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Sending Elihu Root To Russia Seems To Have Made Him a Democrat K '»■ Even thosp who expressed displeasure that one with Klihi Root’s antecedents should be chosen by the president to head the American mission to revolution ary Russia, must confess their agreeable surprise over the manner in which he has so far accomplished his difficult and delicate task. The Slav has a history, a religion, a literature, and a temper worlds away from anything with which we are famil ■ iar in this country. And yet, so far as we have been able to judge at this distance, our special am bassador has gauged Russian public sen timent to a nicety and adjusted his own Utterances to fit in most perfectly. He has delivered a whole-hearted, gen erous and unselfish message from an old established democracy to a newly-form ed one. He has extended the hand of brother hood. He has stated how glad our people are to know that another great race has thrown off the shackles of medievalism, and walked out of the shadows into the gunlight of Clod’s freedom. He has impressed upon them that America wants nothing for herself and la warring for no selfish purpose. He has shown them that if they want to preserve their liberty, they must con tinue to fight the kaiser, who is the enemy of all liberty. He has demonstrated that only by •tanding together can the free peoples of the earth remain in freedom. If Russia stands firm, if her poeple or ganize a stable government, if her armies once more render effective co operation with the legions of the west, we will all have to thank Elihu Root for the large part he played in bringing about the consummation so ardently de sired everywhere, save in the Teuton countries. This, We Humbly Submit, Is the Most Unkindest Cut-It-Out of Them All At last has the food famine struck us In a vital spot. At last we are up against it. We have complacently cut down our meat supply. We have scraped the crtimbs from the table to sprinkle over the pudding. We have gone on sugar rations of a teaspoonful per day, to be taken after meals, as a sort of a dessert. We have canned all the vegetable peal tngs in glass jars which cost 75 cents a dozen. We have converted into questionable Salads the tough, worn, outside leaves of cabbage and spread butter in translu cent thinness upon our bread. We feel that virtue sits upon our brow and that we can calmly await the future, strong in our sense of righteousness. That is, we did did feel that way until the glory of that brow, its crown of hair, the only crown permitted in a democratic state, was menaced. Now all is chaos. We cut out eggs for breakfast long ago, even to that variety unappetizingly nicknamed “candled.” As for the “fancy,” “extra fancy,” Afresh,” “extra fresh” and “new laid,” we have had no speaking nor even bow ing acquaintance with them for many a long day. But— The old story of the worm is as good today as ever. It has the same way of changing its course. It will crawl along over all sorts of ob stacles with patience and fidelity until some huge thing is placed across its path, when it turns and finds another way round. And that is what is happening now. We cannot give up our egg shampoo. "Give us the luxuries of life, oh Lord, and we can get along without the neces sities,” prayed a cynic long ago, and we have not changed much since then. It matters not that 187,000.000 eggs a year will thus be added to the food aupply. It matters not that soap and plenty Os water might answer the purpose as a war-time measure. Nothing matters excepting the fact that we are attacked in our most vulner able point—our vanity—and we will not •tand for such ruthless violation a min «ta. The same bloom is upon the cheek fed Upon com beef and cabbage as upon that Nourished by capon, cream-fcd Long Island duckling and pate-de-fois-gras. No one can tell the difference, but MONDAY, JULY 2, 1917 the same softness and luster are not on hair washed with ivory soap as on that which feels the soothing, cleansing qual ities of the egg. Therefore, we w ill have none of it. Let the invalids keep to their gruel and the babies drink more milk. Ix*t cakes and puddings go by the board, but thru the awful carnage of war when bodies and hearts are tom by shells and emotions, leave us the solace of the egg shampoo. , Go and Have a Ixmk At “Douff" in the Movies and Become Young: Ajjain Not for the I'nited States mint could we be induced to bend our gracious pen in tribute to a grouch, but humanity s gratitude to the ringer of joy bells will not be denied. To the man who drives along, doing his work with the best that is in him. putting pep and gladness into it. there is coming a good measure of praise. And whether that man is Douglas Fairbanks or Theodore Roosevelt matters not. • Just now it happens to be Doug Fair banks. Fairbanks is a movie actor. Somehow when we speak of movie actors there is something about the phrase that carries the idea they don’t amount to much. But a movie actor can amount to as much as one who travels under any other name. Fairbanks does. It is good for the system to see this j man in action. It is good for the disposition. There is in him the energy of a Roose velt and it is in action every minute. And along with this boundless energy there is always a smile—a smile that j is so infectious that it gets into your i system and you feel glad about every- j thing. You feel as though you could do every- j thing this remarkable actor does—and ; he does some things that but few can do. j And what is more, you feel as though you really want to. You feel brimful of pep and zipp and fun. It is pleasant to pay a tribute to a man who does his work so well—even tho he is paid remarkably well for it in good hard cash. No cash payment in the world can put into a man such pep and such joy as is in this man. That was put there long before cash entered into his young life, j Some day when you are feeling blue and thinking the whole world is going *- go and see Douglas Fairbanks. It will be good for what’s the matter with you. Not How Hard, But How Two men on a construction job were shoveling sand into wheelbarrows. One man was working hard. The sweat streamed off his face. The other was taking it easy. But somehow the second man got just as much done as the first, in fact a little more. Life works out very much the same as the two shovelers. It isn’t how HARD you work, but HOW that counts. Gener ally the more hours a man works the smaller his salary. The more muscle strain he endures the smaller his pay check. You may not be fitted for an executive where a few important decisions makes a day’s work, but the chances are you will get along if you study your work. From Another Point of View By (\ T. S. St. Paul claims a population of 300,000. Take that, Minneapolis. m 0 m American cities are starting to tax cats. It sounds to us at times as if there are enough in our a ! ley to pay the running expenses of the war. * * * A lawsuit begun 48 years ago in Sioux Falls. S. D., is about to go to the jury, which will probably disagree. see The old time school bad l»oy is extinct, a Chicago teacher says. Wonder if that is intended to lie jiersonal. * ? • Ivpf the spirit this Fourth h<* one that ron-< ;\> In powder and money and finger* and nerve* Lets fe*rh all the children th• g:rl r ard fw boys, They ran be patriotir with a lift)** less noise The dynamite era* k»*r and grim pi*»ol in\ I.et’s not to our loved children lug. With the rent of the junk tha’ i« I .gl < and n ,ij punk And harbor.* the tetanus bug • * • “Why not wait until we get out in Highland Park, Bert; they have so much better air out there.’’ * * * Be nice to h.m, Rover; he’s the sausage man. DETROIT TIIVSES "There! That's Disposed of!" , " » -' * " •' \ ' ■ !&k-' Xh? Ad-Mirror w a vmSmr And Advice Investors 4 If The Times Prints It, The Times Believes It This DEPARTMENT It maintained to abed the light of truth on the operation* of the advertising faker, the quack and swindler. It welcomes letters relating experiences with advertisers who have been unfair in their assertions or promises—who have mis ed or duped the reading public. It will pay proper recognition to honoet adver. tisera. Dishonest advertiser* who may be found In The Times will not be spared. It will print letters deemed of public Interest. Advice will also be given to investor*. Only signed letters, giving the writer's "a me and address will be considered. Names will be printed or withheld as pre ferred. Address The Ad Mirror, The Times, Detroit, Mich. H»\ re noticed advertisement of th* rowers Nations! O l '’om- P»nv in Th- Timex. ,1 would., like to know what you kn-.w of th.* - . I hav. t«M>n - United to buy «ome it"* k ’’ ! fee 1 that f vog .-minder It good It must be a Rood inv ‘** , ,T .7* T would not like to Have my name mentioned publicly in regard to the ffl fr I'** L ■ _ •r ff • 1a • Think ng you, I am, A r> 1 MR* 2 IT. E 5 The Powers National Oil Cos., with offices in the Farwe.l building, ‘.is been approved by the Michigan Securities Commission. Sunday Got $>15,200 Space In N. V. Papers New York's newspapers gave Billy ! Sunday $'15,200 worth of publicity j for th*» camr» ; frn tha* closed ln-it Sunday night. This la c -untin* the *p*re at $1 a line, the lowest rate for reading In some of the paper* it. mn* a.- high as SI 50 The meas urement. is in agate line- the usual method followed As hi* publicity; wa- in the reading 00l ioins, the! readme rate is given The publicity he obtai"ed may be j worked out about a- follows: There are 10 dally newspaper* n the city The length of the columns vary from 2<»o to 30', agate line*, and abo 215 lines when measure in the body type of the paper. There is no s*andaril s o the New York column e-ther a* to length or width. -Pages will average, how t ever, a-out 2 4'" line* Therefore ; everx page he received AS worth at leas 2.4 "ft That u at an ad v*»rt iser w Md have »o ; v for what was given to Bill v Pun’ tv withou* , cost The If nnper* gate v <m from i three quarter* ' *o!' r; ft to *wo column.* dally, an avert * of about; one and one i el' < ".u : a dav. or 4.'," line* r' hr,V‘ *h. ' measured adtertis ng mat** * „ * lines in ,i!l o' *he paper or e nAtter of; 17. daily. T anr • - » • - inc like , s.Vu4o" a week and '* the 13 ( \<* - * ar pr* t. ... v $ ' . 00, at $1 ,i line (>? on if-* - > T r.< ? the pa ' per* and and not print sund* but the I papers s hat did ran 1 Sunday 'entures. sometimes a- t *,ch as a I j ge. whioh would pmb ly make i[ *he to* a! T 1 n ~- 1- • wav of soft t.g 'he inf' rr v >r. eiactly.. -ipe« no one Vep* *.wk f |t, apd th* «* figures are nr s-tiuiete a’ or ■• v w , ”1 nted on the avrraft* every day. i ;• T rer, wrt- , In addl / she 13 be For a tn'in’h *i r more pr .r *■ * - * dng. his age nt - sere on •» e job. and *■ er»» too Not - , Mere the*,-' 1 U is b t the- >!■ • r goods Ry agate line m» ir* ens the ;c, papers print.* 1 appror mately 2.- |!M pag»s in 13 »»<k * *h is go I ing somt 1 .Fist what «mo in* of publicity reached the pub: thru newspapers prior to Sunda> ■* ct.o • i is not known, but it probal.lt rar r|o«e to I<*" page V. ir f. «*. . 1240,0(1*) to space given to h,rjt <1 mng his stay here Kditnr and I'ibliaher, New York. A\nniversaries Tuntv* 4Kmvi:h*srik** ITTH—New Jersey pa-s»'l a dcr'.a rato.n of tndep* ndeni e -117.3—First puMlc trial of arr, w trg and reaplr g marhin*- t*>' r<* the Hamilton County (0->, Agricultural society. C«»r N holaa ' f Ru«* a be gan th* Crimean war bj **-n*l ng his armv ini'- Moldavia I*..S Th*- rza r of r.u» a ;a decreed th*- partial emanclpatif'n of the *** rfs <>n the irrper si domain*. ISC.’-~ President I.incoln called for *oo.ftoo volume* r» f< r three year*. 1 *S7—l.* rd M nek t* *.frt< o first k >vern- r-g'-neral of the I*"min l*»n of Canada ‘ 1170 \e-vv rr.nstttut. in of nilnet* ratified b* > vote of the people !*'*: Nations convention of the Pa*.pie's f.artv- * nven*d in <»maha 1014 T h* Russian I*uma ari*-pte«l a bill according • peasants full civ I rights ON K VF.4R %f.O TOIMV IN THE \\ AR Italian* r* ga r *<i Mm* Cosma*- non LustriSns • mu* : 1 - r I r r«i in *ia l .a S’ Frcncp r*p"-ted car" ire *.f CJeroians s t't of ArraA. French drive urW] *’,erman* hack on iIS-H.'.l- fr- r t along ttie S* mm*. num « ni hthr> \an <"r*.wn f’rtnce o|av. h-or to the thron* . f > ay. Ik rn m K’nglanU I 4 \ ear - < g t* day. Fl * der; * k r Keppel, dean of Col umbia ’in -ers . n*.w serving a* a«- slstar.t t* «e. *e*ary of v\ a- Raker horn on >*afen Island, N V. 4 e*r sc today Rev *,. -ge W Mundelein fa» Re ar* uluah ; of fhlcago b-*.rn n New York cit 4( year* ago t da\ Hubert r* :• * f.hens repre *e *, ta* Ive m congress f ’pe Second Mi*ais«lppt district, t* rr • fnt**n count* M 42 jeers sg- t !a> 1 uil»n* Rla k represents* ve In congr* ** of *►. First Texas district horn in I.** .- county. Texas. 3* vear* «g- * CJrov* <• *'■, t|e\ , «t( her of fbe St Ix'ills At r rtn league *-.a«et.sli ream.* born * ''..sgood. ln*l 2'* «ars sg t'.da* "Bobbv," «-ld the minister to t little fellow .ge<i alt, "I l ear you are going to pool now " "Yes, sir," " aa the reply. "Wha* par of it do you Rk# b*s4?”, "Cornin' ho-, was the prompt answer. The Old (iardener Says To be rc» enjoyerl/v# votabl* mnrrov - r t be eaten when -oung Th* are ronsi'lercd to be Just rig’ for the tah'e V h*rt the outsid* in Is still «n tender that it ran ! > easil*. broken bv the flngc* t If \* r ‘. however, until the g* older. the\ tnn h* used for ; and ev*n when well matur'd make rtndon 1 p*( «erv and 1 n young, mnrrov. ma> be mr h-*| or baked In th*’ Msn nnd served with but* r while hot ti they msv he sliced a:vl fri'd 111* *>gg plants. Sn*all marrows are sometimes served the same n wees potatoes IV V'rhetor. The Keep Well Column YOUR AGE At no tinw in the lii.-tory of »pp country h.e> the qucatiou of your ajr* !>♦ on a< uu land. It is up to ?hp vouncr man to proo*f that h* is under 21 or over 31. if lu> wants to curape being drafted in T «i the army. There U no doubt but th.it there worn many slackers who were -tble to shirk repi tration because of th-* absence of official birth records. Willing vour.g v.• r a*'- :<'••. on- HbU to find ou’ whether thev vers of registration ago beau-- tr..*r>•* were no official birth record on fl'e The war call brou ht horn* in a i ‘triking mann< r ‘he n> • l ,»f birth registration to every community and ever family In ■ \ Unit* ed States Almost ev. * ore w ill agree that birth registration ts a g<v.d 'h'.ng They know fl at a birth r»*eonl is ! offer. ne»-d-d-trrpeo\. ;; «nos voting age, in establish rights of Inheri tance nr to determine *ho Is «n iill **d to the protection of ft « na tion’s flag Hut i: took regisratlon da yto w ik< n the people from their slumber. Now Is the ’irrr to «ee that your baby’s t>ir*h is re.: *. red. An offi cial record of hi* t 'h no. «ax'e him f rom draft at -orne fu'ure date or may enable him do h:< part when his country call insist upon the birth being re* corded. Health Questions Answered. V. T R "Am a barber. 2! vears old Feel healthy but my tongue Is always eoaud What would you [ . Uggest ?” Get ou f o' door® and exercise as | much as pos-ible. I do not believe that veil need «n’ medicine, but , *nore fresh air Rubes BY BERTON BRALEY The people in the slick town, the hip town, the quick town. They *neer nlwiut our “hick” town—the quiet little place, Where life i* sort of drowsy and stores are slightly blowsy And depot loafers frowsy and stubby as to face. The people from the pay town, they call our place a “jay” town A v* i v much pa e town, as /lead as dead can be, Yet it knows joy and gl;pdn< ; s, and love’s delicious madness And sin and shame and sadness and greed and poverty. The people from the great town, they jeer our “ten-years-lato” town, Ye* from thi I•• !• t ( ’ town and others here and there, Youth i r -. rap* in v >»,.’< r, to smash Fate’s gates assunder And : ei/.c the goodly plunder that Fortune has to share. For thour'll theV cal' our dear tow n a funny and a queer town Avery old and or< town, we chuckle, for we know That those who rur the quick towns, the big and smart and slick towns. Are folks who come from “hick” towns which city folks [ call “slow” I (Timinnls, Rights in ii. tnmvi.roa muck Vuther of The Hid die o('l’*r»i>n* hiitv. ‘I»» vih.d c> and Varmthocut." etc. The last 10 years ha\e seen some marvelous ndxanc*-.-* in the humane and enluhien.d treatment of mem j hers of society imprisoned for w rong doing. It has come to m> knoA ledge that here and there I forces are now at work tending to ; present further progress In this dt 1 reel ton tending Indeed to undo much of the good that has been ac I compll-hed. Against these forces only onr ! thing can prevail- the power of an \ educated public gentiraent « And to educate public sentiment ; aright a first essential is to *ff*«ot • universal appreciation of the truth that wrongdoers remain human be mgs in spite of their wrong-doing, and as human beings have certain rights that ought to be respected. j They have the right, to begin with of being so treated that they shall ts possible be converted into doers of good instead of evil. As indispensable to this they have the right of careful individual study to ascertain their physical and men tal condition Modern criminologists have dts covered that crime is often the in* dire * product of physical defects and mental abnormalities Habitual thle\tnc for example, has some times been found associated with serious hut unsuspected diseases of th- teeth TN> dental disease, thru causing nerve strain or poisoning the whole system, has weakened the willpow er and the moral «en«e. Put the teeth in order and the wrongdoer a* on e becomes more responsive to moral training. At the opposite extreme, some rimtnals are incurnbly feehlemlnd id or insane Their criminality Is r* ally a symptom of their mental Manifestly, moral training can do little or nothing for such unfortu rates. Rut neither ehould they he h. Id responsible for their misdeeds. The proper place f.>r them is not \ prison hut an institution for the m* ntal y afflicted Frequency, how ever, recognition of their men'al trouble !s Impossible tinless experts have a ehanre to examine them Accordingly if is a right of every wrong doer to have a thoro mental examination follow his conviction for crime And he has the right to be physically examined for anv bod i!v defect that mav account In par’ for his wrong doing If a defect of thL« sort be found in him he has the right to b«* given curative treatment for it After this, or coincidental, be has the right to be given moral treatment tha* will strengthen hi« will power and kindle in him a real desire to ' lead a non enmtnaJ life This means that he has the right ! •o be decently housed, provided with ' ample and nourishing food and af forded opportunity for exerej«e in i the open air. Denied this rlgh\ the J possibility of influencing him by moral training Is reduced perhaps ; to the vanishing point. For it is an axiom of modern ' moral educator* that physical vigor and moral strength tend to go hand In hand Prison officials often for get this It is necessary for them to keep <t in mind, and for the pub lic to make sure that they shall keep it in mind Finally, the mentally sound man imprisoned for wrong-doing has the right to be wisely disciplined. For hi® own good he needs to be trained in habits of respect for law and authority, habits of orderly liv ing and habits of self-control. All this 'mining, tho. must be given him by men Inspired with • ntiments of true human sympathy. Otherwise the wrongdoer will re art to the training by developing a plrlt of bitterness and revolt Such are the principal rights of criminals. l'n»il these rights are more generally appro*dated, until so riefy at largt insists on their recog nitlon. the problem of reforming criminals and lessening criminality will remain a problem unsolved. HY carrier In Detroit, fi cents a week; els* where, lb coil- a week. By mail, 93 a year* Call Main 4520 Untiled at the Po«b office in Detroit as second class mail matter. The other day some ten million men were registered in the selective conscrip tion list for the United States army. Some two or three men in New York City refused to register. And the newspapers devoted about as much space to the two or three mules as to the ten million willing workers. ‘ All of which goes to show that you cannot always tell how much real ice a man cuts by tho amount of space he gets in the news columns. Notoriety is a strong and heady liquor, and men will go to great lengths for a swig of it. Many a brother, likewise sis ter, has plunged into vice and crime, more or less, not because they were really naughty, hut to secure the luxury of a brief sojourn in the spotlight. To get one’s picture on the front page and one's name in the headlines, even if the picture looks like a smallpox victim and the name is spelled wrong, is worth while, even if one has to burn a hayrick or throw a brick into the postoffice window to ac complish it. What is life w ithout conspicuity? t|{ Notoriety is a curious bird. One rampant, fence-breaking and man horning ‘deer in a pasture will attract more attention than one hundred decent, well-behaved cattle that calmly mind their own business. It is suspected that some of those "ter rible riot.-*" in FVtrograd and other ovsky cities w’ere actually about as important as our own little Fmma Goldman out bursts in some little lodge room over a grocery store on Third avenue. Many an earnest young parson labors along in the vineyard legitimately until he is aged and gray Maggie and never gets over an inch notice in nonpareil among the church notices, whereas had he stood on his head on the pulpit and cracked his heels the while, or run off with the senior deacon’s daughter, or sold stock in a real estate enterprise lo cated about two miles out in the lake, he would have landed kerplunk right in the middle of boiling fame. If I were official I'nited States censor and press czar I would issue a ukase to the effect that anybody who indulges in the sport known as knocking Uncle Sam should be condemned to exclusion from the newspapers for at least ona year. Although this may seem to be violat ing the constitution, which forbids cruel and unusual forms of punishment, and although it would be the most dreaded form of torture to the gifted jackasses who, a-i the j>oet says, are “pAnting red pants” for notoriety, yet I would do it. I’m that bloodthirsty. If any man refuses to register, don’t kill him, don't jerk him up and fine him; no, such is too lenient action; but—no —don’t stop me—l will say it—my blood’s up and I don’t cAre how horrible and inhuman it sounds—just don't pay any attention to him. and he will prob ably expire in mortal agony. Here in an Incident that a f'hanut* man tall* ns having occurred In a Kanaaa town. He wu in a ticket office and watchtd the prcewdlnga. \ man came to the win’dow arid ask* I for a ticker to Kanaaa H— < it' Inquiring the price I rr Mf) Two twenty five,” Maid the ■ I jFI Ip -jjJ The man dug Into a well worn pocket book and flah*d out * a banknote for 12. It wa* all the money he had 1 “How soon doe* thl* train go'“ he Inquired. “In fifteen minute*.” replied the agent. The man hurried away Soon he win back with three nllver dollar*, with which he bought a ticket Pardon my curiosity." said the ticket aeller, “hut how did you get the money? It lan't a loan, for I *ee you have disposed of the |2 bill." That all right,'' aid the man “No, I didn't borrow l». I went to ;t pawnshop and soaked th* bill for $1 .',O. Then a* I started hack hern I met an old acquaintance to whom ! sold th* pawn ticker for $1 f»0. 1 then had $3. and h* had the pawn ticket for which the $2 bill aland* a* security.” The cabby regarded the broken down taxi with ,i gleam of dejight,. hut did not apeak. Th* I his machine. He turned and m twirled it. and hanged It, and pX// % ci.weU hut to no avail, and Qflr ' nil Hi.* cabby poke not. Then r Am f h* * hauffeur wiped hi* brow, V '■ i,n, l ( he cabhv, still with fh* gleam in in* eye, cro**ed over, k ■< " ’Ere’” h*' exclaimed, grimly holding on* hi* whip. " ’Era yer are, mister: ’it ’ini with thl*:” Mullen* looked , t his partner sharply when h* arrived at the ofllre. “Man alive.” he *Hid anxious ly, “you look rotten’ What * f~ 'l*l3 *1 up- 1 / wearily. “I was blown nt|t of i.ed «t n’clot i- (hi morning What Was an -«1 r j 0 ■1 1 r —* rai I then?” H M I I No Somebody, «Mir«e him. and brought the baby a trumpet yeaferday." How To Punish Them BY DR. FRANK CRANE (Cop> right, 1915, b> Frank Crane) Laugh With Us