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Soap the Ocait Court Non-Partisan and Up to Its Standard of Efficiency <Rm Times recommend? to its readers | the five of the six circuit judges p Wayne county now serving and who flre candidates for re-election, be re elected. These men are: ALFRED J. MURPHY. HENRY A. MANDKLL. GEORGE S. HOSMER. P. J. M HALLY. GEORGE P. CODD. TV five of them have served the peo ple and the interests of the people well. They have repaid the voters for the ( confidence reposed in them with able, | faithful and efficient sen ice. With the same earnestness with which The Times once opposed Georye r\ < “dd Jbr a circuit judgeship, it now solicits his re-election with the help of Times read era* because Judge Codd has proven that when The Times opposed him for the cir cnit bench, The Times made a mistake. The voters owe him another term in recognition of the splendid record he has made on the bench. P. J. M. Hally, the other of our two| younger judges in point of service in the court, has demonstrated, most conclu sively, that no mistake was made by the voters six years ago Judge Hally's ability is widely recog- Biaed. P He is a Democrat and should be re tuned in keeping with the wisdom that fees been exercised by the people of Wayne in having their judiciary non partisan. p The three older judges. Murphy, Man ual) and Hosmer. have long years of ser vice to speak for them more eloquently than Ire can. t; Os the three. Judge Murphy, Demo crat hu always caned off the vote-get - Hag honors in a county that is heavily Jtepubliean normally, which fact gives an gW» of just how highly he is thought of IBMI, furthermore. of just how appre- Hittrt voters can be of ability where they recognise it The Times recommends all of the pres ,/ggt judges because it believes that in Jpagiing judges the public may safely let ||ii enough alone, and because we see a igpgfc advantage to all concerned in the g| feature of the circuit court la aimititoted. 9br the sixth member The Times rec ommends, unhesitatingly, Clyde 1. Web ater. whose qualifications stand out com petiingly in the list of his accomplish meats while he was district attorney. His ability and fitness admit absolutely of no question We have every reason to hitieve that he would give Wayne coun ty the same conscientious service as judge of the circuit court as he gave the feteal government as district attorney. * His candidacy offers Wayne county an oneellent oportunity to continue the abil ity. the soundness, the safety and the in tegrity of its circuit court. They Have An Eye on the Boy Seouta—This Important Advice Has Reached Ts. There were certain old fashioned peo ple, aome years ago, who saw in the Bov Bcout movement a tendency toward mili tarism T>iey were mainly Quakers and peace ’ lowing citizens whose one idea was to di 'f Vwrce all thought of civilization and \>rog feas from the barbarous institution of | war. These peaceful souls, who were some t tile most useful assets of the country, Who tilled the soil, made the homes and jl conserved the resources of life, were Iftoted at as conjuring up wild dreams in \ a peace loving, sane and stable nation. b They realized, what others did not. that the most prolific seeds for good and evil k Were those implanted in the mind of pouth. and in order to continue to lx? the people that we were, this Meal must be most carefully nourished and shielded from military suggestion. They saw in the organization of these lads much that was good, but they felt that this same training, intended for * peaceful ends, could be easily swung to a Ppßftaristic basis if occasion ’-equired and ' tike belligerent element, latent in every | psontry. predominate. «r« on the eve of seeing their fears I titeome incarnate. ¥mk paper marked “Important ha.- i receiver! in this office, and it tells us boy scouts will do in case of w ar.” ; Sit says that “860,000 boys have come Uptifefo the influence of scout training and ftiMgnan during the past seven years.” MNft "troops of scouts will be made a\;u SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1917 able to dric authorities in case of war for temporary or PERMANENT service.” With a view to further preparing for any possible emergency, it is suggested in this highly interesting pamphlet that thru DULY CONSTITUTED AUTHORI TIES plans be made to mobilize the scout* at a moment’s notice. We are further told that the Boy Scout movement will prove adequate for any emergency, that everywhere our boys will do their "duty to God and their country and obey the scout law.” Some skeptics may be doubtful of a God who would desire to sacrifice tender, impressionable youth to any such pur pose. Some skeptics will even murmnr that the persons interested in this movement smack greatly of one T. R. and take the name of their Lord in vain. We would have little fear or apprehen sion for our boys were it not that a great number of their parents and guardians have been inoculated with the virus, mili tarism. and might easly become like unto those misguided individuals who this week sent their little boys away from their homes in Canada into the British navy. But, we are not to be outdone by the Canadians. We are to have too, a Junior Naval & Marine Scout, the Boy Scout movement not meeting the requirements of the sea One of the Marine Scouts’ purposes is to “promote, teach and inculate in the youth thruout the United States a spirit of loyalty and OBEDIENCE to his par ents and to his SUPERIORS.’ 4 Let us hope that his parents will prove worthy of loyalty and obedience by keep ing him safely at school and at home, and this his obedience to “SUPERIORS” in the way of navy officers w ill not be neces sary. The conservation department of the United States would better temporarily turn its attention away from inanimate to animat* matter as embodied in our youth. From Another Point ot View By C. T. S Situation Wanted—Male: Address the late Czar of Russia. * • • Oh spring. We greet thee; meet thee With a smile; Wen* you our master. Gladly, gladly Would we do thy Bidding You re early, though. And If we doubt you. Forgtre us; Convince us. Gentle spring That thou Aren't Kidding • • * If they want women in the aviation service, also, we recommend the Detroit woman whose husband charges a pen chant for running away. She has an al leged record of five flights. leaving him. upon every occasion, of course, up in the air. • • • The school budget, also, seems to be getting its annual spring cut. • a • To make the thing quite complete, our highwaymen ought to get in on that feast of the passover. • • • REVERSE ENGLISH. Prosecuting Attorney Jamowik>—When the matter before my office i« of such grave import ance at the cleaning up of the city through a grand jury, and the matter o' p ope jurisdiction la at etake, I believe it to be m» duty to appear in peraon rather than put the responsibility up to one of my assistants. • • • The first woman to enlist for service in the United States navy is a stenog rapher. Just one more in love with her employer. • e • It will foe great training for her. She will come out of the sendee with a much better idea of how many n’s there are in cannon. • • • GARDEN HINT The city gardener should never get discourag ed, He should proceed on th« theory, in raising cabbage, for instance, that one head •« better than none. Answer to querv: H O Should the *ame rut worm rckppeiir thl* year, the beet you would be able to do, we arv afraid, is nil* #d tomatoes • * • After dining together, the czar kissed his suite and in return received suite kisses on the shoulder—presumably there were onions. • a a That’s the way it goes: Some say that if we had taken Roose velt’s advice, we would now l** prepared for war. And some say that if we had taken Roosevelt’s advice we would have l>een in the war before he advised that we pre pare. a a a Fatal automobile accidents for the week suggest there are *Only a few of us left. • • • It’s all t ight, though, if those counter feit $lO bills are as scarce as good ones. • a a Russia seems to know what to do with her ex-czars. DETROIT TIMES kT»*P HIM IN YHe \ I FtfAMK, ) Jtf3T WANT BACK VAW> FbK A ‘ ' ipv rig? THIS department is maintained 'or the purpose of dragging the ad vertieing faker tn on "the carpet" and placing hia assertions and promises under the glass of truth. It welcomes letters rslating experiences with advertisers wherein the eagle on the dollar fait* to fly home “with a dollar's worth of goods." It pays proper recognition to honost advertisers. It does not spare dishonest advertisers who may be found In The Times It will print the letters which appear most applicable In preserving the Integrity of advertising and protecting the advertising reader. Only signed letters, giving the writer's name and address, will be considered. The name will be printed or withheld as preferred. Address Ad-Mirror, The Times, Detroit, Mich. In Ns. 3 of a series of full-page advertisement in Detroit newspapers. Crowlev. Milner 4 Company start off like this: CROWLEY'MILNER'9 NOW TAJKEIS ITS PLACE IN THE FRONT RANK OF AMERICA 9 STORES And then It winds up with a survey of the store s various department* with this: THE OPTICAL DEPARTMENT HAS TESTED FOR AND FITTED AS MANY A9 175 PAIRS OF EYES WITH GLASSES IN A SINGLE DAY Tbt* Is very interesting In view of the fact that four prominent Detroit opticians assert that It establishes a world's record Os course more wonderful thing* have happened tn the Crowley Milner •tore such as Mill End yellow bannered sales, etc . but then getting down to fact*, this elaborate claim does not stand analysis Without being told the identity of the inquirer a leading Woodward are. optician was asked by the Ad Mirror how many patients a RAPID, EXPERT optician could PROPERLY lit in ten hours providing he went without his lunch. While statin* that some cases often require more time than othera. he said that for ordinary corrections of sight, a FIRST CLASS optician couid lot be expected to handle MORE than THREE patients per hour or THIRTY in ten hours at the outstde. In the Crowley Milner optical department an optician and an assistant are employed The store opens Ita doors at 8:30 o'clock a m. and closes at 5:30 p. m It ts therefore open for business mne hours per day. without eafln* At the rat* of 175 patients a day. the Crowley Milner opticians handled a little more than NINETEEN patients per hour, or NINE AND ONE HALF pailents EAt’H per hour This is giving NOT MORE than six minutes to a patient! And according to the estimate of this con«ervatlve Woodward are. optician who doe* not take a back seat for anyone when it comes to a quick but thoro fitting of glasses, the Crowley Milner opticians have turned em out THREE TIMES FASTER than could be expected under ordinary circumstance*. Another big Detroit optician who employs skilled assistant# nays that perhaps THREE AND ONE-HALF persons could be fitted in an hour. A third said that In cases of elderly people with falling sight, who require the minimum of attention, perhaps four <ouid be turned out in an hour. This man said that the best record he ever mad* was 15 in one after noon from 1 until 5 o’clock—and he was "going” every second. When the Woodward ave. man was told about the 175 per day record of the two Crowley Milner opticians, he said he would not want to be ONE it the 175. And THEY ALL said that at such a lightning pace, patient* could not possibly be given PROTER ATTENTION All of which would Indicate that Crowley Milner "busts” world's records lust as easy as it shoots bombs from Its rooftop starting off yellow-bannered 'mill-end'* salea. The Keep Well Column GAS FUMES! Deaths from inhaling gasoline en gine exhaust fumes bare become common with the large increase In the number of au tomobile#. Carbon n. >nnx ide is present in engine gas. It is Tories*, colorless and taste]#** and may kill without warning Often the Inhalation of a I rmall amount of this substance un dermine* the health. The victim becomes pale and loses weight. He suffers from head ache*, lias a pain in th# stomach, palpitation of the heart and becomes cross and Irritable. Often times he has a dtxxmess, or throbbing in the temples, lose* bis appetite „nd gets k "stiff netk or becomes "weak in the knees” Any one of these thing* may be an indication that not <onnu* nlr is being breathed in the gi»;«g**. alfho the victim may be at a loss I to account (or his physical (onditiui. It is easy to eliminate alt danger irom poisonous fumes. i**>r* and windows tn lb# garage ahotild be opened before the siltonmoile engine t* started or ’he exhaust gases should lie disi barged directly to the outride. Dn not run a m**tnr in a closed garage Do not attempt to The Great American Family. Md-Mirror And Advice to Investors If The Times Prints It, The Times Believes It put on or take off chain*, to fill grea*# cups or tinker with lamps while the motor t* running The poisonous part of the gas cannot b# smelled, so you may r* overcome without warning If you notice dizziness, weakness or pal pltatfon while working in a garag. you have been poisoned by sh» gas fume, Owt , n the fresh air at once The inhalation of gasoline fume* h* also be** known to cause faint In abut as yet medical m»-n do not know much about the chronic aymp •' i iy resnM frnr t a small quantity at a time The best informed phyalcianr ar* of the opinion that thdre are chronic pois onings fn>uj gasoline fum*-, but we do not know much about tbern yet. Health Questions Answered, vv K I think I have a ape worm How can I tell?” One sign which will determine if a tapeworm is in the system j* the presence »f white, oblong egment in the bowels. Trial* of a Mother "Mary. I shall take on«‘ of th»* children to church with me tiiin morning" announced Mrs F*rth lonct **Ye*'m" replied the maid "Which on* do you think will go best with my new laxend*r gowns Ajax may have defied the light ntvtg. mil he never bumped into a C boat. * Let the People Rule and —Write Public Ownership the Solution. To fke Editor of The Timet'. The chief topic of cOwfcrust 100 among our people st tb<** present time is the high roe? of living. In- I veetlgrationa don t seem to help the matter The Democratic promisee i of four years ago don't give us re lief. It must be apf»arent to every j thinking person that If thla state of things continues, there will come a point where something will have* to be done. In my opinion the gov ernment should immediately take steps to buy up all the public utllt tl»s, railroads, coal mines, oil well* and so forth, as well as all tb** plioti where the different foods are manufactured, provided the present owners will sell them at a reason* bie price If not. then the govern ment should forthwith proceed to build and equip all these Industries and rr.ansge them in the Interest of the people and not for profit. Why d< n’t postage stamps rise In price? Simply because t'ncle Sam man apes the business The question ui'ght very properly fc- asked' "Flow can this he d<*ne*“ The answer is easy Every township, rounty and state thrtiont our whole nation, should b** nrudhlied and petitions circulated until every voter Is asked to sign. In that say, I f*-el sure, that a majority of our citizens can be Induced to send their requests to congress and a memorial will be presented to the head of our gov ernment. which neither the presi dent nor congress will dare to ignore And this work should be rtn without daisy. The situation is growing more serious every day. IVlay Is dangerous. Now is the time to strike for liberty T. C WIfjJAMH Birmingham, Micb. Pointed Paragraphs Only h fool will pay twl -e for the name experience. Ground f.c>or investments often have d*ep cellar* under them The value of money depend* on 'he t»*.te« of the man who spend* It. Thpre la one rood thing about Idleness it show* how desirable employment la A woman like* to «o awav for the mmmer because moat of her friend* rant few men tinder«»and the art of lore mailing, hut women are always teady to .iffnrd them an opportunity to practice it, If age could be aa eertaln of tta conclusions aa youth la tbla earth would fairly effervesce with wisdom Nothing makea % man growl ao tirurh at home and bra* ao much downtown aa hawing an expensive family to aupport t>nly old malda know all ghout the art of raising rhlldren, and they haven't any. If a man aaka you to tell him hla fault* It la a algn that he tlilnka he hasn’t any. There are now in the British Isle* •t. 214,000 women employed outside their own home* The Old (iardrner Haya The be«t flower* for *haded a pot a in *he rarden are tuberous rooted begonia*, which hawe ;m --menae flowera with welvet like petal* In several warm color*. They will bloom from e«rly antn m»r ttnil fr<>«t if the bulb* ar<* atarlcd In the houae now in boxea of purr Hand, the aand being kept wet but not motet Many person* make the mistake of planting the bnlb* upnlde down Ke me tuber that the lop la marked by a little dent. The Teat of Worth BT H ADDIkfGTO* BHICI Authoi of Tbs Kldill* of Person ality.** ‘ Psychology and Parenthood." etc. Familiar truths are things w* oft forgot That la why 1 wish today to call attention to the fact that the teal teat of a man’s worth is not to be found in bla bank account, bis pedigree, or hts good looks, but in his willingness and ability to ren der service Forgetting this truth, we are In danger of steering a life course that will mean the wrecking of our hopes and ambitions For. even if we fail to apply to ourselves the test of ser vice, the world is certain to apply it to na. So far as the ultimate Judgment of the world is concerned, we are ai ways situated much like the boy who has got his first job In offl<'e. store, factory, or some other place of em pio> ment. Me comes of a respectable family. He Is a manly looking little fellow He is dressed neatly. All this Influences bis employer in deciding to take him on. But It counts for absolute!) nil In dstermln Ing whether, having been taken on. he shall hold bis job or lose It. The determining factor therein is that he prove himself both willing and able to render service. He will benefit himself In proportion as he benefits others. Palling to benefit others, working only for what he can get for himself and at the least ea pendtture of effort, he will soon dis cover that he must hunt work else where. “Oh. yes.** his employer may say. in answer to a relative’s anxlou* questioning, “Johnny is a nice boy. well mannered and well bcha\ed There is no doubt about that. But really he Is of no use to me, Me doesn’t do what be Is paid to do. V’ I can’t afford to keep him." This same principle holds good ihmout life and In every walk of life. Whether we are mechanics, clerk*, lawyers, doctors, writers or what not, we must meet the test ot service We even find this test per sisting after returned by history. The men who have most notably rendered service are the m» n history exalts. The merely rich man. or the man who is for hi.nself and for him self alone, finds place In hlatory’s pages not at all. But you do not need to go to his tory. . about you in your own community. Consider who the men are that most command your respect. They certainly are not the Idle wealthy whowe lives are one eternal self-amusing holiday You may envy them, but you know well that you do not admire them. No Your admiration Is reserved for those who. wealthy or poor, are active In good works for others. Ineflnctlvely, that is to say, you apply to your fellow-eitlsene the test of service Their place m your ee teem is governed by the degree to which (hey meet this test. •Apply the same test to yourself. Are you motivated by any true d* *lre to serve, or simply bv deslfr to be prosperous, to get thru life easily, to get as much “fun" out of life as you ran? It Is a question worth pondering Your true value In the scheme of ex Isteace Is Involved In the answer. Anniversaries 1141—First Washington temper* anc« meeting held in New York city. It44—Bertel Thorwaldaen. famous Danish sculptor, died In Copenhagen. Born there. Noe, I*. 177*. IKt Insurrection at Kiel tad formation of a provisional govern ment to accomplish separation of Schleswig and Holstein from Don mark. 11*4—Treaty for the French an nexation of Savoy and Nl< * signed I*7l—President Grant, by proclama tion ordered certain bands of armed man In South Carolina to dlaperae within 70 day*. ]|77—.Annual boat race between Oxford and Cambridge universities resulted In a dead heat. IMS —Henry Wadsworth Ixmgfel low, the poet, died at Cambridge, Mass. Born at Portland, Me., Feb. 27. 1107. 11*4—Mr, Balfour. »hl*f secretary for Ireland, brought forward In the British parliament the Government Irish !*and Purrhaalng blit. I**l—A Japanese attempted to assoaalnote Ia Hung t'bang. lire Chin ese peace envoy, at Ahlmonosekt. Japan. I*ol —Charlotte M Yonge, noted Knghsh novelist, died Born Aug 11. i«:" I*o4 Sir Edwin Arnold celebrated poet, died In IsDhdon. Bom June jo. I**l I*l4 Egyptian Nationalists pro tested against a speech by Col Roose velt at Cairo favoring Brttlah occupa tion. I*l4—N*w York legislature passed the mothers' pension hill. »*K YK4H 4«.0 TOD % Y IS THK W 4 B Germans claimed capture of two more trenches at Verdun. Turks reported British attack In Mesopotamia repulaed British channel steamer Suaaeg tor pedoed with Americana on hoard Secretary [arising received Entente allies* refusal to accept proposals re gardlng regulation or submarine operations TODAY** SIRTNI) 4 VP. Atr FrarPls E. H. Elliott. British ambassador at Athena, who has vain Ir endeavored to win Greece over to the Allies, born 44 years ago today. Claude Kltrhtn. representative In couigress of the Mecond North Caro lina district, born at ftrntland Neck. N C. 44 years ago today. William A Jennings, former gover nor of Florida, born at <*entralla. ill., 44 years ago today. Oarrett P. Aervlaa. wall known author and scientist, hem at Aharon Mprlngs. N V . 44 yaara ago t'»day. 'Henry tMlkei Mowray, Inflelder of the Brooklyn National league baoehall team. born, al CbamherstMrg, Pa.. 14 yearn ago today (luring one of the recent raid* on "the east coast" of England, % 2>pp dropped two bomb* on a well known golf course, providing two excel lent pot bunker*, which the players have nh kaamed Big and Little Wll- I In. BT carrtgr In Detroit t cents a week; efle where, 10 cents a week. By mail. $3 a year. Call Main 4610 Entered at the Poet office In Detroit as second-class mall matter When we look at nature our mind can take one of two attitudes. We can eithtr try to use her or to undergtand her; we are either practical or contemplative. The West ig practical, the Eaat con templative. The East wonders at the lightning; the Went telephones and telegraphs with it, to order groceries or arrange a bridge party. } our canary bird is a plaything and pet. Ordinarily you consider it and de light in it as But perhaps some time you have, in a vacant moment, thought about it, speculated as to what is going on in its tittle€lKn. reflected upon the infinite skill displayed in ita construction, in Jts feathers, bones, blood vessels, and all the delicate intricacies of its tiny body, constructed with such consummate perfection, and all automatic, 'all actuated by that strange, never-to-be-forgotten thing we cell life. If so, you have, for a space, been an Oriental. The Aryan race migrated from central Asia thru Persia to Greece. There the mountains and rivers were small; na ture seemed confined enough for man to grasp her, so the ever active Aryan mind began the structure of western civ ilization. which has flowered thrice ar tistically in Greece, as organisation in Rome, and in invention in modem times. All had to do with outward results, with getting things done, with finding new things and ways to eat and drink, finer houses and cities to live in, more elaborate furniture to clutter one’s self up with. The value of the western man’a life has always, in the common estima tion. consisted in “the abundance of things which he possesseth.” Our business has been to “get on.** We have uaed philosophy and religion only as they contribute to that end. Sci ence has been esteemed highly because by it we can build bigger factories and make more money. The dollar mark is not only the stamp upon America, but also upon mil the western world. Europe is as money mad as we. The only modem wars are those that have a commercial basis. We not only live for money we die; for money, die wholesale and retail. Into this West came, singularly enough, (Tiristianity. an Oriental relig ion. All religions are Oriental, for that matter; the W’est never invented any religion except some kind of quack faith to cure the stomach ache or to insure prosperity. We have no real grasp of Christianity. We never will have until West is East and blast is W’est, until the world gets together. You cannot save a piece of the world; it must be all or none. Without the West the East stagnates. Without the East the West will perish in a turmoil of miserable materialism. As Richard Hovey: A road runs Mil and a road runs weat From tbs table where we ting; And the lure of the one la a roving quest. And the lure of the other a lotus dream And Weat is East If you follow tha trail to the end; And East Is West if you follow the trail to the •nd; And the Kast and the West In the spring of the world shall blend Asa man and a woman that plight Their troth In the warm spring night. On the new brakeman's first run there was a very steep grade The engineer always bad more or lesa trouble to get up this grade, but this time he r ~ Ju came near sticking altogether Eventually, however, he reach ed the top T* Looking out of the cab the engineer saw the new brake man and said with a algh of relief. s> _; "We bad a hard job getting up. didn’t we?" "W’e sure did.’* assented the nww hr* kern an "and If I hadn’t put on the brake we’d have slipped back." An Irishman, having signed the pledge, was charged soon afterward with ——•— being drunk "1 wav’ "It waa absent mtndednees. ’ said Pat, ’an’ a habit I have of talkin' wtfh meaelf I sed to -■ ' | meaelf. says I. ‘Pat. come In an’ MM h * T * * drink ’ ’No.’ I. I’ve sworn off Then I’ll drink ' ’ EOL alone/ says Ito meaelf. ‘an’ you ken wait outalde,’ says I. An when meaelf rum out, falih. an’ In an’ be hold you If Pat waaa*t drunk.* m "Penguins have abundance of Inquisitiveness," didactically stated Professor Pate "Bailors tefl us that a man coming upon a congregation of penguins will, 1 | If he stands still, be surround ’ ed by the btrds. who will walk - Js\!WW ! with dignity up to him and W stand in s ring al! around him. T H ! engerty eyeing him and gab- 'Cu i!v- | hing to eiteh other about him y\ a. If you rare to reproduce the ■cane of the man and the pen (ulna slop in front of the postofflee the next time you are In the hamlet of W’ayoverbehlnd and observe the inhabitants ailing jeg up. 1 East and West • V DPI. FRANK CRANK (Copyright, IMS. by Frank Craao) Laugh With Vs