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fWQIT TIMES
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■f pifiit wantau huba-riptlon order* or oik-
IBldflita off Urracuiar rtallvecy Will 1-e 1>
Kan* ay la * »0 y. n.
Bnttrod at lb* Poatofflca at Datrolt a« mc
MI-cUn mall matter.
KT- Th« un c t tha nimu of this eorporat " a 1
My *ffloors In any outside project la unauiu-"-
MM. All accredited Oaalnaca r*ir»K-m.»i
■Ufa and should bs raq-nrad to ahow credei
Sals slgnad by Richard W. JUidmg.
WABMar.
batt iii>ay, ji-nk n, m&
Your Child Isn’t Safe Because
jpTheyVe Killed the Wild Steer!
While some stock was being unloaded
j&rom a train on the east side of the city,
p. steer broke loose and ran wildly from
Its pursuers.
Plunging down a residence street, the
prild nteer was the cause of a panic.
As it ran through yards, mothers
Mashed out, grabbed their children and
pan with them to safety.
[ The steer was slaughtered before Jit
||lAd done any harm, but by the time the
Biff ha was over there was a marked
Ifearcity of boys and girls in the streets
Pttfough which the beast had torn in its
paad dash.
I; Hut night, it is more than likely,
gpttany a mother out that way suffered a
[imn in which she saw her darling
llramped under foot and stamped upon
|<T saw her boy or girl impaled upon the
ppsacherous horns of a raving steer.
H Many a mother was glad when morn- j
[fag came, we will bet, when she awoke
|OO find a little curly head safe and snug
|§ft her side.
If. By this time, however, the little curly
||uad is no doubt once again playing out
|}ft the street, and off the curb, too, if his
[{rubber ball has gotten by, while auo
fpiolriUin every bit as deadly as wild
Mtaers. when found in incompetent or
[fool hands, are passing constantly.
W*‘ v
‘ It is a sad fact that there are mothers
enough to consider that the
Ittoreets are safe for their boys and girls
Emless, should it happen once in 10
[wears, a wild steer comes along.
E A wild steer should be categoried as
lihe least of the many dangers to which
four children are exposed while they are
[jMinff brought up.
H The wild steer comes ranting and
Plmcking and kicking up a fearful disturb
||oce, by which we are warned of its
Kptesence in time to run with the child
foot of harm*s way.
s■' The real dangers are those that are
I hidden.
I The deadliest foe of a man or of a
[nation, of the child or of the home, is the
|foe that skulks behind or sneaks upon its
' prey or is dressed in garb to make us
f think it is quite harmless. •
fc It is rarely we hear of a wild steer in
tiny of the residence districts, but the
& Child isn’t safe because of that fact if
there is a saloon around the comer.
■
l We maintain a squad of mounted police
to dash up on costly chargers and chase
Wild steers out of the street, to protect
pur boys, while at the same time we
license the grogshop and permit it to lie
‘in wait arounu the comer until the boy
comes home from work some night with
his first pay envelope,
r We kill the wild steer in order that
the boy in the neighborhood may b< safe,
or that le may stroll around the corner
out of his mother’s or father’s sight,
there is a dealer who is willing to
s jell him cigarettes to poison and weaken
Kdboth his mind and body, and give him a
mart down grade.
iIYM, the wild steer is a mild danger in
Bhl child’s case compared to other
one of them being the family
■MMrapaper that does not care; that is not
Hpftktllar about what its news columns
■jpfttain or about what goes into its
■Hferartiaing columns.
jEjfif tha newspaper that comes into your
RjMi prints bear, whisky and cigarette
■Uvartisements and the broad and dirty
HpMMamants of medical quacks, and is
|tt|.gßr»)eaa in ita news columns, forget
mgH tha alight danger of a w ild steer in
,CP YOUR CHILI) AS
QUICKLY AS YOU CAN AND RUN
WITH IT AS FAST AS YOU CAN
FROM THE DANGER YOU HAVE
PERMITTED TO GET OYER YOUR
VERY THRESHOLD.
We’ve a Better Habit Than the
Dollar Habit for You to Get
A song that is sailing toward the high
seas of popularity starts off with some
words like these:
"Nab it. grab it, get the dollar habit!”
Wrong! That’s not the habit to get. or
to grab or to nab.
This isn't the time of the year to
acquire a "dollar habit’*—if indeed there
ever i> any time of the year in which the
"dollar habit’’ is a good one.
Hut, there are other habits that are
good and useful during the coming sum
mer days.
If you want to nab or grab or get a
habit that is really worth while, why
not —
Nab the “outdoor habit! '
Cmh the “take the family to the picnic
habit.”
i,et the “fresh air habit."
Let the “dollar habit” take care of
itself.
You must have money in order to take
a di > o ': once in a w hile.
The dollar i* necessary so that you can
have beefsteak and shoes.
Hut at l**st it’s grubbing to get it and
t’> not to be mentioned in the same
>reath with the good, enjoyable things
of life.
“I Won’t Play in Your Yard.”
Hon. Joseph Weldon Bailey, erstwhile
mentor of the great state of Texas, l ut
now - among the political discards. ha.>
again given an exhibition of the childish
petulance that perpetually marked his
course in the senate of the l nited
States.
In the Riggs bank case, when reproved
by Justice McCoy for a very intemperate
and improper remark, he tossed his
papers on the table and “withdrew" from
the case—but reconsidered.
Senator Bailey once resigned by wire,
as United States senator, because the
people of Texas didn’t kotow properly,
but when they still were recalcitrant,
“withdrew” the resignation with another
wire which beat the original one to
Texas.
Most any attorney would have his
hands full representing the Riggs
National bank in this trial.
There’s going to be some amazing
pyrotechnics before it is over.
Trust Joe Bailey to furnish his share.
Laziness Is a Disease.
BY H ADDINGTON BRUCE
(Author of “The Ridd'e of Personality."
“P» ychoic g> *nd Parenthood." etc)
There are some people who wifi object vigor
ously to the heading I have given today's ta»k
Lanness. they will protest, ia no* a diseas
it is a vice, a normal infirmity due to weak
news of w ill.
Very well. I grant that it la due to weak
ness of will. Hut what causes the weakness
of will?
In Fari« a group of scientists undertook a
careful inveabga’ion of Uiy men. A number of
miers were rounded up. and tested mentally and
physically. This important fact became evl
dent.
Without exception the men examined w-ve
found to b» suffering from a DEBILITATED
CONDITION OF THE NERVOI'B SYSTEM
char.ct.rO-d by A SLOW HEART BEAT. LOW
HLOOD PRESSI'RE. AND A POOR CTRCI'LA
TION.
Tnis condition wa« found to exist even in
idl-rs who to all outward appearance were
strong and healthy. A- a conaequence of it
sustained effort was virtually ir.'.possible lo
them.
For. with their physical s*a*e what It was.
their brain was so poorly nourish
ED THAT IT QUICKLY TIRED when concern
tia'lon of attention on any ta»k was required
Tb s does nt m»an. though, that these idler*
were bom lazy On the contrary, there 1*
plenty of • v.id-nt e »ha* star ely anybody is
Hjrn Uizv
Or.e h only to thick of the superabound
Ing activity of every young child in order to
cealtze teat, whatever else be said of It, lazl
ness is an acquired dl ß ea«e
Oftcnest hndouh’edly. the trotible is due *o
a faulty home upbringing, whereby on the one
hand no* enough attention is paid to the
child's physical ne«»ds. and on the other his
natural m* ntal activity is dulled, no effort being
made to entourage and tram him In *us’alned
thinking
By the time he reaches sehool ag»* he ha*
icquired such poor work habl»s tha* study Is
•k-ome and burdensome to him If at the
‘dmc time. !(k#> so many children, he i« trou
bled by adenoid growth* e>e strain, dental de
sects, e*r.. he i- the m f >r likely be-,
nnu str* « these rau*e, »o develop the de
bilitated nervous condition found n th< idlers
of Pari*
Wha* the laxy person, old or young, really
needs Is not har»h treatment hut medical car».
He n*e.j*. a tonic and a regular »x-rclse to
build up hIS weakened nervous svstem He
)e-d* thorough erarrlration for the detertlon
»f any special physical a;lm**nt« that may torn
olb ate hi* ra>e
Shrve nerds «V!lf*ll ruldanc* lr THE
AWAKENING OP A PASSIONATE DESIRE
TO DO SOME SPECIFIC TASK. AND I*o IT
WELL.
To*Mi * and exercise are not enough Interw
in something worth while must be
aroused. 'Otherwise, even after he has b*sn
physically rejuvenated, ’he Idler will likely cling
to hi* do-nothing habits.
Find work suitable to hl« natural aptitudes,
tactfully ln*plr« him with a real enthusiasm for
It. and you need not worry about his future
A SHAME
“Didn't you see me hold up my hand**” asked
the traffic policeman
“1 must confess that I did.” replied the man
who was driving his own car
’Then why didn't you stop*”
“I lost tny nerve 1 h-id l ■** spent *1 re.-
quari •*rs of an hour getting tbi« car to tart
and It weemed a shame io lose all that work ’* —
Washington Htar.
DETROIT TIMES
-Wm
Me Explain* for C**cy That t*e World Would Be Better But For It*
Diplomat*
rY TOM MAY
v \v ■ ' i G-xu. m rh* grocer, "whai's yor hon«*«>* opinion *v
N itV
" a 1 it - ’ iikol ( *#e\
WN \ ’’ -.. .1 Hr "ti.at * th name av th’ stuff that’* u*« 4 b>
th* diploma’>
-No* thn t's*ey. ’if yell tell me what a diplomat la, maybe
01 w•. 11 be able .ir«*» r >ir qu**r ion ’*
"Well ’ -a.d t.rotiui, » diplomat I* a la-ad that is U*ed by th’
govaniir.it.’ a..a touuthry t - conduct ita affair* id other po\»*rn
mint*
■’Me tn -t Na •> t* *.v> *ome’hin’ that d-»n’t mean anythin*, or
*h:n r •: ■«■> i; .• ..i ythtn’. 't mu at t.iean nouielbia' entirely different
from ;»t t; • o r ‘ «-r f» iii<’* think* it mean*.**
■ That nound* nutty t' me.” said I’asey.
"It -iii t’ •it ryvian but th’ diplomats th inaelTe*.” said Gro*i»n.
"Whin t»o »r.‘ ary min rr.ak • an anreemlnt. an* av tMm hre.iki
it. th othr-r i * m-i lu*r the aich other in t Ja*. land in
ih’ patrol nafon an’ th thins t« settled In th" poll* court
"Hu i.ot *o » and th dipion ;it* They arre a- wid aich ether
a* th' landlord .in' tl. res tenant Thev never come t blone. but aich
L X ■ fD
V •
“Th' thing i* sett'ed in th’ polls court.”
wan wear< a chain r»hirt t' thry an prevint th' o f her from stick t some
thin' into th' rn ail iv hi* ba- k
Whoy man. d* ar. th* y claim that th* ration* av Europe thraia min
from cboildhood
“A younaetcr that can fl.m-flam his class is waU-h.ed be diplomatic
-couti*. th’ s.m. a- tn* aan.l :o*>r that can bus* u ov» r *h* since la
watched he the 1 i3>'ball scouts
“An units- he <i< velop* a «*idtncy t’ have some rr>i;a ard fr th
thruth, he ha.e a broittht fu’ure before him m diplomacy.
"Tha's t. r-.i.-on we have no diplomats over here in America.
Th’ aovenmint < .am*s hand* every tome .-omt iir. get* sore
on th’ tariff, an’ in comes anew rrop a .«t.*t«*m:a.
A man may have bin a houlin’ suree** a pork packer, an’ not
be able should his own wid a flock av thimble ringer* •* . n it comes t'
*ettie «ome afa>rs av state.”
“Hut w* **m t‘ «e: alone fairly well.” -a and f 'a-rv
”Yis -aid liTocan ”'v\c- z*t a ion a because w** arre bl* enough an'
rich enou* l make ty.' wor r.d hN-ta-aie b*>for* steppin' on our *oe»
’W- ai-o seem t* f able t' produ« t- th right man at 'h* right toime
"Now lon, at Wilson. He’s no diplomat. He a a school master, an
honest man an a thorough American
"So w; in th’ Lusi’ar.la was sint t' th* bottom w l -ceres av Ameri
cans. he never thought av diplomat Me * r.t t note t th’ kaiser an’
ail' and ‘tt.r.’lon t t .’ fact that sue h a--t.on was contrary t’ all th' treaties
»-’w.-.*n t:.' t*o nation- He ai-o a.*K»-d if th’ k.iiin' av Americans wa- t*
continue or t’ stop
’’Orlinarily ye'd think that a ‘Y.-’ or ’No* would be th’ answer,
but that's no* th’ way av diploma ▼.
’’lnstead av an answer he got bi'k th’ list av questions
Was th I.U'l’ania a steamer or a freight rhraln*’
** ’Didn't th' munitions av waar in her h Id a’fat k th' submarine?'
’’ 'VVsor.’t th’ coal bunk* rs jammed wid re*, rvlsts*’
”*vVhat business ha<l she In th* w ethers anr.yhow ?*
“ What chance have Corny Ma k
" i an William Alden get the nomination'**
” Is Ford goin’ t’ change th' shape av th' radiator***
” 'is T*ddy gmn' t jump bac k* an' is Homer still singln’ "The
Swc:d av Hunker Hill?*
“Now that'- diplomacy. Ye -ee that av an an«w*r there's a
iiat av questions that 'sould take a loife-'olme t answer.
“Dacant questions in a way. lyau-e ve <tn w»-n see how th* C»er
man for an office j H deeply lnt-r : at,.d ;n all av rhim.
‘An’ ye can s»i f th* . ■ ould get Wood row in’o an ar rgumlnt
on Conn e Mack fr ir:«fan«e, »h*y'd be *a!k:n back an’ forth till to'
beginning av th- wor-rld s-ri*-*.
‘i ut i .ive nothin' I do w.d th' < aae av th’ Lusitania.” said
C asey.
’Every van knc. -»- t v af * aid Grogan Hut *haf’s diplomacy it’*
•» fotne T • * th’ r •« tb i V’ tome y.- r out. an’ ah.*
aaks what s* ;.* ye ln*?»ad av answerin', a-k her if her afore teeth
ar re achin' her
"8o t: at * dpi rr.acj * > f'a-ejr w;*h a grin. “Hegorra 01 molght
thry It ’
“Do." said Gr *a ’An wcr'rld will be *y b»ther. be »h’ loss av at
least wan diploma:.”
A leading Engl.-h new p*-r, ih*
Manchester Guardian, d*'votes a v<-.
untn of editorial j. to praise (i ;
American ♦ tIU .* t U a- in nstrat-d
In the relief of U-lgium I ha* re
lief work, which th* '*j» di. n >.•
acrlbes aa- ’among ’he r ti.-ly g
and ntibl* things whlci * - 'ar :. *
brought atK*ut.’ u d<-lin*'d. it
think-, to provide “one of the mo-*
inspiring page* of An • r an b->
fory.” Swif’lv rcvl-w lr. ;* terr;.' -
straits to which the H-lgian people
were reduced -n Hept-nib* la t * *•
triiardian declares t‘ »t f. :.\u. ,
r.ced was imniedia'c ind
apparently tnipo.-slMe io in f -*'
America worked a mira. le by c’■ea*
1 ir.g in a week or t vo. from noth ng
one of the biggest and i. os* arr.az
ingly efficient busln**-* *on<»ni- • n**
world has e.er se-n. arid applying i*
• ' ’
peoples w .11 no- it* f* l ., f- g *[..*’
the spirit 't-y call American -*v«o
Belgium from starvation t! ■»' Am* r
i-a ‘made good where an ounc* le«»
of well dire* ted hus’ie might ha-e
cost a thousand lives
The Iribute is. we think, de-erreq
The American rei es work in M*-l
glum has been by the testimony of
practically all eye w * * regard
less of their nattona; ty ’'arriazlriPi'
i efficient ’ This is not hy anv means
jthf hr«t demons*ra ♦:or of smatlni'
efficiency by 'm , ' , '< '■* T'»v f<»*v*
a way of tree’ n -m. -'on- :< s th > *
usually compel- tr niiraHon nt
foreign o’v-rvers 'Vh> i- it. then,
that the ’slower-moving peoples,” as
the Manchester ti iardisn describes
• them, “put It over** the Americans
A mencan lit fide ncy
•ti c many **l is where comparison*
tr* P j and inevi’able'* Kur ex
*:i •' p-’r.otic American* frankly
- ' • iperlortty c»f municipal
.;•> errim*n ri some of the European
<’ !•' Ho h German and Hntlsh
*hoi'U *r. - in trade and Industry
•*r* er» < ,-d frequently to our own
ir. !►-». Iti forc-ign trade fields
1 .r..p« ,r. c'mpe'itors have aur*
l-> • I and nearly all rompari
‘".•s if trade getting methods In
,k ' -. fi* ar* at otir expense
'•'> ■: fa illty, resourcefulness,
t v- ,nd energy, the American
com’:r.'« If Is evident, sundry de
I- s*-' h *ost him dearly at home,
and through which his European ri
v tl- profi' in competitive field* For
*! »• g .od nature or Indifference
■v 1 • ;. rnita inefficient and waste
f <: x n rrn.-n*. he pa>* mlHions an
t 'in,, Mix mistakes In foreign
•r.. ‘ ’ii which he Is slow to
rr* •f, t ough they have b«»en re
, ;' af*• 1i > jointed out. coa* him other
■ « n loss of obtainable busl
, r.e ■• S Yet In great emergencies he
i h*ds hlx defect* with hi* t«»af. and
1 and j.: av - an efficiency that amaze*
1 " • slower moving people* ” My
f o e,.-rc|se of the same "well and!
'r* t and t ustle” and reaonre eruines*
in<l cl| *hat worked what the Man
• o r Guardian call* a miracle in
!; m Nrnc-rican* may aetz* the
. bi..- •o- iblc advan'ag* from the
rv •* * opportunity now of
! fetir/ Why n*>t daarlfr that oppor
.'unity a gr»at emergency and
ine.-t |t Aitq »n "arnazlng efficiency”
tiat r iay be hardened. w|f,i practice,
nto t it?—New Orleans Times
PR a> une
A Movie and a Child
BY E. 8. HITCHCOCK.
“Take me out. mother. I don t
UK** U.“ *ob|>«*d a tiny *clrl last even
lnu. at a North Woodward movie
theater
Mother khi *o absorbed by the
picture* and the bur*:* of laughter
that »he paid little ati *ntion. and
the child cried silently.
What was it she didn't like?"
Nothing but a him of a drunken
man who cotnea home In the middle
of the night, knock* down all the
ornament*, pull* down the curtains
(j*hrlek» of delight from the aidl
«nc»i frighten* hi* pretty, young
wife out of her *en*e*. and out of
her bed. and finally goes to bed
with the step ladder which he ha*
previously adorned with a boudoir
cap.
The audience made up of men.
wonon. children but largely of boy*
and girl* or 1$ or thereabout*, was
convulsed with merriment and burst
out at every new antic which the
drunken man performed
There I*, w » are H»ld. a board of
censor* (somewhere* and th-re was
A room a Dav.
Horn ov
When alt gift* sphered
And molded lnn> man.
No other « ft wa • led to
To complete God'a perfect plan.
Put through hi* own volition
Man fell »nd tr u > • n-.e
Hop* sprang into hi* nature.
A never-dying rtamc
And down through eounil*** o*a
P#>'ond our h iman «- 'r»
To <*ach Iu« >me th<* bless.n*
Os an unending hope
While still the ration* hsf’.e
And men do strive and slay.
And *h» world seem* an »''r»
With war the awful play.
Hone r-se* st’ll triumphant
flops sends one bright- n • < 'sy.
Though dark enough the future.
Hope still light* up t‘ »
* M L Cooler.
l>onK Fnouffh
A man came into a dog show one
day leading a most disreputable
dog by a length of rope
“Where's the Judge?'' be demand
ed
-What do you want the Judge
for'" asked an attendin'.
“Want to show my dog." said the
man.
“Show that'" queried the other
"Why. you surely don't think that
weird object has any chance of tak
ing a pfdje*''
“Why not’” demanded the offend
ed owner
Oh. well." said the attendant,
"hi* leg* are enough, without any
thing else Why. man. they're miles
too short
Too short'" retorted the dog*
owner fiercely. 'Too short' What
more do you want' They touch the
ground, don't they?"—Top-Noith
Sleeping Out of Doors for Health’s
Sake—How to Plan and Prepare a Porch
More and more people arr baroro
Iny convinced of the fact that the
only really healthy
place to sleep
out of doom. E*
pecially is It of
great benefit to
people who have »
tendency to tuber
tuloals or are sur
fertng freon the
in its <*arly *tag**s.
Wh**n planning to outdoor*
thr niont important thin* la flrat to
And a spot protected from
rh«* wind and rain and cold In win
trr time.
When a house has a p*»rman**nf
verandah and ths family rannot af
ford th»* *xp«*ns»* of providing a apo
dal for nipping purpose*. »he
permanent verandah on any floor
may be used. Privacy and pro’or
tion may he obtained by putting up
canvas curtains or bamboo ** ref nx
p*or a pa-nageway to the porch cut
out one of the window* down to the
floor and put In a door three feet
eight inches wide, so that the bed
can be rolled from the room to the
porch without difficulty
Hess Haskins
I "
“Hill Stuhly wants t’ trade
a rabbit dog and a ferret f'r an
artificial minny.”
at one time appointed a body of
women to pit** upon fllin* tn this
city, and this body of women wa*
told that they could do nothing and
that whatever the I>oard of censors,
some writer* (In New York, we
think I, passed, would "go."
lk> these things get by without
the hoard s sanction, or ha* the
board grown lav? llut If mothers
and fathers cannot protect their
| children from such pernicious pic
! tures and If other mothers snd fath
i er* appear to enjoy them equally
i well, what's to he lone*
Just now there I* a wave of pro
hibition flooding the world There
ts a tileni right between the liquor
Interests and the grows -d public,
and it look* a* If the public Is going
to win. but we are standing quietly
by and allowing the mind* of our
hoy* and girl* to be poisoned, and
many of us are Joining In with their
laughter
Mother dhl not take her little girl
home until the whole show wa* ov t
and she had cried herself to sleep
Pointed Paragraphs
A cheap man may be bought with
a five cent cigar
Hut nearly all of u* have another
guess coming
Tills Is the busy *e**on for the
farmer and the h* n.
Kvery mm ha* hi* troubles and
most of them wt-ar sklrta.
If all you need is an op, ort inlfy
get busy and make one.
Warer wagon passenger* have
nearly all used their transfer*
Nearly every man you m***.t 1*
conceited enough to think he tsn t.
Thing* are *o quiet in a bowling
alley that one can hear a pin drop.
Hor*e a Hero
A Ku**lin artillery horwe won a
bronre medal at Plevna. Order*
were given for some ammunition
waton* m he hurried to a spot thar
meant crossing the enemy's i>>ne of
fire All the time shell* were
crashing among the horse* bring
ing them down In heap* and fright
* nmg *qc h a* enraped. Time* with
out number did the Russian driver*,
sparing neither whip or spur, at
tempt to urge the horse* forward,
but thev stood cowed and shivering
with fright Son e wen* blindfold
ed but the fffe. f was the same
and only ore horse showed any
wiHingn* ** to go Thereupon the
driver Jumped -down and. cutting
the trace* of the other horses, drove
the willing one at full gallop
through the Are The wagon passed
through without exploding and after
the war the hor-e a i* decorated in
Ihe manner described and the driver
promoted.
If the room is no* hea*ed hy some
other mean*, a stove should to* used
and the air kept wiirtn. so that the
persons sleeping on the po:< h ma*
have .i comfortable place for dress
lng
Place glass and sash on *he side
of the por* h most exposed to the
wenther, and hang canvas curtain*
on rollers to enclose the open «;d* *
In t'ormy w eg* her.
The moat Interesting phase of
progress in medicine in recent year
is not so much the Increase in our
knowledge of the cure of dines***
though definite advance ha* c<>me
In this, hut In the development of
the science of *h,. cause of disease
and consequently of its prevention
Prof J .1 Walsh, professor of
phys.ologlcal psychology at ( ath.e
dral college. New York city.
We All Do It
“They contemplate a trip to the
Prl*co expos 1 fion "
"Tha ,, s cheap enough."
"Whg* ? Whjr, ’he fare
“f was speaking o' the contempts
Mon.*- Philadelphia Pu’die ledger
Let the People
Rule—and Write
All Created Up and a Long Ways
To Go.
T'i the f’tUior of Th V Timet:
I shall feel bilged hy your mail
ing me one of beat issues of the
'Tetrolt Times" by war of specimen
f have seen it very highly spoken
•bout In “The Public" of f'bb ago,
111., and am desirous of seeing it for
myself at |i* be t please address;
Amar Singh, Wasu. I*. 0., (f)lstrlrt
On pot». Pan Jab, India. Thanking
you for the prospective courtesy.
Yours truly,
AMAH HINOH,
Wasu, April 22. 1915. Parsed by
censor at Uombay.
Nothing to Cook With.
He (describing his war eiperl
ence*) Just then the enemy got
our range.
flhe— You poor fellow * And you
had to go without your dinner. —
| St. IjOuls Globe.
SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 19 15
Legend 18 truer titan history. History
is what happened, legend is what ought
to have happened.
History is an attempt to record facts.
But who can Ih» trusted to understand
a fact well enough to tell it? Sir Walter
Raleigh set about once to w rite a history
of the world; one day he saw an occur
rence under his own windows, and after
warti when he heard a half dozen dis
cordant witnesses tell of it. lie was
amused at his own temerity in presuming
to record events years after all the wit
nesses were dead.
Who knows the secret springs of his
tory, the story behind the story? We
have Genesis, but the genesis of Genesis
has disappeared forever. We have
Matthew, but where is the sub-Matthew ?
The forces Itehind history are as
strange as those behind the inscrutable
face of nature.
But in legend history becomes simple,
understandable. It is a true picture of a
race’s inner life, of its dreams, ambitions,
fears.
There is no history of Greece so true
as its mythology. The jteople probably
lived along, fought, loved and died, and
struggled in the sordidness of circum
stance, very much as we; but the l»est
part of themselves were the golden
fancies with which they jvopulnted the
'leavens, the seas, the woods, and the
dark.
I.egend is tougher and longer lived
than fact. Hercules and Perseus,
rheseus and Orpheus are still vigorous
tersonages in the world’s mind, while the
leading citizens that discussed the plays
1 >f Eschylus are vanished into thin air.
We have a feeling even among present
!events that the newspapers are somehow
ieceiving us. What mass of news they
jhold back! How colored is what they
•rint! There is n> such thing as giving
ill the news. The public would not
stand it.
Besides, to t« II the truth is difficult; it
is an art few have mastered. "Open
■ heartedness.” said Kant, “the saying of
the whole truth we know of, is not to ix*
met with in human nature.”
It is in its purely imaginative work a
people most truly expresses itself. So
Wagner went to myth, and not to
; recorded history for his motifs. There
is more truth about the English people
jin Percy’s Relkiues than in Macaulay’s
history.
There is an allegory of PushkUi that
is in |w»int, expressing the truth that,
whoever would know a people, must
study the jteople’s folk lore.
• I
Fly ihe side of the lllue
i* 'he gre*? and green oak tree.
Girt with a golden chain
I‘ay and night a marvellous and kimi'd rat
Crawl* around thi* oak
When hr rrs* Is to »I;* right hr wing* a son*;
When h*» »rawl* to the l*»ft hr t. il* ,» story
It i-t thrrr you must sit dawn and l»-*rn
Th*> understanding of Uu**lau legend*
Th»re the spirit of Ku-wta and the fantasy of
our ancestor* come to life attain.
It is the same with the individual. The
games you played, the longings you
entertained, the visions you glimpsed,
when a child, have more to do with your
character than any hard happenings of
your maturer years.
To understand any man you must ’go
back to the cat and the oak.
From Another
Point of View
We desire to call the attention of
those vs ho declared Italy didn’t have a
look-in, to the fact that she has already
taken a peak.
» • *
A campaign is on in Chicago to com
pel milkmen to wear rubber heels. Ah
far as we are concerned, the milk is
springy enough now.
• • •
A pitcher on the Milwaukee team has
come down with the smallpox. This
being an instance when a pitcher becomes
a catcher.
* • •
The subject for a Detroit sermon Sun
day is announced as “The Hardest Ihing
in the World.” A discourse, possibly, on
the head of the fellow who rocks the
boat.
* * *
Hangs are a late Harvard fad. We got
a lot of them in high school.
* • •
According to an eastern banker, this
country has $3,000,000 to lend. Hut that
doesn't help a man who discovers he ia
short right at lunch time.
• * *
We are in receipt of an invitation from
an aviator to take an aeroplane flight.
Neither party to the invitation will be
taken up.
• • •
Italy seems to he going right ahead
despite the fact her course is disapprov
ed of by I.»ou Rowley.
• • •
Seeing what she took to he the peri
scope of a submarine, a woman on a liner
making for Liverpool jumped overboard.
Out of consideration for nervous people it
would perhaps be well to place a ban at
the seashore this season against thin iQr
pie going in wading.
LEGEND
BY OR. FRANK CRANE
(Copyright. 1915. by 1-Yank Crana)