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FRIDAY. JUNE 14. 1»1«*
Say, Doctor: Want To
Hear How We Joined a
Great Auxiliary Body?
■ ■ ■■—
The scheme of world organization is
largely one of main bodies and auxilia
ries.
This is apparently true in politics.
The body of any political party
is the national committee; its auxiliary is
the rank and file.
One is as essential to party organiza
tion as the other, the only difference ly
ing in the fact that the rank and file
doesn't know it is essential.
The schema la followed strictly In business—
My, for Instance, in the theatrical business. It
Would be hard to convince the "gent" lu the
ticket window that In his particular playhouse
the show la not the auxiliary attraction and of
the leaser importance.
What .would happen in the social world; what
Wtrald become of soma of our lodges if there
Wore not auxiliaries as well as main bodies?
Ask an Oddfellow If the order could get along
Without the Daughters of Rebecca.
Ask a Mason if the order could get along
Without the Eastern Star.
Secret societies have to have their auxiliaries
composed of the members of the other side of
the bouse, so that it will be all right when he
comes home and explains; "1 hare been to
Linfee.”
■
Now we oome to the scientific world and the
; maxillary body to the distinguished association
of mertlotl lights which we hare with us this
| week.
' Os tklg greet maxillary body, without which
fee doctors oould not exist, YOU, reader, are
It member, and you owe it to one of two facts—
■ ettber that you have had a doctor, or have not
hag a doctor—that you are a member.
It pan have never had a doctor, you are only
H honorary member.
We, earselves, belong actively to the auxil
Igry Mir, because we have paid our dues.
> the presence In town of the doctors has
Wetted to ns the time we Joined.
ft started with n pain in the chest, which s
friprf promptly as indigestion.
Mmw it was indigestion "because he bad
had fee same pain**; had It "one time after he
( ‘had eiten corned-beef and cabbage" and wanted
he > ts we bad eaten corned beef and cab
: ■ We hadn’t and the diagnosis seemed to have
fellen by lu own weight, but he was insistent
Ifcat It was indigestion and Just as insistent
.feat wa accompany him to a drug store, where
fee ordered for us a patent remedy that had
failed" to help him.
It didn’t work and he next prescribed soda
and seltzer water and that didn’t do any good,
then be happened to think of something s
neighbor had recommended to him, and we went
Xrtth him and got acme of that, and failed to
get any relief.
Instead, the pain was getting more severe all
fee time, and seemed to be finding its way to
• ward the heart, in utter disregard of the "Don’t
Crowd" sign there, and we didn’t know what to
go.
Just then It struck us that we had heard rec
ommended an excellent article to be procured
s gt any cut-rate drug store, for Indigestion, and
I- keying taken the case out of our friend's hands,
went all by ourselves to a nearby apothecary
[-■ atatlon, where we summoned Into our face a
1 look intended to convey a sufficient amount of ;
; ggony to Impress the drug clerk at first sight
With the seriousness of the situation and the
need of speedy relief.
k." When we had stated the name of the article
r p gw were after, he said he had something that
was a great deal better, and we bought some
of
n»*t didn’t do any good,
go we went home, dropped onto the daven
f |gt and began ordering cold drinks, which did
no good, principally because, as we learned lat
y wr, gt great expense, they should have been hot.
'- fame friends were there, but we very lmp«-
[ litety la peed Into a dopey sort of sleep and be
‘..Spaa hutting into the conversation which was
faking place with remarks that are generally
described as incoherent and which must, of
course, have been foreign to the subject matter.
Os a sudden, the immediate relatives and the
assembled around the rase of Indiges
tion, (so diagnosed by the friend), were startled
I by a rumbling sound, a general shaking of the
’’ house and rattling of dishes out in the pantry.
: nod for the moment were In doubt whether it
| Iras an earthquake or somebody out on the curb
; trying to get a motorcycle started.
pi' It proved to be a cblll.
/ Considerable alarm came over the assem
t Mag* then and everybody was asking everybody
; Oise wbst had better be done, when somebody,
i, with rare presence of mind, suggested that may
, be they bad better call a doctor.
£. We are reliably informed that if one Mr Thill,
i who umpired Tuesday's game between the Tigers
• nod Bill Donovan’s team, had arrived at any de
; Ctslon with anything approaching the fairness
f- that Was rendered in our behalf by the per-
ton wbo decided we ought to have a doctor, Ik*
. trolt would have won the game.
I*; They called a doctor.
• -J And tha doctor called another one.
And together they called an ambulance,
rajs This was not. however, until we had been
If, treated to a long debate between the doctors,
L affar the very trivial matter of whether It was
[ Worth while.
i Lflt seems the friend, though, of course, \erv
BEMDinasaiag. wss slightly out of the way in his
we bad was pneumonia- double at that.
» Doctor No. 1 came In. he went
bail a ass first of trying to convey
|i9|i to set fern feat a family picture on the wall
was the only thing in the room that demanded
his immediate attention, and approached us. af
ter a time, in a manner that seemed to suggest
a remark something like:
“Oh yes. while I am here perhaps I had bet
ter take a look at the patient."
He sat down by our side ami regarded us for
a moment, but no more closely than we regard
ed him, looking for the least expression which
we might Interpret as a hopeful sign.
Neither of us ppoke there for some few see
onds. Then he pulled the watch on u» and grab
bed us by the wrist.
It was the doctor, as we recall, who broke the
silence by remarking to us; "You ha\e quite a
pulse.’’
We had never seen It and took his word for
It.
We had decided that It would probably be Just
as well to let him take complete charge of us,
and offered no resistance when he ordered us to
open our mouth and accept a fever thermometer.
If you want to get an exact idea of Just what
the immediate effect on the thermometer was,
go out to Electric Park and wait for some husky
person to come along from some foundry, with
the ability to grab the sledge and ring the bell
on that pounding machine out there.
The doctor shifted, then, for a special an
nouncement to those around the room:
“This man has a temperature of 104.”
Which would entitle anybody to two cigars
on the pounding machine.
It wa< cheering to note the expressions on the
faces around when the doctor made this an
nouncement.
We ha\e In our time seen more downcast ex
pressions; more outright evidence of gloom on
* countenances as a general proposition, because
j in times passed, during that long stretch of lean
I years, it had been our experience to assemble
with loyal Democrats in a Republican town to
hear the returns read the night of presidential
elections.
The result of the vote In Ohio, evidently, had
just been received, bringing the glad Democratic
news that the Republican candidate had carried
the state by something like 546.000. the greatest
majority in the history of all elections.
The doctor brought his own telephone ex
change with him, and proceeded exploring the
chest with the receivers at his ears, but seem
ing to have as a matter of course, a hard time
getting “CentraL”
Finally he drew back and began regarding us
again, this time with a satisfied look, evidently
having succeeded in getting our number.
Next he started poking us in the ribs, indicat
ing to us for the first time that if we had decided,
while there was yet the opportunity, to challenge
Jess Willard for the pugilistic championship
of the world, we would hare had great staying
qualities.
"Now," said he. “please say doe."
Not being exactly certain whether he wanted
the high one or the low one, we decided to try
our tenor on him, but a deep bass was the best
we couid do."
"Yea," he said, "he’s got It."
The two doctors looked at each other at this
point, with a sort of ‘‘all is well" expression.
We had sounded ’’doe." but the doctor In
charge had us guessing at this point over the
matter of which kind he had been searching for.
We were impressed that if he had satisfied
himself of the presence of the kind that is other
wise spelled, he was some doctor.
We let him go ahead, however, because it was
his own diagnosis.
As we said, the doctors, in a consultation at
the foot of the bed, punctuated by many omin
ous looks in our direction, finally decided that
there was a chance and called an ambulance.
Whatever our own opinion may have been up
to this time as to our importance in the com
munity, it was entirely dispelled by the
amount of time it took this ambulance to get to
the case.
We couldn’t dispel a conviction that the am
bulance driver felt that It didn’t matter, and
that perhaps, finding the case took him past his
boarding bouse, or his aunt's, or somebody's,
he had decided to have breakfast, prepared by a
very slow cook.
They were getting us ready for transfer and
one of the doctors was very graciously helping,
by bringing our clothes from the sleeping room
closet, when he was noticed to be struggling
under the great weight of our coat.
The doctor managed to get the coat over
whore we sat waiting for It, but not until be
had lightered it of its load of some eight or
nine bottles of sure cures for indigestion.
At this point we were punctured with a hypo
—we use the technical term as one of the active
members of the auxiliary—and took little inter
est in the progress of the case until some six
days later, when we were told that at one time
one of the doctors bad suggested calling in a
lawyer.
This gave us hope in one direction, at least.
It indicated that after the doctors got through
with us, there might be a little left
We were advised, for anotner thing, that the
demands of a rugged frame on fire had entirely
depleted the visible local supply of quinine and
serum.
Some little concern had been felt while the
case was passing up to the point of its crisis,
because there was to be had in the city only
half enough serum.
More was telegraphed for and upon Its timely
arrival in town depended the matter of whether
we remained In town.
Since having been able to absorb 50 grains of
quinine m three doses, we now eat our boded
eggs whole, in the shell, without any effort.
When we came to, the nurse was writing.
She said she was preparing our chart.
Whereupon the matter of momem with us be
came the one of whether it was to be a round
trip.
The days we were convalescing wore made en
tertaining by an orderly wbo had learned wa
were In the newspaper business and who sought
to impress us, we got to thinking, with his abil
ity as a reporter.
"Well,” said he, coming into the room, when
we were aware that we hadn’t had any too good
a night ourselves, ’’the fellow across the ball
shuffled off this morning."
“So?" we Inquired. "What was the matter
with him?”
"Pneumonia," said he.
Oh, pneumonia?” wo observed.
"Yep: bad disease; lots of it and mighty few
of ’em gettin’ well,” said he—cheerily.
The next morning he paid us another visit.
"Hear the excitement last night?” we were
asked.
We hadn't and he explained a patient In a
delirium had Jumped from the window of his
room, suffered a relapse and was slowly sinking
away.
"What was the matter with HIM?" we in
quired of our angel of Joy.
"Pneumonia.'' said he—cheerily, again.
The next morning brought the news of one
more room vacated for the next case.
We asked him the nature of the case
"Pneumonia,” said he.
“Say.” we said, "are you good and sure, Mr.
Orderly, that none of these fellows had indi
geation r
By the way:
Is there a moral to all this?
Yes, there is.
When you are sick always consult a
friend about your case.
But let that friend he the best friend
you can have at such time, and let it be
a DOCTOR.
DETROIT TIMES
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YOUR LEISURE.
BV H. ADDINGTON BRUCE
Author of The Riddle of Personality" Psychology and Parenthood.'* etc.
How do you put In your »parw
time?
Are the amusements or your leis
ure hours such that you will profit
from them bodily or mentally?
And do you have a real variety
of amusement? Or do you spend
your leisure in pretty much the
same way all the time?
These questions are of more im
portance to you than you perhaps
suspect.
IY>r, in point of cold fact, the way
a man occupies himself when he is
free from the dally grind means
about as much to him as the way
he does his work.
Misspent leisure can destroy effi
ciency Just as surely as can faulty
ways of working.
And It Is by no means necessary
for a man persistently to spend hi*
leisure in drinking, gambling, or
any other vicious mode of amuse
ment, in order to spend it badly.
There are plenty of men who do
not touch a drop of liquor or bet a
cent; yet who manage to do Injury
to their working power by their
methods of amusing themselves
This is decidedly the case with
the man who always has to go out
side himself in order to pass his
free moments agreeably.
Many men are of this type. They
are the men who never can settle
down at home nights, but a* soon
as they are through supper must
rush out for an evening’s entertain
ment at the theater, the dance
hall, or the billiard room.
Night after night they thus amuse
themselves, thinking that they
thereby gain the relaxation they re
quire as "tired business men."
Actually they are only malting
themselves more tired, more unfit to
attend to their business duties.
It is all very well to go to the
theater, to dance, or to play bil
liards once in a while. But to make
It the regular thing is deadening,
mentally and physically.
So with leisure spent in devotion
to nothing but physical exerclae.
and particularly to nothlnx but
physical exercise of one kind.
What every man needs Is to vary
his amusements, to find "fun" In do
The Keep Well Column
SLEEP
Since our civilised form of life
Imposes upon us many hasards of
health which oth-
In
other words, what Is the greatest
factor In maintaining our general
health?
I>ook over the list- There is sir.
nourishment, cleanliness, happiness,
work, rest and sleep. There are
some others, but these are the most
Important.
To the average Individual in the
modern civilised community, with
Its various opportunities and llmlta
tlons, there is good reason to believe
that a proper amount of sleep |a the
chief health conserver.
Ail about us, life, both animate
ing all torts of things, and. most
Important of all. to find fun in
things which are of cultural value
to him.
Let him go to the musical comedy
if he so desires. Let him play golf
once or twice a week. him take
an occasional afternoon off to at
tend the ball game.
But let him also find It possible
to amuse himself by reading a good
book In the quiet of his home.
Let him get real ''fun" out of lis
tening to good music, attending a
lecture on some serious subject, or
discussing with a group of friends
problems in science, art, literature,
or philosophy.
You can put this down as a well
established law:
The more a man can vary the
amusements of his leisure, the bet
ter able he will be to perform the
tasks of his working hours.
This because the multiplicity of
his interests keeps different sets of
brain cells actively employed, with
out over fatiguing any one set. or
allowing his mind to work In a nar
row rut.
Mental rest and vigor depend on
variation rather than on monotony
or inertia.
Forecasts for
St. Louis This Week
President W’ilson will be not only
renominated, but re-elected. Thero
is nothing constructive in the oppo
sition to him He has kept the coun
try at peace. He has fostered pros
perity. He has reformed the cur
rency, improved the banking system,
stabilized industry and restored bus
iness confidence. And his American
ism Is simon-pure, vindicated li
dealings alike with Germany and the
Allies. There will be nothing against
him but a senseless shriek. —Reedy's
Mliror, St. Louts.
It Is estimated that one seed of
cotton receiving the application of
all possible care and skill, would
produce 40.000.000,000 seeds In six
years.
and Inanimate, obeys the laws of na
ture and passes into some form re
sembling sleep, usually while the
sun Is beneath the horlson,
Authorities on health and hygiene
point out mors and more the of
securing at least eight consecutive
house of sleep, Where this cannot
be done ass routine, day after day.
they Advise that the proper amount
of sleep be made up some time dur
ing the 24 hours.
The universal practice of this pol
icy no doubt would do more than
any other single factor to promote
health and prevent dleesse.
Do you know that many persons
who' shun canned foods, indulge in
"canned air" without s shudder?
Mrs Adelaide Foster, a widow
age 71, of Wilton. Me., Is regarded
as one of the smartest women 1* (
the town; about 15 years ago Mrs
Foster herself built the house in
which she now lives.
—By Webster.
Disraeli and Bismark
While I did not know Disraeli
personally, I had. however, some ac
quaintance with several of his sec
retaries, who were themselves
pretty {treat men, and from whom 1
have heard things about him.
Montagu Corny, whom he mad* a
peer (which action reminded Robert
Lowe of Caligula's making his horse
a consul), was bis principal secre
tary. After returning from the Ber
lin conference he told me some in
cidents about Disraeli. He said that
Bismarck was very fond of Disraeli
and that he had three portraits In
his library—Princess Bismarck, the
Emperor William and Disraeli —and
that when you came to see Bis
marck It was his habit to point to
these three pictures in succession
and to pronounce the words, "My
wife, my king, my friend "
He said that at the time of the
Berlin conference, on the last occa
sion on which ULmarck came to
see Disraeli, Disraeli told him
(Corry) to come back to him at 1
o'clock. Accordingly Corry went in
at that hour. He saw that Disraeli
looked annoyed—how watchful such
a secretary is of the moods of hts
chief—and Corry reminded him that
he had told him to come to him at
1 o'clock. At this Bismarck rose
and said, "Is this your ultimatum,
my lord?” "If Is. my prince,” Dis
raeli replied I have forgotten what
the ultimatum was—perhaps the
cession of Cyprus.
Corry's affection for and pride In
his chief as he related these inci
dents to me. were evident. I have
heard various stories of the way
Corry entered Disraeli's service.
In "Endymion" Disraeli expresses
the opinion that the best way to
get a private secretary Is to adver
tise for one. He says that If you
consult a friend you are pretty sure
to have a Job put on you. I dare
say, where the employer has such
eyes and such Judgment as Disraeli
had, to advertise is the best way.
One story I have heard of the
first meeting of Disraeli and Corry
is that it was at a country house
where they both were. Corry was
entertaining a children’s party,
which I should Imagine he could do
extremely well. After the enter
tainment Disraeli came tip to him
and said, "I’ll he your Impressarlo.”
Corry was one of those men who
have a delight In pleasing He told
me he liked nothing better than to
find himself at some place where
he was entirely unknown, as at a
Swiss hotel, for Instance, and then
to see what he could do, I have
watched him with envy going
through the lancers or quadrille at
a ball. The young men of fashion
at that time, or rather the more
rlever and cheeky among them,
when walking through these dances,
had a habit of putting In a great
manv flourishes and capers which
were not necessary to the figure, to
which the girls responded in kind
Corry was good at that. —E. B.
Nadal. In the Outlook
Boosting Hls Town
Every little boost helps. An Indi
ana man wrote to his grandson In
another state as follows:
“Our little town has more people
In Indianapolis hospitals than any
town In the state according to popu
lation. Seven of our clMxens are
now In Jndlanapolls hospitals and
three others have Just come home
Nearly all of our leading citizens
have now been operated on." —In-
dianapolis News.
The Daily Reminder
TODAY’S ANNIVERSARIES
1775—Fortifications erected on
Breed s hill, Charlestown. Msss.
1775—Judah Touro, the Jewish
philanthropist who gave •10,000 to*
w*ui building Bunker Hill monu
ment. born at Newport. It 1. Died at
New Orleans Jan. IS. 1164.
Ill)—Hattie of Qualre Bras, be
tween British and allied forces un
der Duke of Brunswick and French
under Marshal Ney; result Indecisive
IS41 —The steam paoket Columbia
arrived at Boston after a p«**<ige
from Liverpool of 1) days and eight
hours, being the shortest passage yet
load# from England to the united
States.
IS4S—Lynchburg, Va.. invested by
Gen Hunter.
1144—The Saxon army, as a first
step In the war with Prussia, march
ed Into Bohemia, there to effect a
junction with the Austrian troops.
1171—Catholics oelebrateu the com
pletion of the twenty-fifth year of
Th# rontlficata of Plua IX
llfl—The Republican national con
vention at Cincinnati nominated
Rutherford B Hayes, of Ohio for
president, and William A. Wheeler,
of New York, for vlce-preeldent.
1110— National exhibition at Brus
sels opened by the king and queen
of the Belgians.
1111— Tllliun Mrlttnley was nom
inated by the Republicans at Ohio for
governor.
1444 -The Cane Colony steamship
Drummond Castle was wrecked on the
French coast with a loss of 380 lives.
1900—Elbe-Trave canal opened at
Lubeck by the German emperor
1904—Gen Count Bobrlkoff Rus
sian governor-general of Finland,
was asaasstnateo at Kalslngfors.
ONE TEAK A<3o TODAY IN THE
WAR
Germany called 400,000 young
trained men to the colors
Russians were driven over the Ga
lician border.
Lloyd-George took the oath as min
ister of munition#.
British advanced north of Hooge.
east of Tpraa.
French made further progress
north of Arras, capturing the •laby
rinth"
British reported 40 persons killed
and 10 injured by Zeppelin bomb* In
last two raids n*sr London
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
King Gustav V. of Sweden, born
5* > ears ago today.
Pr<>f Charles V. Piper, botanist of
the V. S department of agriculture,
born at Victoria. B C., 44 years ago
today.
Dr. Joseph Pwatn. president of
S'warthmore '•oil***. horn at Pen
dleton. Ind. 54 years ago today
lit Rev. Cornelius Van de Vcn.
Catholic bishop of Alexandria. La..
b in in Holland 51 years ago todly
Newman Krb, noted railway exeru
*;ve and director In many large in
dustrial corpoi ations, born at Bres
lau Germany. 6*> years ego today
Judaor CTayi Kirke, first baseman
of the M'lwaukee American assor'a
tlon baseball team, born at Albion,
N. Y, Cl years ago today.
A Poem a Day
TARN ATIONS
Carnations and my first love: And he
was only seventeen,
And I was only twelve years—a state
ly gulf between'
I broke them on the morning the
srhttol dance was to be.
To pin among my ribbons In hopes
that he might see. • • •
And all the gtrls stood breathless to
watch as he came through
With curly crest and grand air that
swept the heart from you!
And why he paused at my side Is
more than I can know—
Shyest of the small girls who All
adored him so—
I said It with my prayer times: I
walked with head held high:
••Carnations are your flower"' he said
as he strode by.
Carnations and my first love! The
v»ars are passed a score.
And I recall his first name, and acarce
an eyelash more. • • •
And thoa« wera all the love word
that either of us said—
Perhaps he may be married—perhaps
he may he dead
And vet • • • To smell carna
tions. their spicy, heavy sweet.
Perfuming all some sick room, or
passing on the street.
Then • • • still the school lamps
flicker, and still the I.an* - ers play.
And still the girls hold breathless to
watch him go his way.
And still my child heart quivers with
that first ecstasy—
“ Carnations are your flower!’* my
first love says to me!
Margaret wlddemer. "The Fac
tories With Other Poems” (J. C
Winston Cos.)
Pointed Paragraphs
Failure lx another thins always
spoiled by success.
There* always room at the top
of the big bluff for success.
False friends are like your shadow
—they are with you only In the sun
shine.
The mariner's compass performs
a lot of Important needlework.
The man who never takes his first
glass of liquor never dies a drunk
ard.
A eueoessful physician Is one who
succeeds In concealing his ignor
ance.
The less veracity a man has of
his own the more he admires It In
other men.
Tbe new moon Is like a giddy
young girl—not old enough to show
much reflection.
The young man who leaves two
thirds of a cigar on a dark comer
of the doorstep when he calls on his
best girl will make her a frugal hus
band.
' Official figures show that fogs are
more frequent on the coasts of
Maine and New Hampshire than on
any other parts of the coasts of the
United States.
The North Dakota association of
Elks will meet In annual convention
today at Dickinson.
The Old Gardener Sayi
That It Is a good plan to place
a handful of wood ashes around
the roots of the late asters when
the latter are set out In order
to keep tbe root aphis away. And
It is Important not to plant as
ters In tbe same place twice in
succession. Blight, which turns
the plants yellow or makes them
wilt down can be prevented by
spraying with Bordeaux mixture
or one of the patent preparations
sold at all seed stores. It Is too
late, though, after the trouble
shows Itself. Prevention must
be the rule.
FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1916
The Boy and the Revolver.
BY DR. FRANK CRANE
(Copyright, 1915. by Frank Crane)
A revolver is an instrument for pro
ducing death. I)o not forget that. Its
aim and purpose is to take life. The
only reason you have for carrying a re
volver is that you expect to slaughter an
animal, murder a human being, or exe
cute a criminal.
Consequently, unless you are a butch
er, a murderer or an officer of the law,
you have no business with one.
The boy likes to own a revolver, to
handle and shoot it, because the fasci
nation of killing is in his blood. Kill
ing is the oldest form of sport. Kill
ing animals was the original game of
the commons. Killing men has always
been the favorite pastime of kings and
nobles.
The argument for national prepared
ness is that every nation should go
armed because there are bad nations
who lire liable to attack their peaceful
neighbors, but that argument breaks
down when it is applied to individuals,
certainly, for the unsafest man in a civ
ilized town is an armed man. To be
ready to shoot is to invite getting shot,
and to be ready for trouble is to adver
tise for trouble.
This is so true that there is a law in
every state prohibiting the carrying of
firearms.
The best thing a boy can do with a
revolver, therefore, is to let it alone. He
is better of! without owning one without
borrowing one. without playing with one,
without understanding one, and without
having access to one.
If, in the course of his career, he shall
be called on to become a soldier, a police
man, or a hunter, it will take him but
a few days to learn how to handle the
deathdealing instrument of his profes
sion.
Don’t keep a revolver in your bureau
drawer, or under your pillow, to be pre
pared for burglars. When a burglar gets
in, he is ready to kill, and expert in kill
ing; you haven’t a chance in the world
against him. Most of those who get
killed by burglars are those who shoot
at them. And many an innocent mem
ber of the family has been killed by the
handy revolver under the pillow, by one
who is excited, half awake, dreaming or
otherwise confused.
One is liable to make a mistake at any
time; we are all human, and accidents
will happen, but the mistake you make
with the revolver is the kind you make
hut once, a mistake that means death, a
little slip of one second that means re
morse all the rest of your life.
Civilization means the constantly ad
vancing conviction of the preciousness of
human life. Life means more and more
as mankind progresses. And the instru
ments of taking life are not to be played
with. There is nothing heroic or fine
about indifference to or carelessness with
life and death; it is a symptom of sav
agery, madness or criminality; it char
acterizes Hottentots, war men and ban
dits.
There may come a time when life is
to be sacrificed, but then it is to be done
solemnly, with all intelligence and for
some high cause.
The ordinary man has little or no use
for a revolver, the boy has done at all.
From Another Point ot View
By C. T. S.
One doesn’t have to go far in Detroit
at the present time to see a doctor.
• • •
And the uncertainty of life has been
added to by the arrival of eanteloupe.
• • •
They have decided upon an earlier
date than originally suggested to notify
Charles E. Hughes that he was nominat
ed in Chicago. At that, we’ll wager he
has a sneaking suspicion right now as to
whom it was the convention named.
* * •
The aviator they refused to let go up
down east because he was under the in
fluence of liquor, seems to have shown up
in a condition that might be called in his
case, air tight.
• • •
One thing in favor of Mr. Hughes is
the fact that he does not keep a cat,
which we infer from the fact that he
does keep a canary.
• • •
The failure of the Republican candi
date to participate in the Washington
parade may mean that he wants Wash
ington to understand strictly that it is
his purpose to run, not to walk.
• • •
This parade, by the way, showed Wil
son, at the moment, leading.
• • *
(iermany says that England’s suprem
acy on the sea is at an end. That is to
say, Germany has the British fleet bot
tled up in the North sea.