The Detroit times. [volume], April 12, 1917, NOON, Image 8

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W< Can Applaud This Act
By Our School Inspectors
Asa Work of Conservation
XM Time* wishes to extend its i*est
and congratulations to School In-
William Haims for introducing
the amendment to the resolution pawed
\fj the boanl for compulsory militai v
training in the high schools of Detroit.
w hkh cut out the word “compulsory' and
gpaciflcd that only hov* beyond the
eighth grade should be eligible.
The resolution was introduced to the
school board by Superintendent Charles
E. Chadsey who seemed grieved and sur
prised that it was not speedily adopted.
Inspector Harms showed unusual good
sense and an appreciation of the purpose
©f the public schools; also of what the
people in his ward and doubtless most ot
the people in the same station ol life,
deture for their children.
He was ably supported by Inspectors
Spaulding. Reinhold, Krueger. Neinas.
Heinrich and Komrofsky and by the doz
en citizens who sat in the rear of the hall.
Another thing which, in our opinion,
helped to defeat the resolution was the
plea of Archibald Diack who pleaded that
our children should lie kept free from
of Germany, or any Other country.
ibiw4 reminded the board that in another
generation children were taught to hate
England
Hatred of any race should find no place
in the public school curriculum.
The giand stand play of the high school
eadet, who dashed in at the last moment
and showed in his flashing eye. pale face
and excited manner the effects of this
same training, pleading, meanwhile, that
ail boys should be compelled to make
themselves like unto him, may also have
had an effect on the board.
Whatever it was. we are grateful that
Detroit has not taken the initial step by
installing compulsory military training in
its public schools.
We are grateful to the inspectors who
remembered the principles of democracy.
We are grateful to the few citizens who
did their part.
Rather than revert to this sort of
autocracy in the most democratic insti
tution of the country, we would take big
chances on the weakening of the patriotic
sentiment which Superintendent Chadsey
so greatly fears . •
Let’s Finance the War
By Taxing Those Who Are
Best Able to Pay the Bill
There are two ways of financing war. I
One is by issue of government bonds;
the other by special, direct taxation.
Issuing bonds is borrowing, and pay
ing interest on the loan.
It means burden on present genera
tions and posterity.
It goes without saying that the man
who, having cash on hand to ventunp in
an enterprise, borrows funds for the
tame is foolish, and President Wilson is
absolutely nght in urging that funds for
war with Germany be not borrowed.
The American committee on war
finance, headed by Amos Pinchot. has a
proposition which, in substance, will be
presented in congress. Under this propo
sition private incomes would be taxed
substantially as follows .
Two and one-half per cent on incomes
of from $5,000 to SIO,OOO per year.
On incomes over SIO,OOO a tax on a
sliding scale, beginning at ten per cent
and rising to a point which will allow no
individual to retain an annual net income
in excess of SIOO,OOO during the war.
Also, restriction of profits on war sup
plies to three and one-half pel cent net.
the delivery of defective supplies to be
made a criminal offense punishable by
imprisonment.
" Pinchot is a wealthy man himself, and
we have information which warrants us
in saying that the country would l»e
greatly surprised could it know how
many of its wealthy men favor some
such plan of placing the hulk of the war
burden as that just detailed.
Here are, for instance, excerpts from
the letter of a multimillionaire to another
man of great wealth:
Tho rich men of the country an-, larg* l> men
Who** large fortune* are purely -in inridem of
the rigor and fore* that iraprll# and them to do
great thing*, not for ihc purport*- of nuk it
money bu» only for lh«- delight them exp# rtenc#
%-W doing big thing* Tti«***» men. to a Urge ex
tent at least, suffer extremely from what they
M U the unjjst Judgment of the groat mass of
poop I * Thei feel that, while they have made
great wraith fur tbemsHves. ihev hav*> be. nos
gNX nrrvlcrt to the public, and tha' there in no
way of their continuing their great activities for
the ber. fit of the public and thmit-lm, w ithout
gsananiha and increasing their fortune*
When men hr tb* practice of busine- .-lcquire
the habit of Investing money profitable. it ts \ery
difficult for them ra«ii> very painful, to pour
out their money in totalled philanthropy, he
eager th«tr own e«p* rtence and observation have
* browed to them that the method* »f philanthrope
ff*» fbner*t!> rer> waateful: that It takea front
L Iff tb tt ObbU of graft Jo liar so invested to pay
L, . $
THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1917
' the middleman and ih* overhead charges, ho ihai
| only from 26 to 50 cents of Ihe dollar apont ever
become* a r**ai investment To such men it is
a godsend to have the |o»»rntnrnl com*- alouit
and take away as an income or an inheritance
tai their burdensome surplus.
Hut we ail know that we are condemned
Now. all of a sudden, there is presented to us an
opportunity—the nation’s great need for great
sums of money—to show our patriotism, to show
I (bat we are really unselfish.
If our war with tlermany should coat the
j t'nited States as much per annum as It is co*»
mg Kngland and If oui rich p*ople are m.»de to
I for ft out of their income, the financial but
-1 den of the country will be nil The country will
be ihe ga ner b> tapping and reducing the great |
1 fortune* And. once the people learn how wi
it i> and l ow- boni-fli isl to all parties concerned ;t
i* to get .several billions a vear bv income tat
ihe country may hr- depended upon, hereafter, to
; :iis*<* ni">». if not all. of their revenue for the |
nation and the ata'es and the cities from thi.* J
source.
This is certainly hot argument for war!
funds thru taxation and by a millionaire
who, as we happen to know, would have
to stand a tremendous cut if his net in-j
come were restricted to SIOO,OOO.
The country will be with President
Wilson for financing the war by taxa
tion.
We ought to try out our patriotism be-1
fore resorting to the pawn-broken.
Still another objection to bond issuing j
is that it is preventive of enterprise and |
progress.
Bonds, as a rule, are bought by the (
rich.
The money put into them might other
wise l»e put into undertakings that would j
give employment to working men.
Investment in government bonds is j
much like putting one’s savings away in j
a stocking in a bureau drawer.
The president’s i»osition in the matter
of financing the war is statesman-like,
patriotic and economically sound.
Tax those who are best able to stand
the cost of war!
Some More Unrest
Meager reports, thru sources more or 1
less reliable, strongly indicate that w hat
is called “the spirit of unrest” is hotly
boiling among the people of Spain.
In these times of volcanic action by 1
the peoples, it would not be surprising
should the Spanish go in for revolution.
They are near neighbors of republican
France and of Portugal, whose king is a
refugee, and they have the recent splen
did example of the Russians.
Again, they’re awfully hungry by rea- \
«w»n of Germany’s unrestricted subma
rine warfare and they know that their (
own autocrats side with Germany.
Spain may not yet lye fully ripe for
revolution but she's another country
whose masses are being reduced to star
virrton by German autocracy. . !
Gentuny is «tarvin<*
into revolution, and if we wore a >pan- 1
ish autocrat, we surely would get down !
off the neutral fence.
It certainly is better to get down
while the getting’s good than to have ,
vour pulled off in being brought
down.
From Another Point ot Mew
Bp C. T. S
What’s the matter with our team, dis
sension ?
• • •
“If we are to have war. we must have
an army.” says President Wilson. “By
jingo, Mr. Goldberg, we never thought of
that.”
• * •
It tro like this:
W»- acre pu*ting in the radl*h seed.* and the
lettuce seeds and the berf need* and the onions.
And it vac about I M p m at the time
And one of the neighbor* happened along
And Bays
"Aren't you planting a little early'*
"No,” ears we. "a little later and it will be
dark ”
"Ha. ha ha.” the neighbor said
Whereupon we did not blame the neighbor.
o • o
“I am not one of those.” says our old
friend Doc. well-known and popular
chiropodist who was recently married—
“l am not one of those.” says Doc. “who
question the courage of those young men
who are rushing into matrimony. ’
• • •
The censor seems to have cut out w hat
happened when the president and the
Colonel met.
Elmer Milford with an assignment and a wrt*
of replevin for th«* fltfur***. and with two plumb
<*rw and four carpenters. entered the saloon of
Modest Van d«* Putte
"What’n ▼* hare. gents.” asked Modest from
behind the bar
The plumber* rtaid fhev would have the beer
coili*. the copper irtmmingß. the fane*-*- ~“-
On»* of th*- carpenters raid he would hare
«#>m#- of the furniture and the other throe *aid
th**t would take some of the *im*
All the writ of replevin did not call for w*s
• h«» h#»-r In the cellar and during the proc# **
of tearing up the place, two of the plumber* had
the rare good fortune to fall into the cellar.
• • •
Os course, if we had to lose one game
to Cleveland this season, it is just us well
to have it over with.
a a *
IWauee the father of the young man arrived
on the *cene and learned the woman had a past,
the marriage of Edward Ijvmb to Mary Payne,
for which the llcenae had been granted, in
\\ ichita. Kaa , did not take place
Mary had a little lamb
At least she thought she had—
And may lie she’d have had hirr
If it were not for his dad.
Edward had the license bought
Then came Papa Lamb—
Mary had a little past'
Mary had a slam.
• • •
We note that the gun men have now
begun to uick off our policemen in pairs.
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THIS department is mimtj nfd for tho purpose of dragging the ad
vertialng faker In on “the carpet” and placing his assertions and
promises under the glass of truth. It welcome* letters relating
experiences with advertisers wherein the eagle on the dollar fails to
fly home “with a dollar's worth of goods." It pays proper recognition to
honeet advertisers. It does not spare and soonest advertisers who may be
found in The Times. It will print the letters which appear moot applicable
in preserving the integrity of advertising and protecting the advertising
reader. Only signed letters. g>ving the writer's name and addresa, will be
considered The na >e will be pr nted or witHheld a preferred Addresa
Ad Mir«or, The Times. Petroit, Mich. *
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The enrlr>s»4 n>i •N’uxsted Iron' in ■ n*w»paprr In this
VleißltJ Xf f i ♦> 9 plrS«- 1 n<l Ml A thrr# Mfr *nv i urativr. •
m»nt» 'ciiii n»d n this m«dirinr, and ,f onr would get sn> beneficial re-
Hllixide Farm.
The A«1 Mirror recently published a complete analysis of thi* nostrum
It contain* much less than an ordinary d«»*e of iron and a negligible
amount of nut voni»«H. altho from it* name one might think otherwise
Some of the claim* made in *upport of thi* questionable "remedv" are
ridiculous.
Here i* on#- in the advertisement submitted with the »b#>\## inquirv: I
Mwnv an *tM#t* »B.i prtt* ttf»r r»» n.n t* - day « mr*\y I.#-#-* ;j*e
he Wtv * the »*c-r»-t of *r<ut *imu r* and enduraaca and filled hi* dP>..H
with »r«n before goirg into the ra> wh-.le many another hss |nm<
down in inct-.r *u» »Weat j>*mplv fnr the ?«ct (wa #u|>pn„ thi* should
be -f« k •» of iron
Iron may be all righ* a* a weigh* for *ea divers, but It* unlimited use
li*1 i* not advisable.
Iron i* a useful and valuable drug in selected cases. but the condition*
for whirh it mav be pre.-cribed <1 f>W drug* have b»-»-n m ,. r M
abused than in iron
Nutated ad* us#* to *a> “‘*50.000 Tv Cobb come.* back*—Nutated Iron
make* h-m winner" and a lot of other bunk Ilk*- that, but recently *ueh pal
pablv fake advertising ba* be*-n minimlr.-d
Nutated iron tablet* contain but ONE TWENTY FIFTH of a grain of
iron and ONE KIVE HI'NPRKItTHH of a grain of nut votnira alkaloid*
per tablet.
The liquid form of "Nux" doesn’t contain much more in proportion to
th* duee
And here'* something ei*«- that goe* for ail patent medicine or quack
doctors' ads: ETHIf’AL, PHYSICIANS I*o NOT ADVERTISE
Only the quark* allow their name* ?#, appear In medicine adve r *i*ing
Physician- who advertise are shunned by m#*n id the medical prof#*
sion who belong *o th»- medical associations.
The Keep Well
Column
DAILY BATH’
There ,h r.o no* for -hirk
ink ih«- daily ba*h —cold or mer*ly
t># too cold or «oo prolong and or the
efT*rtr ar* apt to lie d#br« tnr
SiifT-rcr, from kidn#y »ll*ea *
should b#- very < ar« ful on »h- cold
bath prni-oh'tion, »ho Krequen 1 !!}
an Increase in albuminuric ha*
lu in noth ed after them
tie'ting she *kin a«i*t*tomed »**
th#* action of cold water i» on* of
th«- best w*» - to pr»-v •nt (-old*
K'lbbing *he skin with a cour--, Met
towel until the *icin rlo»*», e*pe< itl
ly the thc«t and the <ttr#-mitl« , I*
a gravd way to acrompli-h tt.
To pr*-c»-nt (etching (old aft# r a
bath a reaction of the skin 1* ner #•*-
sary Th * is best attained by a
rouy h tow# i or by vigorous nihhing
of the bo»i> with a hard brush
Mas*age i* an excellent addition
to bathing. It tn# reH*es the dreu
iation thni the skin and muscles.
In addition to the dailv cold hefh
or rubdown a hot hath should be
taken once or twice a week. This
bath bad b#-*t he taken hv first
using wafer of ihe highest tempera
ture that can be home, Those abo
The Ad-Mirror
And Advice to Investors
If The Times Prints It, The Times Believes It
C'n stand it might continue to add
ho* *;i(er until the skin is quite
I indent perspiration «ill th<*n
; pear on the face, head and ne< k
raving perspired freely, cold
*» (*er -1' uld be drawn into the hath
on 1 i 'b* rub has b#-«-nme quit# (00l
lb’ of long duration ar#*
*p< • tail;, useful in the ( „,( of k and
r* v di - a*es or a* a preventive of
'>■ It ig important to make -ure
<t« « h«art and blood -«l
--ar# :n e«-f>d condition le-fore »akmg
Health Queationa Answered,
E t. K **f suffer grr-arlv from
h' -r'la h< s The room *n .(hlcli t
well as mv hedrom. t* *#i|
vcn’ilated Vhat is the fgii.s’*’
M(r-( headaches *re due to <on
■ftpat ion or eye strsm if ou # >»n
ril# o*i* the first, have your # >e*
Standpaltrr
A young fellow at the club «**
talk ng to an old and conservative
metnb# with rtfersDci- to crinunai
pr'*c«#iure. when he otreerved
"I «there’a some talk in tht*
stat.- ti|M.n the quest ton of atolish
Ing rnpl'al funishment Would yoq
vote to aboflsh It T*’
”1 mould not," »as the d<s <]• «J
r» piv (»f the old chap "f'apits! pun
ishment mas good enotjgh for n.y
sneestors, and ll’a good (-msigh for
me*”— Everybody's.
There t§ something wrong *|i|i
*he small boy who isn’t the vtrtim
of a # hronlc case of hunger
By Webster,
Anniversaries
I?<;—Xaxal battle b*tw«*n th*
of Ix»r<l Hodnay anl Count d*
<lra«s«.
17^5—Th* flrat pow-r-loorn *«i »vt
up m Philadelphia
I *•«—i nt|e«| stataa army ra>*«d to
r -Stm#-nt* of infantry, on# of rlrta
rr>«*n •• nf of light artillery, and onr
of I'ght <trago<<na.
dual batwn«'fi Th> ma* H
Barton and t harlaa Lucai. at !*?
t*ui» rv.xxilt-d in th* wounding of
l/i' aa.
I**: Oanaral Morgan invadad
C ,)ta l;t<a to ra-aaiabllah tha fadara
ti'.n of Cantral Amarlra by forra.
IS'»t t Hrltlah flaat under Kir
Charles Napier blockaded tha Ouff of
Kin land.
-I»«l—Tha Confadarates fir*d on
Fort jtumtar
is«i—Huarandar of Mobil* to tha
run n na\al and land for< *a.
ixll Transvaal H*pubh« annexed
hv proclamation to tha Hritirfi <MK
£ K.** V'pad a fa'ge pof
tlon of the city of ('helaea. Mm
IMS—Tba I'm tad states troop* mat
* ith arme«| r*ai«tanc* on antaring
Parral. Meiiro.
nil IK AH no Tl>n%% IN TMK.
W % M.
French repallad assault on Cauret
-1*» Wi,od.
• Jermana penetrated Rrlti*h. linaa
on r ad between Vpraa and Pllkalm
petrograd reported that th* Rua*
• ana had advanced helnw |;rt*niti
and epuiaed Turkish attack* in Bit*
Ia region. .
miltri n I RTM IMIt.
fit p.e-. Arthur C A Hall. Kpiaco
pal hi shop of Vermont, born in Bark.
*l. re Kngland 7k year* ago today.
I'lirrett I>roppara t’nitad t*tataa
mm >t«r t>. error born In Milwau
! kre ',7 yeara a*" lodav
It djert Herron, celebrated aa a
Irnitin* »'ii>r m motion pl'-tur**, born
n N'-« York <ity. year* ago to
j Luke late T'nltad stataa una
[ ’or from Tannrtier born at Na«h
--■ ,!la. 1* \eam ago today
I hn Utiles <»ahko*h nearraper
put-iiaher and former t'nltad Htatee
i- mister t,. Peru and ‘"hill, born at
•in ag<> tod as
Pointed Paragraph*
l<ook before you leap and thru
'• k** th** elevator down
Humbug l* * bug which pre>*
upon the unwary.
Giro a man a bargain and get
hi« money.
While the fool la waiting for an
opportunity the »,*» man naaki-a
on*
Home thins* that are not worth
while |« a pernicious form of Idlit
r *
M*n *ho talk have plenty
of ;li !u' k to complain of
It is hard for a man to see the
point of a joke and feel It simul
taneously
A friend a eye is a good looking
ftt rrmr-c ?T t* ItIFW mmdfdßr'lS
»ti»n voti forget, hut it's gro«* n»-g
l«f* when your wife forgets
Tho h«> !■ often derided it la well
to t<ar in mind that everybody'*
f end l« nobody'* enemy
\ lie ha- no legs, hut it never
f» • ! the need of them while on »t*
travels
Go rieht and you will have plenty
of ••'bow room.
l/u* of people who have opinions
hut no conviction* ought to be con
\‘rted for having such opinions.
The Old Gardener Sftyg
Hardy astera ought to be di
vided every spring, a fact which
he average amateur overlooks
The roota are easily pulled apart
«ud should he replanted St once
['••.inning with a aingle plant
the gardener can aooo have
♦ nough for a bed Heleaium*
or sm-ete weeds and boltoolas
should he treated In tha same
mann-r If allowed to go more
t- v trs the flowers wtll
begin to diminish In site.
Friday the 13th
■r ■. aodinbtoi ant ra
Author of "Tha Rlddla of P*r*oa
allty." -Paychology and
Par«nt hood."* at a.
Tomorrow is a day that will bring
needloaa anxiety to many poopls.
li la a Friday th* Thlrtoentb. fhara
fore aura to b* regarded aa an "un
ljcky" day, even by torn* persons
who deem themkolrra mattorof fact
and k«malbl«.
Os count*. such an altitude to
ward any day of the month atauipa
tiioae who hold It aa being super
atmoua. Their fear of tbia particu
lar day ahowa that they are ax cep
ttonallr atiperatltloua.
For. evidently thsy not only «ttn«
to the hoary superstition that the
number 13 hna mischief causing poe
albllltlea. but alao they are Influ
enced by the equally old eupereti*
ttnn that anything don* on a Fri
day la liable to turn out badly.
Both theae hark
back to the beginning of the Chris
tian era They are associated with
great and traffic events In the life
of our Saviour Thus their persis
tence thru all these centuries may
Cghtly be Interpreted aa teatifylnff
to the profound Impression made by
His life on the thought of mankind
But Christ came to redeem th*
souls sf men and to give men *u
nobling strengthening thoughts,
not thoughts of slavish, irrational
f»-ar ft Is time that we recognised
this and freed ourselvee from the
bondage of superstitious dreads
Moreover, apart from the vast
difference that exists between so
prrstttlon snd tme religious conrk>
lion, there is a most practical rea
*nn for conquering any lurking bo*
lief we may have in such notions
a« the "unlucktness" of Friday and
the number 13.
This reason Is to be found fn the
Psychological law that expectation
tends to bring to pajxe tbs thing
expected
If for example, you start tom or
row believing that something un
pleasant Is going to happen to you
before the day ends, you thereby
actually help to make It likely that
something unpleasant will happen
you. But thts result will not be
due to any occult, mystenou*
agency
It will follow simply beenusnyour
men'll attitude, being consciously
or subconsciously one of fear, has
a disorganising effect on all your
faculties It is particularly harm
ful as lessening self confidence
With self -confidence lessened no
man can work as well aa he other
w.se would Whatever he under
takes, the chances see that he will
bungle It. The realisation that be
tr not doing well makes , matters
worse and yiav lead to romotete
failure. " *\ *
Also because of faculty dlsorgan
(ration If he ehouK* happen to be
in a poeitton of danger, be will be
le«e likely to behave with sufficient
alertness to escape from It. Result,
a more or less serious accident.
'I knew It,” be will murmur, as
they carry him to the hospital “Fri
day the Thirteenth! I wa* certain
something would happen to me.”
Yet m reality he has only him
self to blame. Or. more exactly, he
should blame only his Irrational fear
of Friday the Thirteenth.
If you. my reader, have any of
this fear yourself, realiie It* true
s.gniflcance tonight.
Try to free yourself from It be
fore tomorrow dawns Oet the truth
fl-mly. convincingly In your mind
that tomorrow holds for you no
greater chance of mishap than any
other day—unless you let yourself
be foolishly afraid of It.
Sir Douglas Haig
If the British army should break
the line this summer, the greatest
figure in sll British military history
will be Sir Douglas Haig, commander
in chief of the group of British
armies in France. With his talent
and b<a legions rests the final de
cision An invisible commander. Air
Douglas, a silent man In the back
ground directing vast forces. Not
one out of ten of his soldiers has
even seen him. Yet no other gener
al has had such aa Influence on any
army as be on the JJrttlah. The army
knew of Haig. but"he public knows
nothing of him He was a soldiers
soldier. To no leader la publicity so
Irksome as to him Nobody could be
more incapable of po«e. and
could make leas fuss In the com
mand of a great army. If ever a
commander was chosen by the silent
vote of an army, It is he. When It
wss rumored that Air John French
was going to retire and 1 asked the
question who should take hit place,
the answer was always fllr Douglas
Haig. Thru all the struggle Haig
has been at the front, proving him
self to Junior commanders and to
the French as capable for high com
mand In modern warfare. In a
month after he became commander
in chief the whole army felt the
tightening Influence of anew hand
- From Frederick Palmer's deaertp
tion in Collier's.
OutcUwwrd
The pompous bishop wag paaslng
along a atreet in lon don when he
heard three costermongers engaged
in a wordy warfare.
“My good man,*’ he said to one. in
tones of gentle rebuke, "where did
you learn to swear like that*'
‘Tx»r luv yer. guv'nor.’* replied the
hawker, "var emmt learn It. It*s a
bloomin' gift “—Pearson's Weekly
• earner In Detroit. « seats a week; slew
u wberd. 10 sente a weak. By mall tl »
year. Call Mala ttM Entered at the Post
office in Detroit ns second class mall matter
There ia a boundary line between the
animal and vegetable kingdoms, but who
knowa where it ia?
There ia a line somewhere that sep
arates body and soul. We know it exists,
but we cannot point it out.
Who ever saw the partitions between
the compartments psychologists have
aet up between mind, spirit and body ?
There is the sky. We all see it. But
where does it begin?
Who shall separate, indicating exactly
where one begins and the other leaves
off, between worship and superstition,
patriotism and jingoism, stubbornness
and firmness, love and lust, kindness and
mawkishness ?
Are not almost all earthly disputes
about boundaries—not whether they are,
but where they are?
Men build walls. Nature merges. Men
love to classify. Nature conceals her
distinctions. The edges of the river are
stained with soil; the banks are permeat
ed with water. Nature blurs her Unas.
To the sage the boundaries between
things are lines of alliance more than of
distinction.
The deeper one goes in experience the
wider his sympathies, and the less he
divides.
In the courtroom the judge sends this
man to jail as a criminal and lets that
man go as innocent. Those who know
men however, know that every criminal
is largely guiltless and every innocent
man is largely guilty.
Society condemns one woman as bad
snd faints her black, approves another
as good and paints her white. Asa mat
ter of fact, they are both gray. The
whitest woman soul has a dash of helio
trope.
Someone asked old Peter Chrtwrtght,
the noted western circuti rider, if he was
wholly sanctified. He repUed: “In
streaks.”
Then is the same interfusion of the
arts as there is in matter and morals.
Sound and form an mon allied than op
posed. The musician and the sculptor
pursue the same phantom of beauty;
they see the same vision from differing
angles.
To the lover a shred of perfume, a
touch of the hand, a glance of the eye.
a tender tone, are all c , tv '
strikes a different sense.
The Hallelujah Chorus and the Co
logne Cathedral's twin steeples are high
brothers.
VerrocchTo’s equestrian statue of Col
leoni in Venice means about the same to
me as Wagner’s march in “Tannhaeu
ser.”
There are passages in Shakespeare
and Homer that have the roar of the sea
in them.
It is not altogether fantastic when the
poet says “I heard her tears ” or speaks
of the red blare of the trumpet, or the
little blue flower of love.
In the higher realm of the spirit there
are no boundaries. Perfect wisdom never
condemns, for it does not classify. Per
fect love has no fear, for it dwells in
the eternities. Perfect faith cannot un
derstand the ferocity of creeds, for it
sees the unity of all the good, the beauti
ful and the true.
Mike McCarty, a conductor on thee C. ft N.
W., took his wife to Chicago on a shopping trip,
fthe led the old gentleman a merry chaae and
wound up at a Mg department
store in the evening i jV"
She then told him she wss
going up on the third floor to ,17/vLj flSv M
look over some more things < DVfi TTvV#
Mike said he was tired and JnijW
would ait down on a bench
near the elevator and wait for ■ ■ ®F
her He took off bis hat. turn f „
ed It open side up and placed """
It on bis lap. then leaned his head back and fell
aalestp.. Mike has a habit of sleeping with one
eye partly open Tbit Impressed the passers by.
and when his wife returned she found 13.40 in
small change In the bat.—Judge
At a certain Fnglish railway station Just as
the train was about to go out a boy ran up to
the ticket collector and whispered:
, - “Sir. there's two men travel-
Bl ling first, end neither of
LV/J them’s got tickets.”
"A Off went the inspector and
searched all the ftrit-claas car
■L riagea through, but without
f avail All the passengers had
* proper tickets.
J Seeing bis Informer standing
near the entrance, be shouted:
"Where’s the twb men without tickets?**
“On the engine, of course,' shouted the boy,
as be edged away.
Little Faith was possessed of a moat friendly
disposition. To satisfy her need for companion
•hip she demanded speech af X —- —— .
fectionate and often. One /V ] r T~~
night her brother was studying tv*
his arithmetic lesson aastdu iTI-vJ ffe
ously. After colling to him sev V j I«Kp
oral times without receiving a 'f
reply, she appealed to her TT# s “
father to stir him up • 'w
"George Is busy.” her father 1 ■ ■
said
”1 know/ replied Faith, “but be might at least
hare said “Abut up'"*
Boundaries
BY OR. FRANK CRANK
(CotmcfcL IfH. by Frank Crann)
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