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TUKHDAT. JULY St. lilt.
Judge Connolly Knows
Our Affliction; Will He
Apply the Real Remedy?
The case of Connolly vs. Marx is now
listed on the docket for the court of
Detroit.
The trial will begin immediately fol
lowing the primaries and the case will
be given to the jury early in November.
YOU, as a voter in Detroit, are a
member of the jury.
Complainant Connolly charges De
fendant Marx with the extravagant use
of money collected from the people in
taxes, and of an attempt to cover up this
extravagance by an increased valuation.
He charges Defendant Marx with in
efficiency and points to an uncompleted
Belle Isle bridge as a sample of the in
efficiency.
Complainant charges:
“It is an open question whether our
greatest civic affliction was the burning
of the old bridge or the building of the
new one/*
Complainant charges, further, that de
fendant has misappropriated the police
department and converted it to his own
political use.
Both the charges of the complainant
end the answer of the defendant have
been given to the jury.
The defendant for an answer, submits
the record of his administration and
stands pat
If he has made mistakes or been
fatttjr of shortcomings, he hopes, he j
pleads, to do batter in the future.
There have been no signs from the
complainant, thus far, that it is his dis
position to withdraw his charges and \
give the defendant another chance.
The array of counsel in this case prom
ises to be impoaihg beyond anything that
has ever been seen in our local political
court
On both sides we expect to see advis
ers and counsellors of considerable
standing, particularly effective and well
eased in handling juries such as will de
cide this case.
We are well aware of what these
counsellors and advisers are capable of
dobg in collusion by way of winning
Ciani, but we are now to witness them
put to a test of strength when pitted
AGAINST each other.
Taken all in all, this promises to be
some law suit.
The Times takes the bench at this
writing in the capacity of judge for its
readers among the members of the jury,
and, reversing the order of things for
the occasion, would charge them, at the
beginning of the case, as follows:
The complaining witness in this case
has supplied us with what you will read
ily recognize to be a gem by way of a
literary effort.
This cannot be considered in itself i
further than as pointing to an intellec
tual ability and constructive capacity
establishing qualities much to be desired
in the first officer of a city standing first
among the cities and fast forging ahead
to a prominent place among the leaders.
The vigor back of the charges may
with better advantage be taken into con
sideration.
But the charges are made by one who
la learned in the law and experienced in
the practice of the law; who has, in fact,
administered the law, and who knows
that the Jury will have to hold the de
fend ant innocent until he ha* l***n prov
en guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
The comptahilnf witness will, in other
words, have to follow his general charges
With a bill of particulars, implying that
these things he charges are things which
jMb If la the defendant's place, would
fhhnge and correct.
W$ «h mm TOO that the use of money,
secured by a high tax rate, is not an of
fense within the established rules of effi
ciency for governments.
Inefficiency in the use of tax money
can be established only by proof given
you that said money has been wasted,
you, of the jury, to determine according
to the facts, when they have been sub
mitted, whether it has been wasted.
A high tax rate is not in itself a con
demnatory fact, particularly in a city ex
periencing rapid expansion.
Abuse of the public money, proven, is a
condemnatory fact, and the complaining
witness’ bill of {particulars must be pre
pared with this in mind.
The same reasoning must be appl:
to the charge implied in the compln.
ant’s comment that Detroit should ha
“a police commissioner and not a police
omissioner.”
The jury must have the specific
for its direction in forming an
intelligent conclusion as to what the com
plaining witness' own code of municipal
morals would demand.
By the same token, the defense en
tered by the accused must be removed
from generalities, and the promise of
more efficiency, to remedy mistakes
made, be accompanied, also, with a bill of
particulars.
That is to say:
Judge William F. Connolly, in his an
nouncement that he is a candidate for
mayor, touches Detroit’s sore spot.
The judge proves to us that he is fully
cognizant of the nature of our affliction,
but does not name the remedy further
than to indicate to us with evidence of
careful diagnosis that he has studied
with the object of effecting a cure.
It is early in the day as yet and there
is time for Judge Connolly to serve no
tice that if elected mayor, he will call for
an entirely new order of things, merely
by ENFORCING THE LAW.
The fight for the mayoralty will be
made by men who are both personally
and politically popular.
Both know’ the political game and how
to play it
Both have their machines, made up of
able lieutenants and willing workers.
Marx’s administration has been emi
nently satisfactory to the liberal element
that supported him and elected him twice
to the mayoralty.
Judge Connolly is admittedly liberal,
but represents his as a liberal view that
knows a brake.
And there you are.
The dry and law and order forces are
left to choose between Oscar Marx, who
must admit his responsibility for what
ever the conditions are found to be in
Detroit today, and William F. Connolly,
who, in his own words, hopes “to be
classed as a practical idealist who is will
ing to hope for and work for a better
day. but is sane enough to realize that
the millennium is not due yet in Detroit,”
from Another Point ot View
By C. T. S.
Whaddid that nightwatchman mean in
one of our justice courts by telling them
he worked by the day?
m 0 m
You Can Hear This Anywhere
“I’m a friend of the judjze and I’m a
friend of Oscar's.”
“That’s me. too.’’
Officially Censored
We know where there is cooler weather:
temperature just right all the time, around
70.
We know where eitv gardens are always
s success. g
We know where Frank Navin ran pick
up a second Walter Johnson
We know where aspirants for office nerer
claim they are responding to the solicita
tion of their many friend*.
We know where there is a man who ad
mits It when he loses on the races.
We know where there la a lake you can
go to without being told they were biting
fine the day before you got there.
We know where ticket sellers In box offi
ces think they are Just ordinary, like other
people.
We know where you can get old-fashioned
buttermilk.
(SOMEWHERE IN FRANCK).
0 0 0
"I wish to remark,” says our old friend
Doc. well-known and popular chiropodljt,
“that just about now the morning after
in arriving -ana the cold gray dawn.”
0 0 9
Laws..—Skip 6top and Other*
I’ll betcha that without regard
To onlor, wealth nr stratum,
The Knockers live between the stops
Ard live Doostcrs II vo right st ’em.
And so |» U with every law;
The view point that you choose
Will turn on whether by Its terms
You profit or you lose.
- Statistician,
* • •
Abraham Rosenberg, who died in Pitts
burgh the other day, at the age of 107,
smoked cigarettes. I»ok at how long he
might have lived,
• • •
Familiarity Begets Con—Well Not Exactly, but
Time was, when they displayed m» Inch
We all thought it was shocking.
Hut *4»w, il they were nine feet tail
And wore them pink and showed them all
W**d hardly notice them at all
We've grown so used to Stocking.
Col, llitemwithpie.
• • «
la it enough r - you 7
DETROIT TIMES
The Boy Who Doesn’t Care Much for Swimming Anyway.
By Webster.
V
THE USURY OF TIME
BY H. ADDINGTON BRUCE
Author of "The Riddle of Feraonallty.“ “Faychology and Parent hood," ate.
Nobody reads Arthur Schopen
hauer no wad a y*—nobody, that Is to
say, except the bUtous-minded and
professional students of philosophy.
His peas 1 mis tine picture of life Is
one which the world at large wisely
Ignores.
To moat of the present genera
tion. in fact. Schopenhauer is not
even a name. Yet there are some
things written by this crabbed old
philosopher of the unpleasant that
are well worth knowing
And It Is to one passage from his
writings that I want to call your at
tention today, more especially the
attention of those among you who
are inclined to Ignore that supreme
ly wise maxim. Make haste slowly.
"We should never," Schopenhauer
reminds us, "demand the immediate
performance of promises which time
alone ran fulfil.
* The man who makes this demand
will find that there Is no worse or
more exacting usurer than Time,
and that. If you compel Time to glre
money In advance, you will hare to
pay a rate of interest more ruinous
than any ordinary usurer would re
quire.
"It la possible, for instance, to
make a tree burst forth Into leaf,
blossom, or even bear fruit within
a few days, by the application of un
slaked Ume and artificial heat, hut
after that the tree will wither away.
"So a young man may abuse his
strength—lt may be only for a few
weeks —by trying to do st 19 what
he could easily manage at 30. and
Time may give him the loan for
which he asks; but the interest he
will have to pay comes out of the
strength of his later years; nay, it
Is part of his very life itself.
"There are some kinds of illness
In which entire restoration to health
is possible only by letting the com
plaint nn Us natural course; after
•which It disappears wUhont leaving
any trace of its existence.
"But if the Buffered is very tmpa
The Keep Well Column
FOOD AMO NUTRITION,
The sedentary worker does not
need as much food as the hard work
lng laborer.
attention to the
that win not choke ”
and clog the organs which hwlp to
eliminate waste material and poi
sons. Owing to (he little exercise
which the abdominal muscles of the
average office man get he i» par
tkwlarly fIFNs to a break down In
health because of Improper elim
ination of waste food products
Meat once a day Is sufficient. The
midday meal should he light but
wholesome Fruit, vegetables, sal
ads, whole wheat, graham or bran
bread should constitute an Import
ant part of the diet.
?wo habtls should be formed:
tient. and. while he is still affected,
insists that he 1s completely well,
in this cast- too Time will grant
the loan, and the complaint may be
shaken off; hut lifelong weakness
and chronic mischief will be the In
tereet paid upon It. . . .
"Such la Time’s usury, and all
who cannot wait are Its victims
There Is no more thriftless proceed
lng than to try to mend the m*as
ured pace of Time. Be careful, then,
not to beoome Its debtor.’*
This Is an elaboration of a truth
so familiar that people are apt to
hold it in contempt, particularly in
these strenuous days of competition
More men. at an e*rly ng»* of life,
are amassing wealth today than was
ever the case before. But also
more men are falling victims to de
generative dlseaea whlcfc are known
to be a direct result of over rapid
living.
At all ages of life, for that mat
ter. a tendency to make abnormal
demands on time is much In evi
dence. Business activities. social
1 engagements, are multiplied out of
all reason.
Success, pleasure, may thus be
gained. Alas, the interest that has
to be paid!
Too often it is exacted In terms
of complete physical or mental col
lapse-heart failures, apoplexies,
nervous breakdowns.
M»n should work and men should
play; they should work hard and
they should play hard. But always
without ferorish Impatience, reck
less overstrain.
Impatience, worry, overstrain—
these are the things that put us st
the mercy of Time the usurer.
'
Packing for Vacation
-Jaekr
“Yes?'*
"Can t you brtng some fat friend
home to dinner? I positively mua*
have some heavyweight to sit on
my trunk."—Life,
First, the habit of drinking plenty
of water between meals. Beeond
The habit of eaUng a regular
amount at regular times
The midday real and lunch period
of the sedentary worker should also
Include some form of exercise In the
open This does not mean gymnaa
tics or other form of strenuous
physical exertion, but sufficl* nt bod
ily movement to Improve the tlr
culaUon, cause deeper breathing
and aasiat oxidation generally.
"Urarers" are harmful. This ap
plies to the excessive use of lea and
coffee aa well as alcoholic beverage*.
While for a short time any one of
these helps to overcome the feeling
of fatigue experience has shown that
the frequent use of stimulants of
any kind to overcome fatigue very
quickly works serious injury to the
body.
Ik» you know that a fly In th«
milk may mean a member of the
family la tfea grave?
Let the People
Rule—and Write
Pity the Dog—Save a Life.
To the FiUtor of T\f Timet:
I think it vrould be a humane act
if during these hot days, people in
different part* of the city would
ke«*p a bucket of some ktnd filled
with water, in front of the bouae. so
the pour do* which does not reretv
the attention It should, can quench
Ha thirat.
Tbte little act of klndneee to the
poor dumb brute ml*h' be the
moans of savin* a human life.
W. F. STEPHENS
July ”1. 191*.
Give Raby Fighting Chance
"Keep pool, don’t get so hot.” wp
*®T to an angry man, thus showing
wp Know the relation between tejp
pcraitire and temper. And wp take
It for granted that children arp go
lng s o gpt cross in hot weather
Thpy do, but It is usually some
adult’s fault.
When rhlldrpn naturally and Joy
fully takr a cold hath under the
hose they are scolded. When they
take off their shoes and paddlp In a
puddle they are punished. But they
aro only reducing their temperature
Instinctively. They are only dd •
for themselves In the ea-lest way
what their guardians should mar.agc
in a better way—ls they can find
one
In July the demand for little white
coffins Is heavier than In any other
month of the year. Hundreds would
not he required If parents would
tak** rare to meet the temperature
half way. Put away the notion that
an open window means a draft
I»on't he afraid that If you take off
the children’s petticoats they are
going to take cold Unless they are
already below normal physically,
and reedy to catrh anything, the
rhlld’-en will have a hard time tak
ing fold when the thermometer
climbs shove 80.
Make it a rule that they may go
barefoot In the hottest honrs of the
day F’ut on sandals If the premises
are not assuredly raked nail clean
I.et the small folks, even baby. Wave
plenty of cool, but not Iced water
The offensive Is supposed to have
the advantage In any battle. Meet
the heat half way. Toledo News
Bee,
Work A* An Em!
How much happier humanity
would be If work, instead of bo'ng
a mean* of existence, were Its end
But In order that this marvelous
change may come about, all man
kind must follow the example of the
arMst, or better yet, become artists
themselves; for the word "artist**
In Its widest aeceptntjon means to
me the man who takes pleasure In
what he does. So it would be de
slrable that there be artists In all
trades; artist carpenters, happy In
skillfully raising b* am and cornice;
artist masons, spreading th*? plaster
with pleasure, artist carters, proud
of caring for their horses and of
not running over those In the
streets. Artists set an example to
the rest of tl»e world whleh might
be marvelously fruitful.- Rodin.
rThe Daily Reminder
TODAY’S ARNimUJIRIEI
1719—The Ftaach aurrandarvd Fort
Niagara to the English
I*l4—Battle of Brldgswater. or
laindjr'a Lane, Canada one of the
moat destructive of the War of tail
lilt—A patent waa granted to Cy
rua Shephard and J. Thorpe, of Taun
ton. Maas, for nn nprlcht power
loom. *
lll»—Cornerehcnr laid for the flret
Homan Catholic oh or oh In Brooklyn.
1114—Samuel T. Coleridwa famous
Kngllsh poet ana writer, died. Born
October 11. ITJI.
1444—LodIi Bone porta ax-Kin* of
Holland and father of Napoleon 111
•lied at Lea horn. Italy. Born at
AJaoclo la lTvl.
1114—Ulymi 8 Or ant waa com
missions oeneral of the Uhlted
State* army.
187*—The Klß| of Pm—4a leeued a
froolamatlon prom Is tn*. ae reeults of
he war with Franoe, a durable
Saace and the liberty and unity of
•tirma
1871—UJttlrt parliament voted the
Dnke of Connancht fiO.OOO a year on
hie aarrUr* with Prlnoeee Hoots*
Mar caret of Prussia.
lUl—Smokeless powder wae used
for the frit thne lit this country In
experiments at Bandy Hook. It J.
1494—Hostilities began between
China and Japan.
140f—Japan assumed control of
Korea.
IPo7—Japan assumed control of
OHS TIAK AGO TODAY IK THE
WAR.
Ru sedans began preparations for
evacuetlng Warsaw.
American steamship Leelanaw mnk
by Herman submarine off the roast
of Scotland.
British took towa of Nastrtyeh. •*«
the Fuphratea after shelling by
gunboat
Austrians gained Important etra
•■*><* position eouth of Sokal. In
northern OaliclA on eastern bank of
Bug river
TODAY'S BIKTHIUrt.
Ht Hon Arthnr 3 Balfour, former
British premier. b>wn In Scotland. *»
years ego today.
Imke of Hovburghe. wh> married
Miss May Ooelet of New York City,
born 40 years ego today
I'avid Belesco. eelebrated drama
tist and theatrical manager. born in
Se*' Francisco, '7 year* ««•* t>d*v
Frank J Sprague, noted eleotr el
•■Mir nerr and member of the Va\*l
Advisory hoariL born et Milford.
Conn, 54 years ap> today
Nat C iioodwln. on.- >-f Vm-rl V*
moat popular actora. born In Boston.
89 year* ago today
Andrew Mvk. noted f->r hi* etas*
Impersonations of romantic Irish
characters, born In Boston. 4? >ear*
ago today.
J hn K Tener. former governor
of Pennsylvania and now pr*«: lent ”f
the National Baseball league, born
In County Tyrone. Ireland 83 years
a« ' today.
William C McDonald governor of
New Mexico, born at Jordanvllle. N
Y . 5" years ago today
William C DeMllle. author of sev
eral aupceasf il plays, born at Wash
ington. N C. dt years ago today
YVIIIIS tlfeen lea f Calder Wood. who
delivered the address of welcome at
the recent prohibition national con
vention. born In Dodge county. Wla,
80 years ago today
A Poem a Day
WOHDEIBIE4T
As som» child perched upon a hillock
smiles
In wonderment beside the summer
sea.
So t up* n my spirit hillock smile
As vagrant fancies wander here to
m»
1. too, look out upon a boundless
train.
The sea of life, whose rythmic ebb
and flow
Sings to me hare, at times so *wcet
ly sings.
Then comes a walling chord of un
spent woe.
The blue, the blue, the spirit's won
der hue.
That back reflects the soft-toned
axure sky.
The hue to longest hold our childish
hearts.
And k»ep u* asking the All Father
why;
So like the child, why, <«nd. It's thus
and so.
What means the song that ever
comes to me;
Now *<• triumphant, now so like a
dirge.
From out that boundless tide, hu
manity” •
At times the tempesta lash It Into
green.
The calm but follows In a deeper
blue.
Here on my hillock do 1 wonder still
And, finite, try so hard to think It
through;
If. at the last my questioning at
rest.
I shall have caught hi* tenderness
In song
T shall b- glad I shared the wonder
ment
t>f love and work and play and
tears and wrong
Flora flhurelt rtlvola. In flprlng
fleld. Mass. Hepubllcan
Pointed Parajßrraphfl !
Hut the waits bnskf* In often
mightier than the pen
No girl appreciates a lover who is
unable to hold his own.
Don't forget to pull down the
blinds If yon live In a glass house.
He who would enjoy the music
of the band must keep up with the
procession.
It's usually the alimony he has to
pay that causes a man to figure In
a divorce salt
If all the good had not di«d young
there would be a lot of cranky old
people on earth today.
It's well enough to put your trust
In Providence, but It's nnwise to go
around looking for holes for Provi
dence to pull yon out of.
Some Are Like That
"I don't believe m automobiles
They digeonrage walking”
"Mine don't I’ve done more walk
Ing since I bought that n-ichine
than I ever did in my life before.”—
New York World. •
The Old Gardener SayH
Blums and quinces am some
times damsged by the curcullo.
an Insect often present In large
numbers A good way to get rid
of. these peats la to Jar them off
the trees on to a large sheet
early In the morning, when they
are logy. This Jarring Is dona
by means of a stout pole, ona
end of which has been wrappod
in burlap or old blankets. If this
mammoth stuffed club Is driven
violently against the trunk of
the tree most of the pests will
be dislodged. It la an eaay rem
edy.
TUESDAY* JULY 25* 1916
“But Leonardo,” says one writing upoi
the genius of the incomparable da Vinci
“will never work till the happy moment
comes—that moment of bien-ptre (feel
ing just fit) which to imaginative men
is a moment of invention. On this mo
ment he waits; other moments are but
a preparation or after-taste of it.”
There are two kinds of work to be done
in the world, which may be called routine
work and creative work.
By routine work we mean the tending
of machines, the discharge of office du
ties, and the maintenance of the ordi
nary; which includes care of engines,
ploughing, housework, answering letters
and keeping accounts, tending the sick,
digging mines, building bridges, and the
like. Ail theae—and the lives of all of
us comprise such functions—are to be
done whether we feel like it or not. The
trombone player in the band must go on,
though his heart is lead. The servant
must sweep the floors, no matter how the
listless spring has got into your blood.
And the doctor must make his calls, the
policeman walk his beat, and the elevator
boy run his car, for they are cogs In
the social wheel.
By creative work we mean the writing
of stories, the composition of music, the
painting of pictures, the modeling of
statues, the singing of songs, and doings
of such quality.
These acts should await the supreme
moment. Leonardo used to rush clear
across Milan, when he was engaged in
painting “The Last Supper” in the little
out of the way church of S. M. delle
i Grazie, juts to make three or four strokes
with his brush, to add a touch that had
occurred to him. That is one reason why
the picture, now faded, is yet epochal
in art.
One trouble with story magazines Is
that they are issued regularly. The ideal
publication would appear “every little
w hile.” One .does claim to, but it is a
fraud, for it is a regular monthly.
What a blessing if nobody wrote a
story unless he had a story to write, if
no parson preached unless the fire burned
within him, if nobody made a political
speech unless he were as white-hot as
Patrick Henry when he gave his “Liberty
or death 7 ’ oration, if nobody played the
piano or gave forth a song unless the
compelling inspiration were there, if no
body built a house except to realize a
beautiful dream, nor painted a picture
except to grasp and fix an entrancing
vision.
(’reative work Is the scarcest in the
world. And the most underpaid. And
the amount of hard work a man put upon
u thing is no gauge of its value—often
quite the contrary—for it is the same
.shrewd Leonardo who observed, “Quanta
piu un’ arte porte seco fatica di corpo,
tanto piu e vile, or “The more bodily
fatigue goes Into a work of art the viler
'it is."
Men must work. In the forepart of
the Scriptures it is laid down that “in
i the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat
bread,” and such labor perhaps will al
ways l»e the most part of the world’s
work.
But In the latter part of the Scriptures
it is said that “man shall not live by
bread alone.” and that sustenance other
than bread, that diviner food that sus
tains souls, and the ghost-wine that
cheers them, Is not produced by sweat
ing lal>or at all, should not be called
work, but is a sort of glorious PLAY.
Art, craftsmanship, inspiration —no
one can work at such things; they are
essentially play, the joy (and not work,
the pain), of self-forthputting.
And one supreme moment is worth a
lifetime.
Back-Firing on Satan.
The pastor of a church down In Houston,
Texas, believes In fighting the devil with fire.
Taking for his text "This Is the life,” he uses
a glass of beer and a shotgun In the pulpit for
purposes of llltwtration.
And going a hit further, he offers a two-and
a-half dollar gold piece to any young man and
woman who Will demonstrate the "strangle hold
of the modern dance" on the church rostrum
each Hahhath Thus far ha has had no takers
but is reported still hopeful.
This pastor may he on the right track; at any
rate, overflowing congregations seem to sus
tain such theory.
Hilly Sunday uses the fire and brimstone
method with success and there’s no good reason
why Billy shoulld hsvo a monopoly.
But If tha shade of old John Wesley happened
to stray Into that Houston meeting house tome
Sabbath morn, to see a stein of bear and a shot
gun on the pulpit, while a couple of young folka
bunny hugged to a ragtime tune on tha pip*
organ, we fear, we sadly fear, the pastor’s paag
thro* the pearly gates would be caucelled without
warning.
The Supreme Moment
■V DR. FRANK CRANK
(Copyright, im, by Frank Crang)