The Detroit times. [volume], May 31, 1916, LAST EDITION, Image 5

About The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920

Image provided by: Central Michigan University, Clark Historical Library

                
WEDNESDAY, MAY SI. l»t«.
THE CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE
We Only Really Own Ouraelvea.
I hare thought much about what
and how ] should tell Par. He is
not tha man to let anyon* Interfere
in hla business unless he thinks that
person has a right to do so. 1 im
agined he, too, might have some
feeling about lettiug any one see
how quickly be recovered from this
love of Mollis.
Poor Pat, he has always seemed
to fall In lov« with the wrong girl.
Now if he can only see It in the
right way, he has found a girl who
will make him a wonderful devoted
wife. Alice will make him super
latively happy, if he will let her. If
It were any other man than Pat 1
would use the argument that Alice
was probably qulto as good as he,
bat that would have no effect on
Pat. He believes thoroughly in a
double standard.
Sometimes 1 think with Jim that
nature mitde a mistake in not put
ting some kind of a mark on out
akins for every liti>e and big sin.
Jint says, "If nil had to have
a freckle for every sin of assorted
alse on our faces for every ain of as
sorted else that we committed, It
would help things n lot, and I think
would make the world better. Os
course, some of us would have a
dark brown skin to match the dark
brown taste In our mouths the morn
ing after, hut It would help us to
distinguish the sheep from the goats,
wouldn't It, Margie?"
Jim always makes me laugh even
when he Is most fantastic, and be
tween you and me. little book. 1
don't think he is half as bad as be
paints hlrfiself.
Not being able to see the "re
grets" that Pst has probably pinned
to his aoul, I am not sure of how
much sympathy he will have for ant
one else, especially a woman and
that woman the one he wants to
make his wife.
However. It Is not my way to
shirk ? disagreeable duty, as you
know, little book, so this morning i
•ent him a note saying:
"Dear Pat: I have been thinking
much about ’my story' that you want
me to write, and ! have thought of
LITTLE STORIES FOR BEDTIME
Jimmy Skunk Keeps His Word.
<Copyright 1916, By T. W. Burgess.»
By THORNTON W. BURGESS.
Keep your word whate'er you do,
Apd to your Inmost self he true.
When Jimmy Skunk shouted down
the hall of Johnny Chuck's old house
to Peter Rabbit that he would come
back at dark he was half joking.
He did it» to make Peter uneasy and
to worry him. The truth is Jimmv
was no longer angry at all with Pe
ter. He had quite recovered hi-,
good mitiire and was very much in
clined to laugh himself over Peter'*
trick, which had sent him rolling
down hill in a barrel and had given
him the greatest shaking up he ever
had had in his whole life. But he
felt that It wouldn't do to let Peter
off without some kind of punish
ment and so he decided to frighten
Peter a little. He knew that. Peter
wouldn't dare come out during the
daytime because of the Yellow-
Jackets, whose home was Just In
aide the doorway of that old house,
and he knew- that Peter wouldn’t
dare to face him for he would be
afraid of being treated as Reddy
Pox had been. So that Is why he
told Peter that he was coming back
at dark. He felt that If Peter was
kept a prisoner In there for a
while, all the time worrying about
how he was to get out, he would bo
very slow to try such a trick again.
Aa Jimmy ambled away to look
for some beetles he chuckled and
chuckled and chuckled. "I guess
that by this time Peter wishes he
hadn't thought of that Joke on Red
dy Fox and myself,” said he. "Per
haps I'll go hack there tonight and
perhaps I won’t. He won't know
whether 1 do or not and he won’t
dare come out.”
Then he stopped and acratched Rls
head thoughtfully. Then he sighed
Then he scratched his head again
and once more alghed. "I really
don't want to go back there to
night" he muttered, "but I guess
HI have to. 1 said 1 would and so
111 have to do It. I believe In keep
ing my word. If 1 shouldn’t and
some day he should And It out he
wouldn't believe me the next time
I happened to say I would do a
thing. Yes, sir, PH have to go
back. There Is nothing like mak
ing people believe that when you
aay a thing you mean It. There is
nothing like keeping your word to
make people respect you."
Being naturally rather lazy Jim
my decided not to go any farther
than the edge of the Old Orchard,
which waa only a little way above
Johnny Chuck's old house, where
Peter was a prisoner. There Jimmy
found a warm, sunny spot and curl
ed up for a snap. In fact he spent
all the day there. When Jolly,
round, red Mr. Sun went to bed be
hind the Purple Hills and the Black
Shadows came trooping across the
Green Meadows. Jimmy got up.
yawned, chuckled, and then alowly
ambled down to Johnny Chuck’s old
house. A look at the footprints In
the sand on the doorstep told him
that Peter had not come out. Jim
my »at down and waited until ft
was quite dark. Then he poked his
bead in at the doorwaj. The Yel
low-jackets bad gone to bed for the
ftlfbt.
anew heroine and anew set of sit
uations Perhaps you will think It
Is more thrilling than the one 1 told
you about.
"Will you Come up at your earliest
convenience and talk It over with
me? Hlnoerely yours,
"Margie Waverly."
Pat called me up immediately on
the telephone and said he would
come up In the evening.
I then told Alice what I had done.
She dropped on her knees by the
bed and groaned.
"I'm afraid, dear Mrs. Waverly,
I'm nfraid. Don’t do It tonight, wait
until next week."
"But, my dear, It la best to get it
over.”
"How are you going to tell him?”
”1 am going to put It In the form
of a synopsis of a story that I pro
pose to write for him. It will be
very easy then to get his Idea of
the woman in the case ”
Poor little Alice gave a sob as 1
said "woman In the case." I reach
ed out and patted her hand.
"Courage, child, courage; if he
puts his prejudice ahead of hla love
ho is not worthy of you."
"But, my dear Mrs. Waverly, I
am not worthy of him," she whis
pered.
"Did yoti ever knowingly in your
life hurt anyone or wrong anyone
but yourself?"
“Never."
"Then you are worthy of any
man.
"You know, my dear." l raid, "my
belief la that I have only one thing
that Is my own—myself—one thing
to keep or to throw away and the
longer I lie here the more seated
becomes the belief. Some day I,
too, may decide that I am not of
enough use to he kept to worry any
one and then I shall—"
"But, Mrs. Waverly, you are get
ting better?”
*'lf I am It Is so slowly that I can
not see It."
From some impulse that I could
not understand 1 took up the tele
phone and called Dick
(To Be Continuedi
m
"Come out, Peter; I'm waiting for
you," he called down the hall.
“Come out. Peter, I'm waiting for
you!” he called down the hall, and
made his voice sound as angry as
he could But Inside he was chuck
ling. Then Jimmy Skunk calmlj
turned ami went about his busi
ness. He had kept his word.
As for Peter Rabbit that had been
one of the very worst days lie could
recall. He had ached and smarted
from the stings of the Yellow-Jack
ets. he had worried all day about
what would happen to him If he did
meet Jimmy Skunk, and he was
hungry. He had had Just a little
bit of hope and this was that Jimmy
Skunk wouldn’t come back when It
grew dark. He had crept part way
up the hall at the first hint of night,
and stretched himself out to wait
until he could be sure that those
dreadful Yellow--Jackets had gone to
sleep. He had Just about made up
his mind that it was safe for him
to scamper out when Jimmy
Skunk's voice came down the hall
to him. Poor Peter! The sound of
that voice almost broke hla heart.
"He has come hack. He’s kept
bis w-ord,” he half sobbed as he once
more went back to Johnny Chuck’s
old bedroom.
There he stayed nearly all the
rest of the night, though his stom
ach was so empty It ached. You
know Peter Is a great eater. Just
before It was time for Mr. Sun
to rise, Peter ventured to dash out
of Johnny Chuck’s old house. He
got past the home of the Yellow-
Jackets safely, for they were not yet
awake. With hla heart In his mouth
he sprang out of the doorway. Jim
my Skunk wasn’t there. If Peter
only had known It, he hadn’t been
there sinoe he had called to him
the last time. With a sigh of re
lief Peter started for the dear, safe
old Brier Patch, llpperty-llpperty
lip, as fast as he could go.
"I’ll never, never play another
Joke," he said over and over again
as he ran.
Next story—Reddy Fox Bides and
Broods.
Previous to the national con
ventions of the two parties were al
ways composed of delegates equal
Id number to the whole number of
congressmen In the two bouses.
Society §HS
Mra. Walter Russel will entertain
dinner guests In the Country club.
Wednesday evening.
- —tS)-
Mr. and Mra. Benjamin F. Tobin
have returned to their home In
Groase Polnte from three weeks'
stay In New York and Atlantic City.
—(£y—
Prince Paul Troubetskoy has re
turned to Detroit for a few days’
stay in connection with an exhibition,
of hla work now In the Museum of
Art galleries.
—\i> —
The Alma Mater association of St.
Mary’s academy, Windsor, will meet
Thursday afternoon, June 1, In the
academy.
—<i> —
Mra. Joseph Black, who baa been
the guest of her mother. Mrs. Rufus
Clnrk and other Detroit relatives and
friendc, has returned to her home In
Seattle, Wash.
The Baroness von Kettler will en
tertain the Garden club of Michigan.
Friday afternoon, June 2, at her
home In Groase Polnte. "Trees” will
be the subject for discussion.
Mr. E E. Gallogly will
move this week from No. 124 Loth
rop-ave., to No. 71 Boston-blvd. west,
the home formerly owned by Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Mack, which Mr.
Gallogly recently purchased.
The engagement Is announced of
Mias Mabel Jacobs, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. A. Jacobs, No. 52 Alfred
st.. to Iyeslle H. Gumra, son of Mr.
and Mrs. S A. Gumm, Ansonla
apartments, the marriage to take
place In the fall.
■—® —
E. Ford la entertaining
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Scblotman,
Miss Elizabeth Miller. Miss Mar
jorie Mellish and Dr. Reginald (’.
Kidner on a week's cruise on his
yacht Galatea.
Under the direction of Sam Hume,
of Boston, the Detroit Society of
Arts and Crafts will present a Greek
play In an open air theater on the
estate of George G. Booth, Cran
brook Farm, Bloomfield Hills, Mou
day evening, June 28.
—<s)
De Witt Taylor and Miss Agnes,
No. 25 Alfred-st., and Mr. and Mrs.
S. S. Delano, the latter of New York,
left Detroit Monday to motor to
Madison, Conn., where Mr. Taylor
1 has a summer home. Mis Agnes
Taylor, who Is visiting in New \ork,
will join her father and aunt In
Madison, about the middle of June.
—&>—
Instead of the regular meeting Sat
urday evening, In G. A. R. hall, June
3. Sarah M. }V. Sterling tent, No. 3.
Daughters of Veterans, will hold me
morial services for the late Mrs.
Bessie V. Redfield, see ret ary of the
tent. Members of the O. A. R. Wo
man's Relief corps, Sons of Veter
ans and all other allied organiza
tions are invited to attend.
Hamper Funeral, Thursday.
The funer*! of Walter R. Ham
per, president of the Globe Tobacco
Cos., who died Sundny night, will be
held In Fentoo. Mich., his birth
place. Thursday afternoon. Ser
vices will also be held in the home
of his nephew, Charles M. Hamper,
No. 282 Uncoln-ave.. Thursday
morning, at. 9:30 o'clock. The body
will be shipped to the home of hla
sister, Mrs. A. P. Chapin, Fenton,
in the forenoon. Burial will be In
Oakwood cemetery there. Mr. Ham
ped had been a resident of Detroit
40 years.
Young Gayly—Doctor, my liver
Isn't working as It should.
Doctor—Set It an example. Get a
Job yourself.
Bulletin No. 3.
Why Not Face the Facts
About Armor Competition?
To the People:
The policy of the United States Government for many years has made real competition
in armor-making ineffective.
The Government might have asked the three armor plants for bids and let
the entire tonnage to the lowest bidder. That would have made competition ef
fective.
The result of such a course would have been to drive two of the three manu
facturers out of business, and leave the country with faciiittes of only one
plant in time of need.
The Government in fact has always asked for bids from the
three manufacturers, but no matter what the price quoted, each
year's business was divided among them.
Armor makers serve but one customer—the Government, just as a public utility serves
but one customer—a community.
The solution of the public utility problem is regulation of rates.
The solution of the armor problem is for the Government to fix the price.
We voluntarily agree to accept any price fixed by the Federal Trade Commission. Isn't
acceptance of that offer better than the destruction of an industry built solely to sene
the Government?
Schwab. chairman Bethlehem Steel Company
EUOENE G. GRACE, Praaldent.
.DETROIT TIMES
BRICK CO. HRS
FINEJjISPUY
Colonial Concern Opens New
Offices In the Penobscot
Building
The Colonial Brick Cos.. In connec
tion with Its new offices at No. 163 U
Penobscot building, has Just com
pleted one of the finest displays of
brick work ever built.
The walls and partitions of the
office are built of brick, laid In mor
tar, Just as they would be In the
walls of any building. Os course,
one object of the display !• to show
the variety of brick available, but
while more than 80 different kinds
and colors are used, the effect la
This Bank is Always Prepared
to Make Loans on Well Located
Improved Real Estate, at Not
Exceeding 50% of a Conserva
tive Valuation of Security Loaned
on. It Makes No Other Loans.
The United Savings Bank
of Detroit
Strictly a Savings Bank
Send for Booklet, “Banking by Mail”
Open Monday Evenings from 6 to 8 O’clock
204-206 Griswold Street
4% Paid on All Deposits 4%
GRAND OPENING SALE
REGULAR
$250 Ojibway Lots
$125
Vow that th* building of tha mammoth *t**l mills la under way and the
ritv of oilbwav * assured. we are offering Investor* for the next 10
day a oDnortunlt tea t hat they will never have again in the history of
OJlbvray of procuring beautifully locate lot* within a minutes
►roller Vtde s os the mill* at lesa than one-half the price of ,he
'ng property and one-third of the price asked by many in thla sec
tion Tve purchased aome of our pr.-perf> before the mills were V}~
nounced; In fact, we only paid one-third for some of our
what our competltora are paying today. Therefore, we can sell equall>
well located lota at one-tnird of our competitors price and makf
nmre than they will make.
Until Monday, June the 12th
Wo are aelllng beautifully located regular 1250 lota for only 1125, payable
We Mwn' Vhre * n *libdlvViilona. l> heglnnlng but a few hundred feet from> Jh®
henut'ful Detroit river, located on the car line anil running across th
many arteries radiating from the Ojibway plant and "Mi na the
wcU-known Matchell road, which Is one of the main thoroughfuiea
running Into the United State* Steel Corporation e building*.
To those who desire a location for home building or investment at prices
very Httie above the cost of acreage, or In other words, from one
third to one-half what adjoining property •" "‘’M B *Lf U ti,«s# Pl *4o
us without delay. For maps plan- and specifications of these *-oo
lo»s sold special for $126. call or address, an> day. Including Sunday.
Bruce, Thomson & Cos.
Main 3175. 409-410 Free Press Bid*. Cad. 7368.
harmonious and extremely pleasing-
Not only la a variety of brick dis
played, but also the different meth
ods of laying—English, Flemish,
Dutch and American* bonds are
shown, an well an many of the more
unusual treatments.
The floor of the display room
proper is of tile, predominating in
red. blended Into darker shades of
brown. The entrance and hallway
floors are of mastic In sol It e, anew
flooring handled exclusively by thin
company, consisting of a composi
tion of rubber and asbestos. The
floor of the sales office Is of red
quarry tile.
The Colonial Brick Cos. In compos
ed of men of long and active expe
rience In clay products, both In man
ufacturing and nale. Harold W.
Holmes, president of the company,
was formerly general manager of
the Puritan Brick Cos., and wan last
year president of the National Asso
ciation of Brick Manufacturers.
Frederick C- Bolms, manager, was
formorly sales manager oi the Puri
tan Brick Cos., and Is recognised as
one of the most experienced and
capable brick salesmen In the coun
try. Claude W. Filer, connected
with the sales force, has had 15
years' experience with one of the
l EXHIBITION |
1 OF NEW AND UNUSUAL PIECES OF
I DUTCH I
I SILVER S
Rf E
JUST RECEIVED FROM EUROPE
is
|g ON DISPLAY IN WOODWARD
AVENUE WINDOWS.
9BESS
A Point for You
to consider is whether the time, thought and
capita] now given over to your power-develop
ing plant would not profit you more if applied
directly and exclusively to the dividend-earning
end of your business.
We believe we can supply you with lower
cost power than you are now producing your
self, and, at the same time, relieve you abso
lutely of all concern regarding your power
problems.
Let us send one of our engineers to talk the
matter over with you. It would cost you nothing
—and might prove very enlightening.
The Detroit Edison Company
MAIN 4300
Regarding YOUR SUMMER TRIP
THOUSANDS how have spent their vacations in the east will go again this year.
And those who have never been to Niagara, down the St. Lawrence, through
Canada, to Boston, New York. Atlantic City, etc., have determined to go this
year. The East and Canada are “in the air.” Indications have never been so
marked and so early of a tremendous volume of resort traffic toward the Atlantic.
And so the Grand Trunk Railway System, the tourist route through Canada and via Niagara Falla
and the beautiful Lehigh Valley, desires to get in early touch with those who intend to take these
trips, because we know we "have the goods” and can give you an outing, at moderate expense, over
which you will be enthusiastic.
Circle Tours Most Popular
We want to speak especially of our circle tours
—our great, popular Innovation by which you may
go one route and return another, diversifying by
rail and water, with free stop-over privileges.
These please every time.
At very moderate coat, say $35.75, you can go
to Toronto, then Kingston, take a steamer
through the Thousand Islands and the rapids of
the St. Lawrence River to Montreal, thenco
through New England to Boston, then steamer to
New York, up through the picturesque l.ehlgh
Valley, past Maunch Chunk. Watkins Glen
Wilkes-Barre and Lake Seneca—the so-railed
Switzerland of America—to Niagara Falls and
back to Detroit.
Niagara, New York and Virginia
That is one of the most complete tours we have,
and for $2.45 less—s 33.30 —you can go from Chi
cago through cool Michigan to Detroit, thence
Niagara Falls, then via the wonderfully pic
turesque Lehigh Valley, through the Switzerland
of America to New York, and after seeing the
metropolis take the boat to Norfolk and
come back through
Virginia, White Sul
phur Springs, through
mountain scenery,
(surpassed only bi
H|lkjSUsH Toledo and return to
IJhMH Detroit.
Or. should
wish n shorter,
Ims expensive trip--
Low Fare New York and Boston “Circle Tours” Now on Sale
brick plants in the famous Hocking
Valley roglon. and la wall known to
all uaera of building aupplloa In this
territory.
James A. Garfield was the first
president that had made political
speeches.
I TANARUS:./ ■
■ ■■an *1 * v-lIX
I Becauq^CSrfißWfcj&l
I Prompt and
/Ec^S
[ FASHRWfI
V 'flEALffli
WISE WOMk*r
KNOW wwwa
Millions of women
wear this corsets
worn it for years, mmH
will wear no other*~|
because No. 322 mb'!
actly suits them.
SELF-REDUCING 1
For avrafe full figure
of medium height—there
fore fits a majority of
stout women:
Coutil or batiste ) »0 aa
Sims 22 to 36 j w
No. 326 is same, bat for fig
ure with heavier hipe—s3oo.
All Good Stores
Mai
says for $17.50 —you can go via the Grand Trunk
to Penctang on Georgian Bay, then by steamer
to Parry Sound, by Parry Sound Yachting fleet
to Rose Point, then Grand Trunk Railway again
to Maple Lake, then a wonderful stage drive
through the woods of the Canadian Highlands to
Port Cockburn or beautiful Rosseau, thence by
boat over the famous Mnskoka Lakes to Muskoka
Wharf and home again via Toronto and the Grand
Trunk. This last trip can be made in a week if
necessarily hurried, and the entire cost of tickets,
meals, berths and all expenses need not exceed
$35.00,
Fares and All Conditions Attractive
But the main thing, the point we wish to
emphasize is that the Grand Trunk out of Detroit
is a great and popular tourist route. We rater
to this business berause it is one of our principal
summer revenue producers and we must make
the fares an.l all conditions attractive. For that
reason we are keen to Jay our propositions before
you. it will really and honestly pay you to sen
us before deciding on your route. We have the
variety, there being 76 different trips in our circle
tour* alone. The time to plan is now and with
our co-operation.
Comprehensive Guide Books Free
We have published a complete assortment of
illustrated guides quoting fares In detail. We
urge you to get a set.
R. McC. SMITH, C. P. A T. A.
118 Woodward Ave. Phone Main 5800
Brush St. Depot, Main 5320, Detroit tj
Everybody wants THE
TIMES* telegraph report*
including the oth
er evening papers