The Detroit times. [volume], May 25, 1917, NOON, Image 12

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The Police Commissioner
Must Have the Aid of
the People of Detroit
1
Police Commissioner (ouzens is en
deavoring to do what many have con
tended is the impossible.
He is making an earnest effort to
stamp out Detroit’s red light district
and reports already that his campaign
approaches success.
Other police commissioners have tried
to meet this i ‘
have failed.
Couzens’ predecessor announced that
he would meet it as Couzens js now dc
termined to meet it, but he didn t.
He found it a political impossibility.
CLOSING the scarlet house i the j
easiest thing in the world.
It is the easiest thing in the world to
back a patrol wagon up to the house,
load in the inmates and line them up be
fore a police justice the next morning.
The police justice may send them to
the house of correction or he may let
them go with a warning to leave t- w*:,
and they may heed the warning and
leave town, but absolutely NO progress
has been made in the direction of driv
ing the scarlet traffic eut
The women engaged in this traffic
must not only be driven out of town, but
kept out of town, and there is only one
way to keep them out of tow n and that is
to make sure that there are no places for
them to come back to.
Commissioner ( ouzens has .-truck at
the very heart of the traffic by asking De
troit citizens who have rented their prop
erty to women of the underworld to n:ak*
sure of their tenants or to feel state law
which obli.
their tenants.
In the majoiity of < a ws, the
sioner has found ready and willing co
operation and right there in that one (
word is the key to the success of the
crusade.
Vice cannot lie driven from Detroit or
any other city unless there is co-opera
tion all along the line.
The police commissioner can drive
the scarlet women away.
It is up to the PEOPLE OF THE CITY
whether they come back.
They can scatter and contaminate the
residential districts and the police com- j
missioner is helpless. . * j
But if there is co-operation, they will
not be able to scatter.
The matter of ridding Detroit of its'
underworld and the undesirable men and
women in it, is not up to the police com- j
missioner at all, but to the people of
Detroit.
He must have their help.
If he gets it, he will succeed in his cam
paign to clean up.
If he does not get it, he will not suc
ceed, nor will any other police commis
sioner or set of official at any time in
the future.
The necessity for team work and less
disputation between the police depart
ment and the couits is apparent.
Commissioner Couzens has gone more
than half way to indicate his own appre
ciation that there must be a pulling to
gether.
His visit to Judge Jeffries' office was
made in the right spirit and while tin
result' of their conference has not been
announced, the hand-clasp with which
the judge and commissioner parted may
be construed to mean that an under
standing was reached and an arrange
ment made between the two that will be
productive of results.
When officials fall out mgu g* •
away.
Detroit Is Sure to Hear
and Heed This Appeal for
the Suffering Jews
The effort being made by certain Jew a
of Detroit to raise s2‘>o,ooo with wh’*-r
to aid (f
and Russia is so worthy a one that it
must prove an irresi stable pull on t Wf
heart strings ami purse strings of tb*
entire Jewish community.
Deprived of their natural heritage, the
land, by the intolerance of the early.
Christians, those r< maskable * op!, t • r
persistent and tireless effort, learned the
science of finance and in a few short
centuries became the money lenders of
the world.
The bond which held them together
“ thru 19 centuries has been a spiritual
l>nnd and. therefore, there is no material
thing which has power to sever if*
This strong tis\ bused upon religious
belief, has operated steadily to make of
the Jewish race one huge family, no
member of which was allowed to suffer
J FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1917
from want if the others knew of his
I plight, i
it has become almost a proverb that
! the Jew takes care of hisojyn and the
Gentile world has looke4-Uf*>n this qual
\ ity in his nature with reverence and re
! sped. *
\\ . • ■. • .. (• now in their
peoples direst need they should rise to
the Vi ry heights of generosity to their
race ami pour out, not only their surplus,
but their substance with unstinted hand.
Detroit has its full quota of wealthy
Jews.
They are a people fond of luxury,
beauty of costume and a general love .ot
the beautiful in material things. There
are Jewish women in Detroit, alone, who
could save thousands of men. women and
children from starvation by merely
stripping their jewels from their per
sons. \Ye have no doubt but that they
would d«> so if occasion requires.
Ha oil*.- dying, distracted and helpless
mothers, homeless old people by the J
thousands are struggling tor existence
in Poland and Ku»ia.
Th« Germans are not friendly to the
Jewish race and they will not at this i
time .o anything to ameliorate the con-;
dition of their newly acquired subjects,
in Poland.
Russia is in a state of disorganization ,
and unrest and nothing can t»e expected ,
of her until peace and unity prevail.
Because of an old. inexplicable preju- ‘
dice the Jews must look to themselves (
al«>r* for anj> help in this devastating,
time.
Th» race is being tried in the balance. ;
All it hers are w atching. Will it prove
itself the caretaker of its own. as hereto- j
fore, '-r has it sunjt. with so many of us.
inti t luxury which ’.u!A the
-pi ritual sense and gives no thought to j
the >.lifering of other'*?
We believe it v ill maintain its high
level of ideals.
We believe that the people of Detroit
will give of their richer lavishlv—not
for the ideal of democracy, *h" tb •»? is
(rood. 1 it for the higher idea of \ \ 7
life itself the life r.f ‘its «n innocent.;
persecuted people.
■
That New York Messemrer
Boy Who Found SIO.OOO
What would the average boy do if he
found $10,000?
Is William Diliwiski an exceptional)
boy ?
Or is he ju*t an average American lad j
who believes honesty is the right sys
tem and playing the game of life on the
square gets you further than playing it
like an outlaw?
t
York. A great many people think a
New York messenger boy wouldn’t be j
their choice as a bearer of great wealth. |
Rut. of course, that idea should be |
buried along with, the notion that Broad-!
way is paved with gold.
Rut about William: He was hustling;
along—yes, messengers do hustle —with;
his telegrams, when he stumbled over a i
fat envelope. That envelope contained .
SIO,<VX) in negotiable express money or
ders.
Wiliam marched right back to his of-j
fire with that big envelope, to the grea* j
relief of a much-worried express driver, j
It is fitting that "William has been 1
promised a better job.
William could have a bully time on ■
si" 1 O »r:d. wo.jed ■ ’ * r "•< v
Now we think William did ju^t what j
the average hov.'would do.
We believe the average bov ia about i
the finest thing there : s.
What do vou think about it?
We’re strong for William — and the av
"’:ioo American boy'
From Another Point ot Vieiv
By C T. S
Cleveland is attempting to solve the
question of employment for lazv men. !
They’d enlist in the standing army if we'd i
let ’em sit down.
• • #
Windsorites making daily visits to De-!
troit will carry their photographs and ■
-how them to the immigration officer-*.;
The questions a-ked will then have lieen |
reduced to the following:
I« *h = vo'.jr jiho’ograph?
(li W w «n w if -ak**n?
i■ H'av** vou had vour hair cu*. ain***-?
i v. <l* b*»ar:** of tho you had on !
• a. -i r- 1 bo-r ir* th:« 'fv.n’r. or In fan j
ad.v' if no*, why no*?
, •< • 1
, » <-r nad and mouth dl.*******’
H ‘ you a do*’
V. • tddavou lik** in fho flr u * rar*?
Who - * going f pitch’
• • •
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Keen Q-J'ft.
* • *
We’ll bet the word Waite wanted a
'rhyme for was Cadillaqua. \
• • •
C. T. Thi« onion *f»rr,btnr 'o
Luckily th**
j hi w * * uj> a «*rAr c r,v*u Tl
• .
Hotter give ’em lots of r»w>m. Bert, they
|mighta!>een drinking.
* » 9
Gitoff-a-there, Hover, it’s ju.-t been
cleaned.
DETROIT TIMES
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beer unfair n their assertions or prom-sea—who have m sed or
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Address The Ad Mirror, The Times, Detro t. M ch
BV L. W. B.
aorTTt T.ThiN M’rh
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Kenn*-rov Copper company - < m of •*-• leader- on ’ho York,
S’ock Exchange ft :« sponsored t> J r Morgan * t’orrpar.y ind ie 'Nir.il
• • if ires of stock of no »■*•, • 'V '•*'
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a* high a? IhO
It pa\- h rash dividend of one and one half per rent quarterly or »*>
per «hare per year . .
The war Is expected »o make the demand for copper greater, thereby
enhancing 'he value of copper **ock>.
The Ad M rror do«« no' recommend in-es-n ent.s in any «erunty except
a LIBERTY BONL>.
Ihe Size of the “Average Man "
-*v» -ir n* and <»v» ip
••'i'.,r » n ! hA H tii V- '
i'll r in' .vii <>jij -ong of ’he «ea, *
a i i.‘i' of nt .v to construction. 1
•it preaching i’* !;"> old , lesson
n language -ha’ 'an’* get b;, any
bod y
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and may h* more so The waster]
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pecjall' Th» ■ i ,*• ter *ho first ha° *o
• am wha' he wa»fe-
In all the world 'here are run
fr w men of *-V eptir.na! genius. Mo*’
•n«r are jijsi average men
avrrap' nmn who ha\« <i< ne gr*.*t
'hmg- i»nd «:’<i h*ve mad* -u -’an
i tat hutm n>“ the-, re a :, around
i
Th* **e average m*n weren't •» *«t
|-s Th* • "saved up 'heir nmn*
and **h e no’ all of Them Use *ol»ac
I so, th« ’ have money in Their bank
Mniosf r-v*r n.an * f < ha* made
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eha ruigb »e ■ ill*-d ah averagt
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rank- of big men Herber’ Hosier
flunked .n hi** college t-n'ranee
exam-, but made «uch a hi’ Tha’ he
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Mr Average Man *.oi are of the
* n*i ’ha* make- The a rid go arm
aiove forward
You are ’he fellow who has got
o make he h* .T of • -.*' OPporMj
- rr f si.ii arc a and a
round*' * ’hont aim <<r ambition
There's -mall nope for the (rood j^hip
'a rt h
th'ift energy, so’-i old s'. r -a.ge
plugging ahead for a in ght. us
ns g. <.d -ound common *»n*e all
»h,r- Tini*- wnli Mhe avirag> of
nefvr and ih* - a%erage bu »'s of in
spira’i-in ’ha*'s the r*npe of the
a oild • progress
Mr \v‘rage Man, don' l you -er
t 8 important man ou are
j after all?
Pointed Paragraphs
R’-err abaUfdi’f ha* » r harr»i»ion
i to <|af«-n'l it.
Kory*** *ha norr*i'*’s of i**i4T<li»f
land ro ft *r th* |o>*- of today
fk.n'' t>< tr*e» aor*- of th* rt.an who
k'tn *>« tit iicinr aiir** *»f hlfn-**lf
\t, ii r *>\ *»r h •!. a t r'it hf• ii** om
| KD m*'rr *han einn* • ha* ah* think*
of
fi, no* ya*ttn* married *om* m» n
ma - .ar« to live h; p?.My *■■ > r aft* r
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i to t.a d*--' rit»«-d in plain lanpna**-
a»-!I of fo’ir***!? Yottr 'd*
. trill' will do all th* harnm*T wt**ld
r.ir that |» n* < »*arary
V a* .a #-rr..ntrl*'lt y tn othnr« 1«
r .a r k *<f y*-n na In Tonraalf
far.rit *tt down and think about
« v a* r*. wrnild do If voo rjotild tlvd
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t» • a*av from homa
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I *htnl»» »o
The Keep Well
Column
APPENDICITIS:
N'r> one kro * * * ‘ *• ’i cause of
vrp’ ndici’is No one knn*j ho* to
people and after’* men nior tif'*-n
than it doss women
Th* earliesT pnin :n appendicitl*
| is usualiv n the poof th*- stomach.
• t *ften ’’ unrer.i • i- \ ;ii ns
;in th, region ’ho do no’ up in ai>-
pe*ndirifi-. They nia be hi- TANARUS" con
■ rtipa’lon, rn :*< ular >'ra;n or u h» r
j slight indisposition
< »n!\ rfi .-e pan* are «c- ou* 'hit
ire accompanied t-n • m •*
-ligh’ fever, r ipM puls* and dually
changes :n the l idoil M-.a*
he deiernuned mi- ro -ei-;-' * tarn
' Inaf ion
f’eople who c?»nn<v be opernferl
[ upon for amt* appendix ! i* may get
■ hru *i -' i" in« ’i •’ •••!' ■ in *he
*•*». k titiu-r than operation
• es-rn'.a's in tif-aUiif-n’- ir<- «*f:«rv,-i
i<*n ard rest ;n ‘**d etarvafion i«
ner» --ar‘. b* .vi * •\• r • m■. ••‘ fll
rs food further influibes ’he, appen
dlt
A pijrga’ive whi'h ,- n' fn g-ver
1 n ’he ca**- of a stomaehnche Th*
»ors* po« s i 'il* thing m i-*- she
’ r*»a! Trouble ip, < rd’c: V tr;f
i !ine :»«• is often mad“ ,* or * or
even fa'a! h. ill tino and piirga’ion
The Old (i.Trdener Says
Arnafeur* a-e o'r. ** puxrled ’n
know how noXh f’Mf: ir«-r •»* n-*-
on a small pin* a* ’he iliiex^iori ;
g.ven uaualh refer To a* •* • «»n»
hundred t»o nd*> for a plor 10*11
seer T»o ? ;ndre>l pour ’ ;*e
ijit*l will e jual one ponu.l.. f*o a
plof !OxD5 r* « » Pol! *in : «: •
«arne rafio, it is found ‘hat four
hundred pound- per v* -•* eij i ll*
one pound for a plot 1” P
w hile if five hundred pound- I” r
j acre ar* ralle*J for if *,!| he
equal ’o one pound for :» plot
IC't:* f* • t
‘ l allure
By Berton Braley,
r
I made bold songs of labor
Os war and battles, tor*.
Yet each of them was truly
A love song meant for you.
The world proclaims them gladly
And praises every song
I hang my head in sorrow
I know the world is wrong.
Since you, for w horn I made them
Are deaf to song I bring _
I know my voice is broken
And that I cannot sing.
■ -Jase 5. AKf
Your Bedroom
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nv l(. 4IMHX.IOX Kill I'K
| Author «»f "The of IVrson- ,
Alitv “ *? ' 'hology auJ
r*i v od," *tc.
Mow l* your bedroom arranged?
Mow H it furnished? . Mow i* it p«t
r» and anM orn Jtncnted ”*
1 ad' ise’yon to (tive notue thought
to th*so question" Kor the make
up of th* room in which you sleep
Is of far more importune* to you
than hi til! probability you imagine j
l‘nych,;! :ts'" working on the
in hi pr, *Vn of health happiness.
...i ! * • nc\. fcu\- diacuterrd that }
the inanimate things In a person’* j
- '*n ; h i\* i pjvfound i
ps.vehlt* nfluenre upon hint This I
b*'>ftu**r i> determined by
the idea* r httt get into the mind,
ir.d <'v>■ • \ hint in the rivironment I
-of some id* t cr*uitlnc significance (
Mso psychologists have dtscov
. < U thM •»'. *. »rh!c influence of tn
m mo*' thing- Increase* in proper
»ion i*- th*' are seen repeatedly*
early in the day. and the last thing j
a* rich*
M**n. * o' *M room * In a bott*e |
fit*' bedroom sos spec’ ll psychic .
power • For the thing* In tt «r*> *
t‘ '>g on which. e\* r> d:i'. a per |
son’s gi*e rests first and la«t In his
w :il *ic moment *
If then i:*- f*< t.*k**n to turtke
•h< bedroom particularly bright, at
tract! * 1 and de*rf il it will tend
•o rrcat* n the tmnd of its occu
I’. * * n ' *'r*»• f • i * <>nfld* n* attitude
toward life in general If on the
opposite, the bedroom look-* ch< or |
If** 's crea'l'e t*'nden*'y will be
In •'.* t;rc( t|ofi of depressed moed* !
\>« *n.**><b <*? depre-sion are
h:*' *iic *i» on Sucre*- ftoth directly ,
>n ! ind't >'c- \ they make for 'tieffi
, tf> . X
I nd* 1 *he r in* > ,r ICC ' Igor of
though' and a>n < lowered If;
onh hei'a ise *h.*\ «|nw up th*'work
•nc of *h*. n'ernal bo*li!' organs, ,
and p,f* nlar’N the organ* «'f dl j
jj.-■ , .*- When f, 'o*4 -i digested
b-oIM ’h* 1 hr n >f court*** is noiir
~*,.* » \rvd h poorly
n*. h* : ru.n n*e*n- imparted .
power o' thought.
T-her# is here a hint of eopsld *
erah’e importance to chronic nerv |
on* dyspeptic*
If the r bedroom* have been tin
s -i Ir ;i' T nn*rd an*! decorated and
• pis : . 11 . e! \ to h* found the f»«*>
’he% can h* lj their digestion, and j
; *he'ii - * w“ back to happine**
h - w* ll as health. T»y reforming
•heir sleeping quarter* to greater at !
traenvene**
IP t rh* ml*’ake must not he i
made of confounding attractiveness I
w*th Jtsidiness of decoration or)
f <; *n• • \ of furniture and ornament j
of 'srvation has shown that the i
1 -v* ho influence of a bedroom pa
;.* r> and 'll too broth* color*, or crowd
*•<! w|ih furniture and brlc-abrac. is;
rt» .• -?ra ntng Such a I
tn i i*.*'* feeling* of unrest and
discontent 1* may e\en be •» factor I
in cm ,s;nr nervous breakdown*
I know of a esse In which t
w* a'thv woman, for y*>ar« a nervous j
u• , 1 and w .is • tnpr*»v**d in
health when the bedroom and *lt- *
t;ng room in which she spent most
of her *ime were rearranged by a
I*- ora’ r who had psychological in ,
sight
He persuaded h*r to get'rid of
•h* n .*'-'ve furniture, the heavy I
orn itnen’ation th* too abundant I
\a-*e«. mirrors r*c
In *hetr stead he put light furni .
* ll r* o' *imp!» de* Kn ornament
• < lmi'ted to a few green draperies '
and ve’lehc-en picture* Wall pa
per q.jj* ' hue and without pa'
'em *if anv .-or* replaced th* orer
■vp'lr .• ***! par s r that had been
•in f v e wal 1 *
fr <* *nr! he decorated and ar
r i ’ ! r -ion w *h the great
• irp . f.f m.ik ng them truly
..... .. ■' .' -pi ■ ,-1 ■ -
1 influent*' Whleh * * w-hat ' n*i
\
Mith’ to do with voir bedroom, if
it I* not a!read\ thus arranged
Health Question* Answered.
\ T R ’ls ’here anv chemteal ,
’ha' 1 can use to clean a bathtub i
in i kill an g* rm* tn It
Washing th* bathtub thoroly with
i o* water and soap will clean It and
Mil uni germ** that mm he present
If this i- done, no chemical i*
j needed
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Hie Cftiuistries of Affection
BV DR FRANK CRANfc
(Copyright, 1915. by Frank Crane)
Somewhere I have seen that phrase
which keeps coming into my mirni, like
an insistent Ixn.k agent, “the casuistries
of affection.”
A casuistry, I suppose, is a sort of
harmless, genteel, and excusable lie, one
of tlu; many moral paradoxes in which
good jtoeplc find themselves now and
then entangled. Kor in the practical
give-and-take dealings those who wish to
avoid causing pain must have their
moralities a bit flexible. Human hearts
cannot be handled like chunks of steel nor
always managed by rigid mathematics.
There are. for instance, many grades
of lies, and not all of \hem wicked. The
story of Little Mod Uidinghood is not "lit
erally true, nor any novel or talc. Kven
the purnMes of Jesus are not statements
of fact.
\ real poison he seems to bo one
which is t<»ld with the intent to deceive,
<*r which has the effect of inducing its
hearer to believe a false. thing to he true.
All gentlefolks are let us not su£
liars, hut casuists.
Th • Colonel New-come that Sir Herbert
Tree has recently so excellently portray
ed for theatergoers, an old school gentle
man, had the fine art of not seeing cer
tain facts; and isn’t that what consti
tutes a gentleman, a natural inability or
r* fus«l to understand baseness?
The adoring wife may know well
enough that her husband is a weak, in
efficient second rater., but she loyally de
clines to admit it. and lies gallantly to
herself, to him, and to everybody. She
has made up her mind that he is ideal,
and this conviction she supports with un
failing casuistry.
In fact, few married couples could get
along if they dealt only in the rough
stuff ( f truth.
And of course every lover is a casuist.
What also are the courtesies of polite
society and all the arts of pleasing, as
practised by people of good manners, but
casuistry? How, indeed, could we get
along at all with certain people if we did
not glaze over their faults, shut our eyes
to their obvious shortcomings, and re
fuse to notice their gaucheries?
Even certain religionists who persist
in seeing good in everything and ignore
evil and pain, are they not ingenious
casuists in a good cause?
It’* all in the way you choose your
words. Far he it from me to lie, cheat
or swindle, yet if we did not fib a little,
and wink, and prudently conceal, would
not any given dinner party break up in
a rot*?
For what man is there who does not
like to have a woman sAy he’s handsome,
even though he knows he’s not, and she
knows it and he knows she knows it, and
-he knows he know s she knows it ?
Still, if we must lie let us li p like gen
tlemen. So that they may say: “Se non
e vero e l>en trovato”—“lf ’tis not true
wej] conceived.”
Laugh With Us
Th*» chairman of th* committee waj aMr*-*
ms a me*; inn of teacher*
"M' friend*, the school work 1* the hulhou.se
of civilization I mean ah
Me h‘(can to feel frlchtened T -
■ Th* hulhou** I* 'h* achrtol . *+ 'J
work of c|v m' . *
\ snill* could b* felt i
■’The workhouse i* th* bul f " * j *
-»ch**o| of \ f
H** wa« evidently twisted
’ The hill school I* the hou** > -> J';]*
work ” , .
Me was K*‘ttlnK wild . s, o »'re his hearer*.
H* mo|»ped his perspiration, gritted hi* teeth
and mad** a fresh start
“Th* 1 -rhoolliou** . m> friend*
A K h v.. ~ .1* Me VI O/i h i iS' ls again. H#
gnjed serenely around The l ( *ht of triumphant
**|f confidence »a.* enthroned upon hi* brow. 1
'T* th* woolbark
And th*n h*> lost rons'louanea*
Mr* flllnrem put her hea*l over the fence and
thu* addressed her n»‘iKhl*<»r. who was hanging
ou* her week e washitig
••A fa ml I v ha* moved Into
>. J ,j| the ejnpt} house aero** th*
HiFfi wav. Mr*. Clothesline’
W -Ve*. I know ••
"|»id you notice h*r furni*
1 Ckiv | ture" •
j 1 "Not particularly.”
iKf \ "Two load*, an’ I wouldn't
gl?e s.'» for a load of It. f'ar
l>«.« •** | wouldn’t put ’em down
In mv kitchen \n*l th* children’ I w* at al
biw mine to “oclate wiih ’em And the mother!
m»e look* .'»* If she had never known a day’s
happinea* The father drlnka. I eipect. Too
bad that such people should come Into the neigh
borhood I wonder who they ar* 1 ""
”Th»* mother I* my sister, and th** father is
th** superintendent of th*> Sunday school ”
A painful silence en*ucd
Two fair munition worker* were d!*ni««tnK
their personal affair* "Dot a chap vet. U«?”
Inquired on* "\ e*. and he s a
regular t»we|!. \"H* • manager “7771 7 <^l
a' * *S”T -i.
You don’t sa\ so’ Wb* thei
tell n * be * real refined ’
■ Mather’ Whv. h* took me to | f
a re«"uit in* la*' week, and HHfc—> .
m hen W e had coffee he poured fnpft \ | M
into a saucer to cool It. hut '} ~ . r ]
h* didn't blow It Uke common
people wmiJA--Ae fwixi;• 4 It hil bat.”