The Detroit times. [volume], February 05, 1917, NIGHT EDITION, Image 10

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MONDAY, SCBNUAIIY S, 1917
Let U» Stand Solidly
Behind President Wilson
Because He's For Peace!
President Wilson has the country with
him.
Having taken the only step left to him
* to take, and acted as Germany was in
formed in the Sussex note he would at*.
the people of the country are behind him
BECAUSE HE IS FOR PEACE.
It was an easy matter for the pi-esident
to direct that passports be handed the
German ambassador and to order the r*>
c<ill of our own ambassador in Germany.
Both of these were steps calculated to
have their effect in bringing a!)out the
imccess of the plan by vhich President
Wilson very evidently hopes to kovp id
out of war.
- These were steps taken to impress i'
upon Germany that the l nited States
meant business when it uttered its warn
ing in the Sussex note, and means busi
nes now.
The president believes—his address t
the senate proves it and his manner (
proves it—that Germany has only to be
convinced of our earnestness and her an
nounced policy of a relentless and illegal
campaign with her submarines will be
abandoned before an American ship has
been harmed and before an American life
has been lost.
It is the judgment of diplomats of the
world that Germany has placed her last
hope in her submarines, and failing, will
be lost
With these diplomats, President Wil
ton aees the utter hopelessness of Ger
many against the odds she has brought
" against herself in the cold-blooded an
aouncement of a presumptous policy.
Up to date, we have had to deal with
a mere scrap of paper, containing the an
aouncement of a presumptuous policy.
The purpose of it is far from clear in
the light of the fact that the carrying
•ut of its threats would be suicide.
It was the opinion of many that the
president should have waited, perhaps,
until Germany had committed an overt
act against an American ship and Amer
ican lives, but the effect of that policy
might have been to bring gljout what the
- preaident hopes so clearly to avoid, the
overt act
We would have had to do in that event
exactly what we have already done, and
by taking the bull by the horns, we will
learn the more quickly just what the real
intentions of Germany are.
It is inconceivable that she can hope
to better her position in the war by forc
ing' an alignment against her of the neu
trals and having for her enemies nearly
all the countries of the world.
IS IT REALLY THIS ALIGNMENT
THAT GERMANY SEEKS AS A WAY
OUT OF THE WAR?
DOES THE KAISER WANT SUCH
AN EXCUSE TO PRESENT TO HIS
PEOPLE?
WOULD HE LIKE TO BACK DOWN
WITH THE EXPLANATION THAT
THE ODDS ARE TOO GREAT?
There are those who are wise in diplo
macy, possessed of an opinion that Ger
many could surrender to the greater force
•ffainst her with better grace and at a
much earlier date than if called upon to
•ufrender merely to those who are
aligned against her at the present time.
It may l>e this angle that President
Wilson secs in his invitation to the neu
trals to join with this country.
It is a moment of great stress in the
hist'* ry of the country.
Tli3 moment has pnnen that we havp 1
for a leader a man a.< peaceful in hi - hear
ms Lincoln, but who has a plentiful sup
ply of good, rich American blood for ar
emerge ncy that finds him in a comer with
his back against the wall.
It was no pleasant task for him that he
was called upon to perform in the senate
Th*ra was awry sign that ft was mo>l
distasteful tf> him, like a dose of bitter
medicine taken only because it is the
only medicine that will help the caw.
He has put the whole thing up to Ger*
many
The United States, if it has to strike.
will not strike first.
There were prayers in the pulpits of
the country yesterday that we may be
spared a (.tart in this awful war.
If there were consultations and orders
in the offices of our steamship companies
in which the same spirit predominated,
it will help a lot.
Is the Cost of the War
Behind the Peace Move?
Tbs idea prevail* qui’e generally In America
•j at German>"» ; !am desperation 1* due to
>r ration*, that Britain"* policy of •starving
b* r out” i* beginning to tel! in very serious de
gree Tut .-n t there something else In it* Th
conimon peopi** of Herman r may be htmgry but
sn‘t the .• . n.i n* ©rdir. tr.ly devoted to pursuit of
:h«* altmghty dollar, or the influential sgvervign,
a mighty sight hungrier*
IVi- aes* • bu*!n»«< K-ep this In mind while
w 0 C tr« >ou «otae rtgur* *on Germany* before
the-m.** bus .nr-'« * th ’ho outside world from
«l,rb she has row b* n empletely cut off for
owr t»'o year*
In 1912. Germany shipped to Great Britain
good* t orth. in round numbers I *" ’
imported from her ill* >.« ,M .of**'. a n»‘.\t iittie trad
baUnc» fir Germany of 5144 1 total bu
r.ess fjy.* 4>-o •'>.»*. TN *air.e >ear. l*er total of
business in manufactures and other products j
totals! 1474.540.000 with 'he In *ed S’ates. 112 |
060.000 with Australia and $31,“0 with l an
ada. Hers - a total of $1 ‘<>74 worth of
business with all the countries of the world not j
just named not included
What would happen in ,ur owr. cotmtrr. if this .
enormous volume of bus mesa were suddenly cut
out?
W hy. if the bualne** element in Germany Vn*t
cussing the war and exercising its pull on th»
Kaiser for peace, it Is the tamest, most self
-aerlfloing element of the sort that any nation
over possessed. It is disabusing the world of the
idea that there's no sentiment in business, or that
money talks. “God help Germany's business; her
poor «.an work ’ would s*-em to be a trite para
phrase of an old saying
V Poor Politician But
a Great Statesman
The resignation of Edward N Hurler, cba.r
man of the federal trade comtmaaion. leaves t*
rant one of the most important position* in na
tional eerrlce.
The trade commission was created to work
out a solution of the problems of trusts ard “cut
throat” competition, after It became apparent tr
the American people that the Sherman act was
impotent No more important task ever was en
trusted to any government agency.
To accomplish the purposes for which ft was
created, the commissioners must be not onk
able men and progressive men. but they murt
be constructive men.
There is one man who combine* these quaiifi
cations, and has proved bis capacity by note
worthy services to the American people
That mania David J. Lewis -’fa'her of the
parrel post.”
Single handed, as an obscure re p resent at iv*»
in congress, he put through the parcel post
aginst the combined influence of the B g Fl»e
express companies and by »be lower acneduie
of rates which was thus enforced he saved th»
puLuc m»TY Billion dollars a year.
He won hia victory with two things— factj
and logic
As chairman of the house committee on labor
be has been responsible for most of the pro
gressive labor legislation t 0 which the pre«e n t
administration so largely owe* its rerum »o
power.
Two years ago he started to roller* the far**,
for his fight agalns’ the te>phon* and telegraph
monopolies to secure for the American peope
the cheap service that other countries enjoy, lie
had Qred his flr«t gins ar.d v»« s-eking a more
advantageous batUe field by running for tl>
senate, when he was defeated by a combma’n.n
of republicans and reactionary democrat*, ep.gj
neered and paid for bv the eipr*-' <'’rnpanies,
whose exorbitant pmfl'i be had reduced, an i
by the telephone and telegraph companies woo
feared his future activities.
He is a poor politician, but a gTea* «»a*e-nr.^n
From Another Point ot View
By C. T. S
Scranton, Pa., ha.- a coal famine but
nothing, as we under-tand, on the genial j
manager of the I’. I*. who helps soak up
the heat of this office in the day time.
t « f
One Mr. von BemstorfT, abn, looks to
Ire nU dressed up and no place to go.
REVERSE ENGLISH
"I just called us, Mr. Corner Grocery P
prietor to let you krow that my order wja
filled e*ac*iy at I '( h cn<?<4 It ar-d that I thirs
you are entirely too low in your price for
potatoes '*
0 0 0
Royal Oak is at it another way
and want-, we understand, to annex De
troit.
• • •
SAYS THE WISE OLD OWL
f The moHuary etati*tics indicate at Lmee
th*t the practice of medicine doesn't make
perfect.
• 0 0
Von BernstortT was given his passports
for this rca-on. Phyllis: A.< in the case
of the bloodhound, it naturally follows
• a •
O tto Ditto
Joseph f'leesy koweskler and Anlei.« IJ# rn*s
***dkldew»c* were married in Wilke barre, |‘a .
the other da>.—News Item.
DETROIT TIMES
The Thrill That Comes Once In a lifetime.
„ wzcxo M ►* f outa PAhdcsl how Buy,
XX; By GccZti . ithooamt ne was a <*>*£«- )
iwtvf H»M A Dost Os TV#|S |
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Jim SPUDS' 'Plage T • Ht / l r~v7l
Hm . ..
WHfh 7V4f V/eTeßlffAty
VCUK. CL V PAL OUT
CF 7V»t VAUEy OF THE SHAPOW
ty H T
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VAHII T a ■ b g
IF THE TIMES PRINTS IT,
TlT>? TIME you stood be |
before the circus sideshow
you pondered quite at length
over the advi«cMl)ty of de
positing >h*;r dime under the nose
j? .vneeq individual In the
u Let at -« jmJ
But viw went ha
The giivly colored banners with
ir.e.r ailunng picture* of the
under the canvas, and the per*ua
-Ive adj»» five* rs 'he bullahoo. had
*.on your curiosity.
The Vmner. you will remember,
d-ict-ired »I-e *woh*-? Voy playing
» Jew'a-hrirp or the piano.
Mi, btjt that w-a.* a vivid picture,
'•.isn't it
knd what did you «ee wi*h!n* A
petrified <»r weagen.-d mummv*
vVh« n vou came f-u* yo*i felt like
.’ribbing *he ballahoo and the entire
outfit. . I
per' up* !♦ wasn’t the dime; you
Ad b**#n d'jped d'- eived swindl'd
R nh r there you !-watfed the AD
LIB an ev**rla*r i
Inc blow' Your !
onfl donee bad
;e e n shattered
.he sid-va how
i:i an lo** your j
future perron**' 1
and that of the i
.nr, m*n and womm tw told **><j’it (
fraud the nelt »,*}
The advertlper who p*.lnt* ou* to
rri in misleading word► an<l tent
r*e «rind*r* rrf his «r<«rand ih*-ri
souk*’' you after you *»ep by th*
• n'ran-’n. way is Just as ‘ ig a r/’ub*r
the side-atom mtn,
lie ha* ra’n***! your confidence h>
lying to yo j He ha* tak -, n yc ir
money In nrhanti* for
you f«|t w 4 a " W rjfenrd " Val>!**
You would probably do to birr
what >« u did to ihe side-.how turn
Th* Tiro** haa Institute! thl i c!r
! l-errmen* to tell >< u * .at the u,
j honest advertiser fall* to I*• U i’•
j The Ad-Mirror will r*--!**.il j
J cards FfiOM THK T»>i* OF' T lIF.
I Idvf’K and trill ahorr > .y Just how
lh*- tricked 'ou
'I Ac . JUI M4tXXit-.JS4.Ii h* . *W ftm*t -
•1r nf new papers * *t.*r If an *d
j vertl*en,»-nt in Th* Jim* « has p*-i
Mirror w >ll l>«- glad to aim you .in
j epponunity to r*d ‘ e y itir etp« r.
»nee tl n» column
The Ad Mir.or wekoima com nu
ruralku of * *; *-r.* n"*s with advrr-
I
I he La* !i* *-n tr**sf»d unfairly, provid
iot * onitnunkatjons of tills chara*.
THE TIMES RELIEVES IT.
t*-r ar«- property signed and ad ,
creased.
The Ad Mirror will advice you a
lo the reliability of the advertiser
with whom you are dealing or *« i
pert to deal, b*»t It cannot PC-com j
m*nd investment* in any enterprise. J
t- writ! tM Trwj tn rTTTv %%y po*
t >le tn determine the standing and
lin.ineia! vlatus of enterprises l*jv
,ng the wi.'dom ot an invest men < to
j our discretion
If Th* rimes print* it, The Times ’
believes IL
\on may be *ure that Th* Tin*
ha* not printed any advertising that
it has n<>t first investigated, if there I
1- any doubt as lo if* truth.
Y«-t tn f.ie rush «t a dav’s
w.'h the changing **f hundred* of
’.in* of advertising ev* ry d.iy. an I
ihe fact that The Time* t« n«>t i l '
f;.llal.l» any more ihan any Mh«-r ;
• nlv con'rolkd orgatiuiii n.
rhe Times Ttiy err
If i* d*ve-« the Ad-Mirror wants to 4
hear about it. t
Th* Ad Mirror Is m» n’smcd tr
• -,.»» r re the integrity of adv* r’i* in*;
«nd bu«mes*.
It want* you to receive a dollar’*
o*.nh of tnerchaadlse for every ik ’
i.«r 7r.11 put in the adv**rtl-, •'f
pocket
l«ol!*r f -r dollar Is the keynote of
11* function.
Hollar for dollar—no more, no le**
The Daily Reminder
ronsvs tvsivr.B»tiUKS
;<*i Williams arrived In
!f Indiana attached Taincasfer.
o .. r. I after Is till r g *ll the o.en.
wum*p art 1 * h : ldr**n into
tam*-s Otis. orator and
ir |. rn in W'est H.»r?»sta ,, l**.
I»—l in Andover, V*««. .Way
x*!e Hull, world-famoua vlo
t. rn 'n H-rgcn. X <rway Died
-r r y ld . 17. mo.
» r'jnard lln<*'a Hr*t nornff,
launched
mo Ir Mrighl of In ia» a
• 4 fr-.m IM itaa
f - r<*drral* mad** a »r< •<1
ful attempt to t irn 'la <' n.
. iii Mai her
- i- • viph R ft- rI *. •’* ir' ’• r
i ' in (irsnt'a cabinet. • *i• I in
,a. Mori* th**r« Nov 7'.
• Ifay-I’a rri- f "*e tr»a*y
»r. a r’layton-llillwer tr*-«ry
: v cnc<i in W’ashlna'-.r,
i'nrjr K, Toiita*v was **n
*■ r i to lifa imprla. rii/.- rt in Kmi-
UMSfll I *
7 a last Amari*.<n *<Jdlar*
!ha Mlaeoiirl atnta caplt><| in
IJ* ** r • • City burned
X a Arhaneaa aanata paa«-d
a Mi>»;d* prohibition measure.
Hy Webster.
The Keep Well
Column
DIABETES!
i* • covimonly ooeurlnk
< The ilea'll rm** fr»m it if
al-no«t e*iu*l so
that from typhoid
But the popular
*;,<>• > I*** of the
Id: eare ts ?rr.xll
in comptrl son
• Tlh the la> man *
Information ion '
1
terr.in* many otfcer less die
rler*
lhabetra baa a ’endencv to run in
. allies Brother* and sister* are
~re ~ wnnr’nlv the nn*<i affe<»t*-<1
in *omf Instance* both parent.* and
ihddrcn bare the disea**.
In p net f* *e* < f diat>etei the pa
tout h;u* admitted n marked fooli
n'' * f..r sweets. *t«rvhy foods and
fr »*. together »ith a history of
more or les* digestive trouble
In anv fa-'-Hly ftretßsposed - ttr-tttir
t * tc* ;i i.» t • ■ • fr r ’Lc \j.nuwtn am-
I .*rs to e »t sparingly of lb*?!*** ft Ha.
Ilia prin< ip'il “i hing cau'*4 rs
diabetes \r* Nervou* shockt and
over in 1 «1*« In eating
~nd drinking. lon* continued indul-
II no- in sxtru, blow*. fxtt«, In
’ ■■ to fh»* heat and various tnf'-c
I tiou* dl»ei»es.
In w -r. « n pn-rnnrwy seems to
favor 1’ ■* development
|,T*-r/ rri an should know tha*
pregnancy I dang- rou* for th*» dls
li »r ft should also be known that
< v*-n hl.f,t Injurb * or alight surgical
i operation* s uracil rues result fatally
i m dmb«*tr~.
Th»- ■ iffcrer from diabetes should
; n< ' w- .if *'*. t shoe-i for f»*ar of abra
i tip t au-tn* r ini'ri nr which la
iome*ime* a grave com plication.
I It ih v*r> imp' rani to dot ’of dla
m It* Infancy Anyone who
ir*uM«d with and derange*
: * nfs and who hs a ruddenlr taken
: t.:i weight, following which nnuHiat
jhlr«t and sudden lo* s ofswelght is
, n« Meet,. should consult hi* physician
| at once to hava tha necessary lasts
, m.tda for a llabetlc condition.
Modern ‘kill tn treatment ha* roe
!ceeded In or don*.nr life In diabetes
!md in la.*«#• tun* the eeverlljr and
' danger rvf the symptom*.
Hut It I* important tc det*ct ee-l
fiances of the malady befor-* the
• evare svmptoms are noticed.
Pointed Paragraphs
;! » .. "■■
If a m m s -ins do not find him
out his w |fa will
Wha* fcr.ift«-rs no and la Insurance
a*unat exposure.
If It's a hoy haby another domes
i fie crisis Is averted
\ vi r cmirt a girl wht so father l*
i t * Irolst. for he always has a
ki* k coming
Tho you may he ratisfled to carry
a rabbit* foot, four wife will require
a ret ,f furs.
Iho i e sun «Mnes for all, the
moon h re«i rvi-d for spoony couples.
Optimitn consists In as kin* for
t ream st v isctriling house.
Sprinkle a little salt of economy
Jon the tall of nt h ••• and they will
! no* fly ."w av.
\ lal or«T makes a bargain for the
I I rice of hi* work, but a lawyer sixes
flip rour pile and charge* *r, ord
I lurlf.
Buffalo Bill
■ V H. ADDISUTO* mil (K
Author Os "Th* KiddU Os I'vriun
•Uty." •|‘»ychol..*> and
I areathood " ate.
The other evening I rml In th**
| newwpaper that IMiffalo Kill **» dy
mg Aa I tead, the yettra ali|>[M*<|
away fn*ni tue Iwm a bov again
a little ki t In Knee breeehe**, Nitttlf
| listening while a favorite uncle tol l
me etivrie* of the great hera of the
plain*
! could feel once uiora the thrill
of thiee* wonderful notm-n's of
Mory telling Once inon* there came
before tuy mind's eye. vividly mi»*-
ined, picture after picture of daring
tiding, cautious uoutlng. clean tlfhi
mg. and Buffalo Util aiwa>s deserv
edly victorious.
Instinctively I put him where he
telcnge! in the rplendld cotr.;iany
cf Boon** and Kenton. Crork*tt and
< arson To nie, aJI of these wore
►upernvn. They .-umm-d up In
high decree the r\:gged virtues every
man should possess.
Now Buffalo Bill his gons to Join
Boone and Kenton, 4’rork-tt and
(arson, in the Grtwt Ht vond. You
may be sure that they hav • Ki\t*n
him a fervent welcome. Just .11 the
comrades he left liehlnd ga\«> him a
loving farewell, with ihetr aim pie
words, "Gold by, Bill. Good by. old
pard.**
Be sure, 100 that his will he an
enduring place In the annuls cf
American history He was a maker
of history as trulv as any tal»-nt*wi
statesman o- diplomat of general.
Nor Is It only in history thst he
will live He will live also, he must
lire. In the hearts and mtnd-« of th'
generations to come. It will be a
rad day fuf the people of the f'ni'ed
State* If ever thev cease to ch* rlsh
the memory rs Buffalo Bill
For this can oni* mean that chiv
airy, boldness, energv. Initiative,
love of honorable arhlevemen'. have
weakened in the spirit of the nation
A nation that Is truly string wiM
always hold in proud remembrance
the rugs-d. virile hciocs of its plon
neetlng days.
It I* the same with nations as
w.th ln-ilviduwls Krerytwty knows
that a bo., shamed of his rough
:eady father la a l»oy who in Inter
Ute Bill havv plenty of rrj.ioD f.>r
t *!ng ashamed of himself.
To American parents, then. I
would say:
Tell your IB Me eon the **rvrr rs
.'.iff si a CUI Tell him ♦ho * 4 ory of
Boose and Kenton, of 4'rurfertt -»nd
(arson. In imagination let him
• .•nder thru the silent forest* and
a< roaa the vast prairie* with th* ■>«
orave pathfinder* .nd nation hulkl
era of the days that are done
Make clear to your s in the n an
ner of toeti the {w’hflndsr*
Make *0 nlm the difficulties
the had to overrorr.e. the danger
that menace.l them, ard the cour
age and hardihood thev showed in
exery rmerg*-ncy. ’,>et their eiam
pie radiat • upon him to strengthen
bis charm ter
Remember that if vour son Is a
real boy he la certain to hunger f. .
t«l* sos the wes. |>nn't p» mut him
to learn of the w*«t merely from
the Inane “had man -college hsm
mirarulou* sheriff—pretty girl stol
cn cattle dtspti'ed mine <*r railway"
storloe with which the ail fiction
r.arvilnes of t xjay piteously
abound
Tell him. ln* f «-ad. storte-t of r**ol
western heroes tine him books
wherein he can rea ! these stories
for himself
He will enjoy thorn twice as much
pi the machine mu> yams And
they will he of true developmental
value to him
1 the People
Rule and Write
Would Work For Belgium.
To fke Kit tor of The 7*t"ir#:
I wish »o thank you for your edl
•nrlal app«al In favor of poor, war
torn Belgium. The fl*nre* you cite
of the amount contributed by this
country are a stron* Indictment for
*reed snd selfishness aratnst our
captains of Industry, who have in
cr» ased their profits by millions
thru war contracts, but whose con
tributlon to the savin* of Innocent
youn* lives la so pitifully small
Think of tha flow of war mad* *old
which nlrhtly find" lta way to the
cabaret# of every lar*e city In
view of the fact that the price of
two quarta of bubbles means the
•avir* of a child • life, when so
contributed. It seem" to me that
some of those revelers In war prof .
Its must feel like murderers If »he.
are possessed of any human feel
Inr*
In spi*e of our bos«*ed pro-.;** rlty
tnd In view of the II off. , I h*-
Mere that the *reat majority of
American workln*m»n ftnd It Im
possible to contribute financially to
any cause however worthy. Hut
where there Is a will there Is a way,
and here is what I propose to do. 1
am a tool desl*ner of considerable
ability and tool d*:sl*ners are much
In demand at th»- present time. If
you can put me In touch with any
one who can use my service*. I
will *lve two hours of my time each
itl*ht. nights «r week, and let
the entire erf-nin** he turned over
to lie|*l;tn relief until the war
ends.
Ai.Frrr:n m warhai’fji.
No 200 Huena Vista ave. W.
Highland Park. Jan. .10, 1917.
Ixive may be blind, but It's foolish
to attempt to wora off m paste dta
mond on a *lrl under the hnpre-tsion
that you hare h»v hypnotised by
your £or m] htofca
BT carrier In Detroit, • cents a weefc; els*.
where. 10 conta a week. By matt. $3 a
year, ('all Main 4520. Entered at the Boat*
office in l>etroll aa aecoudclaaa mall matter
The Pressure
BY DR. FRANK CRANE
(Copyright. 1916. by Frank Crane)
Always the pressure is on us.
Like a low ceiling, it makes us forever
stoop, often crawl, sometimes grovel.
Like an unseen power it hypnotizes us
to go where we would not, to do what
we hate, to suy what we do not believe.
Like a magnet it draws us down, down
with the innumerable feet that tread the
broad way.
Like a formless fear it curtails our lib
erty, destroys our individuality, reduces
us to the dead level of mediocrity.
Like a huge spiritual press it forces
us into set, conventional, artificial shajn-s.
As by a wave, a heaving decuman, we
are swept on to corporate crimes, follies,
cruelties, stupidities, of which us indi
viduals we would not have dreamed.
What is this pressure?
It is that gray, shadowy mass we call
“They." The ghost fingers of the many
manipulate us in little things as in gTeat
alTairs. “They” determine our clothing,
our speech, our manners, our morality,
our sins.
Scientifically we name this adumbra
tion heredity and environment.
Against it the soul of each man is in
unceasing struggle.
Most tragedies, from Aeschylus to Ib
<on. are descriptions of the desperate
human unit striving hopelessly to free it
self from this iron rim.
“They" poisoned Socrates, crucified
Jesus. burnt Savonarola, persecuted Wag
ner.
It is this dull pressure, stolid, unintel
ligent, respectable, powerful, and brain
less as the giants Fasolt and Fafner, that
obstructs all reforms, resists the appli
cation of reason to art, to letters, to eco
nomics. to government, to the spiritual
life of men. *
Every ardent idealist impinges against
a wall of putty.
It blocks prison reform, perpetuates
hild labor, smites capital with blindness
nd !.il**-r with folly, keeps us under
the bondage of an absurd system of
weights and measures, ridicules spelling
eforms, delivers city politics into the
nands of the boss and his organization,
impedes pure food laws, makes big busi
ness seek to brilie, intimidate and control
judges and legislatures, hinders rational
reform in education —and what not.
'Hie pressure! Like a vise it grips the
society woman; in her straining to keep
up with others she has no time for her
own life.
In Europe the idealist, hating
knowing it to be monstrous stupidity and
waste, and an utterly inconclusive meth
od of settling anything, is yet coerced
to take his place in the ranks and try to
kill the clerks and peasants of another
country against whum Lo has no quarrel
n the world.
The pressure! Once it made men burn
heretics and witches. Now* it makes
them lynch negroes.
It seems sometimes to our fancy as if
it were a vast, immeasurable spirit of
death (monstrum horrendum, informe,
ingens, qui lumen ademptum) that
'•<l >th h#«tr'dv> th* narrow world
t k- i» ' ,io»»u« and **• p*»»r nt-a
W «Ik ind*-r hi* k -§ * I'F* »»»d p-*»p
•bout
To find oursslvfi dishonorable
*r»v«S."
Laugh W ith Us
Paddy Flynn was verv proud of a hu*e bulldog
he possessed The d<>g accompanied Paddy
everywhere he went. One dav,
a neighbor met Paddy withoc
the do* and looking very sad
••Well.'* asked the neighbor
"how l* that dog of jour" go
Ing nn’T
•'Oh. be Jabers, he Is dead
The litigant baste w tnt and
swallowed a tape measure’"
"Oh. I aee! He dl*d by
Inches then?"
"No. Indeed, he didn’t; he went round »o tha
bark of the house an’ died by the yard!”
A» rhrlstma* the children of a certain English
si hool tried to roller t money by going from
Jjffl
“Why Is It." he a*k»d, 1 that Instead of singing
the hymn In a reverent way, you simply scamp r
thru One ver-*e and then ring the bell?" Hllenca
feigned for a short while Then a shrill voloe
from s small boy at the back of the room wu
heard in explanation:
"I’lease, sir. It's 'cause they always let's tha
dog loom* at the second veise.'
Hits of Information
Though the railroad grades on the Hne from
f'hlle tr* Argentina are (he steepest In the world,
rot a single fatal a< rldenl has occurred since
they were opened In 1910.
When fidward f'rabbe, of Ton.’* Illver, N. J,
was Ashing he felt a sha'p tug at III* line The
V h g«»t away, hut when t'ratdie reeled In to re
ait he was surprised fO see n nncketbook hang
ing to the honk. He onened *he purse and
Vund a one dollar bill an 1 a dollar In sliver The
aofkethook was Identfled by Mrs. Mary
vlisxrtx as her property.
house to house singing enrol*
and snatches of hymns. Mans
complaint* reached the rector e
ear* of bands of youngsters
scampering thru the first verse
of "While Shepherd* Watched *
and then violently ringing the
doorbell. So he instituted In
quiries on the next occasion ha
visited the school.