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EDITORIAL PAGE DETROIT TIMES KJ Pttfcllfto* every •vtolo| except Sunday by the Detroit Time* Cos.. 72-75-77 Bagley-ave. •Obeerlftioa Hat**—By carrier. 25 cent* a <T ft a year. By mail. |2 P«* year. payable iwurntti—e—^i . Telephone—Main 4520. connecting a> depart rV IMBta. Give Time*' operator name of c .ertment Os person a anted, ttubecrlptlon orders or com plain la of irregular delivery «uey be received by . phone. up to 4:20 p. m. Catered at the Fostofflce at Detroit aa aecoi.d --"7 alaaa mail matter. L The uee of the name of thla corporation and \ Mg ofleere ta any outaide project la unautbor* i laed. >ll accredited representative# garry and should be required to enow creden tial* signed by Richard W. Heading, business FRIDAY. JfNE s*. 1»1«. Now the Politicians Woo the Suffragists, Pleading for Support i i ' t The vote in lowa on the proposal to | extend the franchise to women was 187,760 for and 143,669 against the plan IT--* fine showing for the suffragists con \ tittering ;hat this is the first suffrage campaign conducted in that state. Anti-1 suffrage organizations in the east threu ! their strength against the suffragists, and sent funds to defeat them. Un- V daunted, the women of lowa have an- I, aounced that they have already started $ m anew campaign. |fv That this vote came out of the west /|s natural. It argues for it a strength h and ruggedness which is not found in ] the'east There the puritan element, al rfeted with moneyed interests, all per sisted with semi-European ideals, cre ate a curiously anomalous public opinion »; SMch does not lend itself easily to pro grassion. W: And now out of that same west has j Some the Woman’s party, launched in —the first political party in the \ world composed of women. 1 It is the one suffrage organization Which has something besides the ques tionable persuasion of “indirect influ snee” to offer in its own behalf. For 60 years suffragists have tried through all fair means to persuade men |gi: listen to their pleadings —privately, I throUgh legislative appeals, through ed ucation and hard work—and the majority jif men, east of the Mississippi, have turned a deaf ear. Only now are they Wfstaing heir hearing, and the marvel- MU restoration of this important sense |s due to the fact that back of the Wom ,'jSH’t party is a goodly share of the i 1,400,000 votes in enfranchised states, tnd in the treasury is a new' gift of \ |6oo t ooo as a nest egg for future dona tions to push the fight. Since the beginning of the movement, women speaking in congress and legisla y thru assemblies have met with indiffer ence ridicule and, often, insult. They k have been advised to go home and “wash the dishes," and have been told without peasing that “woman’s place is in the home." Now representatives of each po litical party are clamoring for a hearing * before them in Chicago. On Wednesday \ representatives from the Republicans, ' Democrats. Progressives, Socialists and Prohibitionists delivered glowing speeches before the assembled women, £ pleading for their support. Each orator pointed out the advantages to be derived £ from his particular party and his alone; > the deafness was on the other side. For the Woman’s party is organized for one thing, and one thing only—the passage of the Susan B. Anthony amend *;ment, which enfranchises all citizens of £ the United States irrespeefive of sex. it ' Stands behind whatever party will pass tills amendment, but it will not tie itself c to any of these until it has full assur h, jmee of what that party will do. Declar flrcfhf for the principle of suffrage, as the ' Republican convention in Chicago has will not suffice. What the women | Insist on is definite, concrete action. They want the Anthony amendment made law and will not be satisfied with anything tbi l I is it steadfast, immovable, of purpose. Little can be accomp- Rshfld until all the women of these r; United States are accorded justice, f Never before have they had jiower in K* their grasp and they have been obliged 'to trust to the chivalry of man and his J' Sense of right to deal fairly by them. V They have waited long and patiently. CIW have toiled and struggled toward L this end and have gradually gained 12 but that they must continue to |mMrtne this humiliating method for an frlfcsi I rn pears, they do not believe. th# new Woman s party, kirn in i9i6. ; v Vi .r - 1 Plumed Templars Give Allegiance To An Order Founded On Chivalry. Probably the most picturesque and ro mantic order in all history is that of the Knights Templar, the Michigan («rand Commandery of which has just complet ed a conclave in Detroit. English and French literature is permeated uith its chivalrous and heroic deeds which filled our younger days with the color neces sary for youth’s adventurous cravings. In the old Templar church, in the original city of London, the grounds of which slope downward to the I hames, lie I the bones of these noble gentlemen. Their effigies lie stiffly upon their marble i beds, <>ne bronze leg invariably crossed upon the other: if the ankles cross we are to understand that the doughty knight took part in one crusade; if the crossing is at the shins, he participated m two. and if the knees are crossed there is no knowing hut that he may have served in all seven. The order began in a humble way in 1118, when two Frenchmen, Hugh de Payens and Geoffrey de St. Omar, took it upon themselves to conduct pilgrims safely to the holy sepulchre in Jerusa lem. These two were soon joined by seven others and the little band called itself the “Poor Fellow Soldiers of Christ.” They adopted a white mantle on which was emblazoned a red cross. On their banner black was added, mean ing peace to their friends and destruc tion to their foes. Each member took a vow of obedience, chastity, poverty and defense of the holy sepulchre, also each pledged himself not to fly from the foe unless beset by more than three of the infidel. This small beginning soon grew into a powerful organization and the name was changed to Knights Templar because its headquarters were on the site of the temple in Jerusalem. Kings, princes, dukes and men at arms became its members and so rich was it that Philip the Fair of France and powerful church dignitaries plotted for rts de struction. Seven crusades were conducted with the knights always in the van of the army, gallantly leading the hosts. During the third crusade (1191) Richard, Coeur de Lion, took Acre with a loss of 300,000 men, the Moslems losing no less a num ber, the greatest loss of life in battle known to the world at that time. In time the Knights became a sover eign body owing no allegiance to any authority but the pope and their own grand master. Their houses could not be invaded by civil officers, their churches and cemeteries were exempt from interdict and their property from taxation. It was at this time (1300) that Philip the Fair brought a charge of idolatry against them and was upheld by Pope Clement. The charge was upheld, after a perfunctory trial in 1310. and 54 Knights were burned at the stake. This injustice brought about the disso lution of the ancient order a year later and it was upon the ashes of these mar tyrs that the present order was estab lished. From Another Point ot View T. R. has proven that you can really transmit a photograph by mail. • • • I’ll come if invited.—Roosevelt. * * * Original Copy of the Invitation • * • It was a day of infinite jest at the con vention. Depew spoke and the platform was read. • • • Take the declaration for woman’s suf frage for instance: It’s all right with us, ladies, if your states are willing. * c * Wonder if there's anything in the theory that this rainy season is caused by the war in Chicago. • • • A great life’s work is to be a delegate to the convention of Railway Trainmen. * * • The hard part of that get-together movement at Chicago is the inability of the Democrats to prevent it. • • • And to think we scrapped like that once.—The Donkey. • * * Germany admits loss of two more war ships which for military reasons it has kept afloat for a few days. • * • Comparatively small casualty list here the past few days is attributable to the heavy rain keeping the pedestrians off the street. DETROIT TIMES The Ancient and Honorable Method of Catching Birds.—By Webster V.I l'' |\PROP MORE - •- v ./ tiv'y (Gopydfcht. by H T Webster) ' VACATION HINTS. BY H. ADDINGTON BRUCE Author of "Th* Riddle of Personality/* “Psychology and ParenthoxL" «te. It is at this time of year that people begin to plan vacation*. They look forward to them with high an ticipation. Too often they return disappointed. feeling that they have been cheated out of the “good time ’ they counted on having. Sometimes they come back to their work more tired than when they went away. Sometimes they come back really ill and unfit to work for weeks or months. All this is wrong. It is contrary to the natural order of things. And it usually is the result of prevents ble mistake* by the vacationists themselves. One common mistake is to choose as the place for the vacation a spot too far from home. This means ;» long and wearisome Journey both a: the outset of the vacation and at its close Tired nerves are set on edge before the vacation really be gins. Some people, indeed, select so re mote a vacation place that they have to spend most of their time resting for the return trip, which again has an exhausting effect on them. A change in surroundings is al ways desirable when one takes n vacation. But It is better not to leave home at all than to travel tt>o far for the change In surrounding*. Still more common is the mistake of beginning one’s vacation too strenuously. A person whose working, time Is devoted to a sedentary or practical ly sedentary occupation cannot ex pect to plunge instantly into a vig orous outdoor life without experi encing ill effects Yet this is pro cisely what many people of seden tary occupation do. The clerk whose muscular exer cise has been pretty much limited to handling light merchandise or using a pen. goes to the mountains for a vacation. The day of his ar rival. or the next day, he blithely The Keep Well Column PURE FOOD Purs food laws arc rot alone a product of th* twentieth century. Age* ago the citizens and the - r> eat the meat of a cow as this ani mal was the sacred one of the grid Fsls. and the eating of the fle*h of any other animal that was consid ered sacred was also a violation of the religious or civil rode It was illegal for the Athenians to eat the meat of a lamb that had not been shorn once, and by the Romans goat meat was considered unwholesome, hut pork was their favorite, B 0 different preparations being made of this kind of meat. The art of sausage making was a finished one In Rome, and most of the well known varieties were made and relished by the inhabitants, and the salting of meat was practiced aa far hack as the tunes of Homer. In the days of ancient Rome slaughter houses and meat hooihs were among the largest of public buildings The Israelites were forbidden by sets out to climb the highest peak In the vicinity. He may achieve his ambition of getting to the summit But the tramp hack to his hotel or boarding house is sur*- to be a painful one. And it ran be taken for granted that for the next few days he will be more interested in the arnica -bottle than in mountain climbing What he should have done is to have fitted himself for his ambitious attempt by a few day* of light, pre liminary' walking Then he would have escaped lameness and exhaus tion. Physical overdoing Is the bane of thousands of vacationist*. They have left home to play, and some times they play harder than trained athlete* would think of doing Nec essarily, their vacations do them more harm than good. Other vacationists, while playing in moderation, make the mistake of letting their minds dwell, even while at play, on the business cares and worries they should have left behind them. Mentally, that Is to say, they still are at work. They, too. are certain to get little good out of their vaca tions. Again, other people fail to reckon sufficiently with their personal likes and dislikes when planning a vaca tion. They may be so constituted that, for example, camp life would not suit them. Yet they allow friends to persuade them to go camping, and too late discover that camping Is to them the reverse of enjoyable The rule regarding play is the same as the rule regarding work find that which Is congenial. This It Is always well to remember. Out of the Mouth* of Babea. Old i.ady—Why is It you are not playing ball with the other little boys 7 Small Boy faged six)— Tause I’m manager of de team; dat’s why Moses to eat fat or blood and were command'd to avoid the meat of hogs While the Phoenician* ab stained from eating the meat of the cow, dog meat was very much de sired by them. The I.lpanese were forbidden to eat fish for the reason that the flesh decomposed too rapidly. Hares were considered unclean and tin wholesome and were eaten only by the poor In Rome. There were many penalties at tached for the violation of the mu nicipal laws or religious customs. In Rome, condemned meat, was thrown ln*o the Tiber and fine* were devoted to the erection of a temple to the goddesses. The early German fftod laws Im posed penalties for violations of the meat law* or for dishonesty on the part of the batcher. T*ch country Inflicted punishment peculiar to the times and the Inhab itants snd In early Egyptian days the death penalty was prescribed for prlegt* who slaughtered an nnl mal that was unclean, unhealthy, defective or uncertified. Do you know that an open win dow i* ’better than an open grave? Sometimes It Is good for a man to have an active enemy. Motor Car of Yesterday Like Tin Peddler’s Wagon Would you pay 1150 for a top for your motor car? Would you buy a car without a windshield, top. speedometer or complete lighting system? “Decidedly not.” you say. and you add. "How utterly absurd. '* If you happen to talk that way. Well, would you pay $7,000, IG.OOO, ss.oort or even s*.ooo for a four cylinder, 24-horsepower. 03-inch wheel-base, rear entrance tonneau mofor vehicle without any of the attachments mentioned aoove? We cant interest you? Then well have to turn over 12 paites of motoring history, one page for each of the last 12 years, and ask you to consider the purchase of a six-cylinder. 30-horsepower, 120- inch wheel-base, stream-line touring car with all the accessories which have been enumerated, and in addi tion demountable rims and electric starter, the whole outfit, car and complete equipment selling for sl,* 500. or less than one-third of what you were asked to pay for less than one-third as much in motor car value 12 years ago. Today it is not so hard to com prehend the extent of the present offering of the motor car manufac turer and to understand how he can give so much for the money asked as It is to figure out how. a decade ago, he could get so much money for the little he offered. It is not so difficult to calculate how he ran afford to throw in all the various items of equipment which hia product now regularly carries as it is to understand how he could have ever sold It with non** of them The buyer of a car in the no equipment days drove off first to the top maker and left from SSO to 1150. or sometimes more, for a heavy top, almost impossible to manage. Next he drove to a supply store and laid out another $.50 for a wind shield Then to the speedometer maker and left another half hun dr*d Sometimes he paid out S3O to SOO for a pair of wicker baskets to fasten on the sides of his car. in order that he might have a little carrying space for supplies, repair parts and another thing or two. When he was through buying the things he gets, hut does not really pay for now, except in an almost painless manner, he had added from S3OO to 11.000 to his original Invest ment and had something which looked like a cross between an old fashioned station carryall and a New 'England tinware peddler's wagon. Everything he had added looked Mke an after thought of an absent minded man The buyer today derives a triple benefit from having hla car come to him equipped. He pays one fifth as much for his equipment, he doesn't have the bother and delay of buying It and haring It attached, and tbe equipment flta, matches up and becomes part of the car itself If yoti ask yourself what tbe chief jeason Is that, the motor car makers can ofTer ao much more of a car at so much le*a of a price than they did 12 years ago, Juet consider the fact that there are now several manufacturers each of whom makes more ears In a year than were made In a similar period by all makers combined.—Boston Herald The Opera Score A he— Did you get the opera score’ Pandora—Yeah; they were tied In the last minute of tbe play —Stan ford Chaparral. ! The Daily Reminder TODAVB ANNIVERSARIES ITs4—Gen Francesco Miranda, who struck the first blow for the Inde pendence of South America, born in Venezuela Died in prison in Spain. July 14. 1SI«. 1115 —Pauline Bonaparte, the fa vorite sister of Napoleon, died. Horn In 1710. 11)5 —Five Spanish pirates were hanged in Boston 18)4 —Battle between t'nlted State* troops and Indians at Mteanopy, Flu 111*—Fire destroyed a large por tion of the city of St. Johns. New foundland H4?—The Wisconsin grand lodge of Oddfellows waa organised at Mil waukee ISM —A force of Fenians estimated at about 1.100 men. crossed Into Can ada from Franklin, Vt , and proceed ed to plunder the surrounding coun try. 1870 —Charles Dickens, famous nov elist. died at Gad's HIU Born at Portsmouth. England. Feb. 7. 1112. 1171 Enactment of a law by which Alsace-Lorraine waa constituted a province of the Oerman empire. 1875 -Comanche Indians massacred the Lee family, of seven persons, near Fort Griffin, Texas 1 819—Shah of Persia visited the German Emperor In Berlin. 1505--President Roosevelt appealed to Japan and Russia for a meeting of tbe two powers to consider term* of peace 1 90S — King Edward and Queen Al exandra visited the Csar of Russia at RevwL ONE TEtS AGO TODAY IN THE WAR Italians began an attack on o«<er- Its. Second note from T’nlted States on Lusitania sent to Berlin Germany declined to yield to the t’ntted States in the Frve ease British casualties up to May 71 given out by Asquith as 2.58.083 German* pushed Russians north to ward Kovno Vienna report stated Italian as saults in Friuli repulaed with great ioaa. TOD AY’S BIRTH nA * A Vice Admiral Sir Frederick <” P eommander of the British squadron which crushed the German fleet neur the Falkland islands, born 57 vears ago todav Eugene Hale, former t’nlted Sta'e* senator from Maine, born at Turner, Me 80 years ago today lames Stillman. New York banker, who has donated large sums f- r the relief of the war sufferers, horn st Brownsville. Texas, 8* yegra ag • to day. Charles .1 Bonaparte former attor ney general of the I’nited State*, horn in Baltimore t>S years ago to day lit Rev. James P Johnston. Epis copal htshop of West Texas, horn at t’hurch Hill. Mis*. 73 years ago to day. jtt Rev William Ford Nichols. Episcopal bishop of San Francisco, b >rn at Lloyd. N Y.. 47 years ago to day. Henry l r . Mudge. president of the £>enver ft Rio Grande Rallwav. hron at Mtnden. Mich. 40 years ago today John F Shafroth. t 8 senator from Colorado, horn at Fayette. Mo, *-* years ago today Rt Rev James H Darlington, Epts copal bishop of Harrisburg, horn in Brooklyn. 40 years ago today. A Poem a Day THE tPPROACH OF AGE Six year* had passed. and forty ere the alt. When time began to play hla usual trick* The lock* once comely In a virgin # sight. Locks of rure brown. dlspla>ed the encroaching white. The blood, ones fervid, now to cool b**»n. . .. And Time* strong pressure to subdue the man. I rode or walked as 1 was wont before. And now- the bounding spirit was no more. A moderate pa.-e w-ould now my body heat, A walk of moderate length distress my feet. I showed mv stranger guests those hills stibllm*. But said. 'The view Is poor, we need not climb.*' At a friend's mansion I began to dread The colri n*af parlor and the gay glazed bed At hom» I felt a more derided taste And x>ust have all things In my or der placed I rested to hunt, my horses please me leas— My dinner more; I learned to play at chesa I took my dog and gun, but saw the brute Wa* disappointed that I did not shoot. My morning walk* I now could hear to lose. And t. Jessed the shower that gave me not to choose. In fa« t. I felt * languor stealing on The active arm, the agile hand, were gone. Small daily actions Into habits grew. And new dislike to forms and fash ion* new. I loved my trees In order to dispose T numbered peaches, looked h>>w ■took* arose; Told the same story oft —In short, began to prose. —George Crsbbe. Pointed Paragraphs Two women can remain good friends If they don’t meet often. Silence has every other kind of a bluff barked off the boards. It's easier to grasp some oppor tunities than It la to lot go of them. Every man experts to become great some day, but he keeps put ting it off. And It’s as easy for a man to break a promise as it Is for a wom an to break a man. A man and hla wife are different —also Indifferent —after they hare heeo married a few years. The fatter a woman gets the easier it la for her to believe other women are unable to notice It. Never Judge a man by his rela tives. Instead of by hla companions Relatives are thrust upon him, but companions are uaually selected by himself. The Old Gardener Says That there are many dealrable forma of the climbing vine known as clematis, although the white and fragrant flowered paniculate la the variety moat commonly seen There 1* no reason why tbe amateur should not grow the splendid purpled owered Jack manni. however, or the white and lavender Ina with bloeaoma two inches acroee. nr the robust HenryV which has great numbers of rream-colored blooms. Get ting acquainted with great dif ferent kinds of clematis Is a vary pleasant erperlence. FRIDAY* JUNE 9* 1916 Books. - BY OR. FRANK CRANE (Copyright, 1916, by Frank Crane) A book is the noblest work of man. It °ught to be treated with due deference. Even a Quaker ought to take off his hat in a library, for the volumes on the shelves around him are more than men. They are the clean souls of men. The most admirable and amazing part of a human being is his thoughts. And a book is thought embodied. It is spirit incarnate. Therefore do not abuse a book. Do not dog-ear it with turned-down leaves. Use a book mark. Do not let it fall and break its corners. Do not leave it lying where water will be spilled on it, to spot and blister it. l>o not let the children play with it. Get them a teddy bear. Do not lend it to nor put it into the hands of a Philistine who will not appr*. ciate it. Mark it with your pencil, but lovingly, and be sure it is your own book you are marking. I)o not break its back when you get it new. by opening it violently in the mid dle. Open first each cover and press it down. Then from front and back alter nately open and press flat a few pages at a time. Then it will not crack and come apart. Some books are to keep; to read and read again. These are they alone which have any right title to the name of book. Those books which are to be read once and passed on are not really books at all, but bound newspapers. Associate with books. Do not merely keep them in your cases, as you would a horse in a stable. As you would ride the horse, so read the book, for excur sion and exercise. The great books are to be read in, not read through. Go back to them. Make them the frequent companions of your leisure. Books are to make you think. Pseudo books, false and imitation books, are to keep you from thinking. When you think, jot down your thought on a fly leaf. The greatest compliment you can pay a book is to fill its fly leaves with ob jections, or side thoughts suggested. Commit something to memory every day from a book. Thus train the waters of the great reservoir of wisdom to irri gate your daily life. Get in the habit of carrying a Book with you. There is some hope for the mind of a man who travels with a vol ume of Keats, or Dante, or Shakespeare in his hag. The world is divided into two classes, as sheep from goats; one class reada hooks with covers on them, the other does not. Have a bed-book that waits with you before you sleep. To love a good book works as pro found a change in a man as to love a woman. And a* for women, why, other things being equal, choose a book-lover. Tradition and Fact About Source of Family Income Man supports his wife nnd children: theoretlc ally, this is a fine tradition. We ail like to be lieve in it. But perhaps It flatters man too much. An Investigation of 100 lepresentatlvo fami lies of Springfield. 111., was made recently by the industrial surveyors of the Rockefeller founda tion with a view to determine the sources of the family Income. It waa discovered that not quite one fifth of the men in the surveyed families were support ing their wives and children without assistance, In fact only 19 families each lived on the earn ings of one person. "Thirty families had two bread winners. 17 had three, 15 had four and nine had five or more.” runs the report. The figures include the children under 14 years who “made regular con tributions by earning a dollar or two a week selling papers or running errands. With but few exceptions, save in the case of mothers who cared for the homes and of small children, all who were able helped In some financial way In maintaining the home; and In some cases mothers were forced by economic pressure to earn substantial amounts either by taking In boarders or lodgers, or by going outside the home to work.” Altogether U took 266 workers to support the 100 Investigated families. Insfead of the 100 legal heads of families allotted by fate. This oondltlon Is not the fault of man’s heart hut of his head. Somehow man has permitted the development of an economic system the results of which must completely destroy his complacency whenever he considers hla former reputation as a “good pro vider.” Economic pressure, not man’s selfishness and Indifference, drives women and children to con tribute to the rent and grocery bills. Parting with flattering sentiments which con cern hla honor rs a bread-winner Is sure to hurt hla pride. But possibly Information like that quoted above may complete man's education as to (he failures of the existing Industrial system and many drive him to study and remedy them QUITE FAMILIAR Young Thing—Then you, too. have fell the subtle touch of hla genius. Old Party—Oh. yes- and also the aubtie genius of hla touch.—Life.