dear Miss Fairfax: I am 22 years
of age and love a girl of 20. She
is a very nice girl, aud many
years ago I loved her dearly, but
now my love has grown cold. She
lives in 'Europe and 1 live in New
York. We parted as sweethearts,
and she still keeps up writing to
me. I have answered all her let
ters up to a few months ago, when
I said I did not care to have her
writing to me any more. She does
not seem to heed what I write, but
keeps on sending her letters and
photos. Do you think I could
learn to love her again if she
were to come to New York? She
is about a head shorter than I am.
and that is one of my reasons why
I would not care to have her for
for my wife. Kindly advise me
what to do. Shall I write to her
or try to forget her? She has very
good habits and comes from a
good and respectable family.
S. W. K.
I think you owe something to th 9
girl and her family, and the chances
are that If you saw her your lovw
would revive. You should not hare
made love to her unless you intended
to be true to her. The only objection
you state Is an absurd one. If you do
not intend to marry her you had bet
ter write and say so at once. Tho
chances are that some other man will
be only too glad to take your place
In her heart
At a (ost of $r».000 the government
will erect on the brink of Grand Can
yon of the Colorado a monument In
memory of John Wesley Powell, for
mer director of the geological survey.
Ip recognition of his services as a sol*
rii<r. explorer and scientist.