The Detroit times. [volume], December 03, 1917, NOON, Image 8

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What Will Hurt Most'ls
the Way the Company Put
It Over On the City A train
Except that it would have best served
itself in so doing, there wa> nothing to
prevent the Detroit United Kailway *rocn
raining its rate of fart?> from seven
tickets for a quarter to the straight five
cents it began to charge yesterday.
The agreement entered into August
7, 1913, between the cit> and tin* com
pany on its line- where its train, t
have expire 1 wa a da -Un-nay a. air
which the city could have abrogated with
out notice, just as the company a done,
only the city Mould have h it it an obli
gation to give the company more notice
tnan the company gave the city.
It. has been >uch highhande nc
this that has brought the company into
ill-repute with the people o! Detroit, and;
which causes the people to doubt n
when it appeals to them for tan ; ay,
as it does in this instance with its;
claim that the company is losing money
and cannot afford to continue the cheaper i
rate of fare.
The company might at least have ex- j
pressed a willingness to make some ittle
concession too the city, it on! 5' for the
looks of things, in return for the added!
revenue it will derive from five-cent
rides.
It might have taken this opportunity,
to consent to a discontinuance of skip
stops on those lines where they are he! 1
to work a hardship and to be time
wasting rather than time-saving.
There is, unquestionably, plenty of
justification for the company's conten
tion that it is not enjoying the profits
at this time that it has in the past.
Everybody know- that .nearly ;«1 ?• a
terial that is necessary in the construc
tion and operation and maintenance of
• a railroad has advanced sharply in cost.
Everybody knows that the company
' has been obliged to increase the pay of
its men; that fuel for its car and for
* driving its machinery for generating
power costs mdhe, and so on.
The Times isn’t ready to believe that
any citizen of Detroit would want to
see the D. U. R. obliged to continue to
operate without a fair and reasonable
return upon its investment.
The Times certainly considers the
D. U. R. entitled to such a return, the
same as any other business is entitled to
such a return. The fact that the D. I.
R. is a public service corporation does
not exempt it from fair consideration.
The fact that it is of vast importance
as a public service corporation to the
business life and the growth of Detroit
and that it is more than ever an abso
lute necessity to the filling of war orders
in hand, gives it a claim to a reasonable
profit which the city is in duty bound
to hear.
If cost of operation has increased and
revenues have decreased on account of
the war, the people should and probably
will accept the higher rate of fan* in the
spirit of doing their bit,
BUT THE PEOPLE ARK ENTITLED
TO A SHOWING IN DETAIL AND THE
D. 17. R. SHOULD HAVE MADE SU< I!
A SHOWING BEFORE THE BLUNT
ANNOUNCEMENT AND SNAP DE
MAND FOR INCREASED FARES.
Speaking of Dippers
and Some Other Things
Half a dozen people with dippers can
fill a wash tub, but it Hike- a steam!
pump to fill a water tank.
Before we went to war awash tub full
of money was enough to run our govern
ment. and we got along well enough with
the “little dipper" tax laws pa- sed by
congress—the stamp tax dipper, the in- i
come tax dipper, and two kinds »f cor-1
poration tax dippers. The dip <r> filled
the wash tuo, so nobody cared much
whether the plan was efficient m ua.ue
ful.
Now we are at war and need a took
full of money and then some. But do*
congress put in a steam pump to keep
it filled? No. After deliberating four:
months they simply decide to make the
old dippers a little larger, and put in a
lot of new ones- a so-called exu - prof-;
its tax and a whole string of pesky litt-l* '
dipi>erS in the shape cd tax* s on radi o. 1 ■
fare-. Pullman berths, telephone me -
sages, shaving soap, baseball, etc
Every day, every hour almost, one or
the other of these dippers ii acMng
into the pocket of every American,)
usually bringing up nothing but pennio
and’nickels, but causing 'endless annoy-}
\ ancc and business friction.
_ With this variegated a. >orln ■•-p * -
and little dippers and n crew o r inh rnal
revenue collectors at the handle of each,.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1917
eonui'i - tit' ’»*s to gel a tank tuff of
ia\o*. dr by driblet.
Wli\ )<*! row a&ay the leaky, annoy
ng jjttle .uppers, and put in a modem,
higl -po\%» r u* im pump in the >hape of
;t ‘T-oMa! income tax graduated accord
ing t.. .acl : vidual’s income? A!!
ta\< must in the end come out of in
, 0 m- . o wh> not pump direct from the
sour*’** into tiic* federal treasury?
.M-ane r.,\ 'earn pump*wall de
!\\i ,i!i the mono* . ded it we make it
work in th** open wtl all records public.
Thus everyone wd! *v; he is paying only
4 f.i:r -hare of the public burden, all
i 'on- can la* clunked, and no one will
-i ; ■ nvt x ollector ot ’acoring some tax
i- 11 v.hs*. < : tj .* govern- 1
Throw out the tin tlipper> and put in j
l imes and Maidens ( hanue
Remember that time when Bill Taft,,
.with his mighty bosom -welling with tar-;
if’ reciprocity, sparked M Canada, and
■ ’ tie mitter. so's that alt the world
Wall, the haughty maid has relented, i
There’s a soft giad hand at her front !
door and room on the parlor sofa for;
liglits turned low.
Since April last. Miss Canada has sent
into the United States over 14 million
bushel* of wheat duty free. On April
Iff. she removed her import duty on
wh at and this act automatically brok£
down the tariff walls.
\ < ommon and ur**-- makes neighbors
akin. After Uncle Sam dofts his khaki,
gets a bath and a shave and dons his old
reliable boiled -hirt, watch him perk up
to Mi-5 Canada once more!
From Another Point of View
By C. T. S.
Prof. Snitzel says he refuses to yield
jto current antipathy toward German
: i!'lines and will not change his. Anyhow,
the first of next May prohibition will
! take the snitz out of that.
m m m
she annual police report will not be
entirely barren of results. We note by
; the morning paper that they have arrest
ed a vagrant goat.
■>» * *
As we go to press, however, they have
been unable to get a clew as to the iden
tity of its owner.
\ m * %
The situation >eems to be that the
department has SOMEbody's goat and
! EVERYbody has the department’s.
* * m
Suffragists imprisoned in Washington
intend suing for damages. We had
gained from what we have read that they*
already had received them, without suing
for ’em.
• • •
A restaurant proprietor, in lowa show
ed Gorman car]) in his window but had
each carp wrapped in an American flag.
That helped, we presume, but if we had
to eat something out of that window.
wh\—the Stars and Strips forever.
9 9m
Th* Funny Grocer Man
Our gr\*o«*r j* th' hoslcst man.
\n‘ h«* Ilk**.** kids*, he dona,
An' when raa send** me to th' store
F's glad. vou b**t. b«*cau#f*
H** hold- rio high In bolh his arms
I p lo th’ randy Jar,
\:V it ain’t no harm to smoke
A choralii* cigar.
•*N»n he pots one in my roowff
Vn’ i . - !■*• nold u h 'ight—
I wouldn’t -rorjke- a real cigar
• :u: • V. o' court**. ain’t right;
H'*sW**a it mak*** u filler sick
I know that well enough*—
Pa put th on** h* • smokin' down
An' 1 dc sneaked a puff.
Our grocer man's th’ funniest
An' ’at'n what tickle# m<* vy
When i ' I at' I •!••• b* ' <*▼•
'At w * arc out o' tea.”
Hr ran imitate a cat
An' bark Just like a flog,
An' crook « //.ac Iv like n frog
’At's siftin' on a log
He whinnies thru hip finßers
l>eV an loud a« loud can be.
An' one** V wa? h*- nearly scared
Th* dickens out o’ liic.
An' he c an w hippie like a bird
\o* warble Ilk** ’em, too;
An ’.••• can crack hia knuckles
A’ >nj» rhun' pa can’t do.
I *, Keeps th’ groc'ry “tore
A hundred hundred ream.
'» au-' some!bun’ else ma pa can t do
1- wiggle both his earn
a • •
T 1 • y are trying to foim a Bolsheviki
S* York. There is nc»t so very much
m th: to alarm unless the movement is
in < I irge of the fellows who made us fall
for the Russian dances. If it is, we would
• -pine, off-hand, :riat it will go over, big.
m m m
,1 I. H. phones in t*» announce that if
‘ho -unip thing had happened to Germany
as ha - (uea'fi Sunday morning in church
to his derby hat. Germany by now would
have been crushed.
• • *
The D U R. accovding to President
Brook-i, c u it wait a minute. We feel,
h v o-’a of that fart, that we fitight t»»
congra’iVat** the D U. R. upon the fact
Uat it »!<»< not have to get home on the
Brush-st. line.
Hoc. ’ your nickel what’s your
. < A <*
hurry.
DETROIT TIMES
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I . (Gorynrh! 1917. bv H T “ -w.... . I
THIS DEPARTMENT s mainta.ned to *hed the light of truth on the
operations of the advert’Sing faker, the quack and swindler. It
welcomes letters relating experiences with advertisers who have
been unfair in their assertions or promises—who nave misled or
duped the reading public. It will pay proper recognition to Honest adver.
titers Dishonest advertisers who may be found in The Timea will not be
spared It will print letters deemed of public interest Advice will also
be given to investors. Only signed letters, glvng the writer’s name and
address will be cons dered. Names will bo prin’ed or withheld as preferred.
Address, The Ad Mirror, The Times. Detroit, Mich
Tbn national vigilance committee of the Associated Advertising * lubs
of the World is receiving much encouragement in its fight for truth in
advertising Its :<»(• victory is reported In th** following bulletin, jus*
received by Th** Ad Mirror
lowa s n<rw law tsranat fraudulent advrrtisinst stood Its Wrs* test
in 1 lit*■ l vs ■ 111 ,<• I'nni ■1 in I, f t n** K n. ;*.<r .oi l 'ln# i, and Suit company.
•>f !'*■« Moines In sustaining * ' ar**** bn ,kM hy Ih» Associated \igt
lano 1 unt rt•• •* •■ f (.nvs, .1 idx* 1 I MersV.n, if the municipal court,
fined th* ■ nrern $1» • ..id <■ .*• a. Is»te r th- fine was reduced one
half on a plea for |<*ntfttcy by the defense
Tt,.* .s *e «jr b..ld* th* r. ;.r ,n* pie f the* exaggerated price
compariaona ar** In reality *fa»,*rnerit« of fact rather than of mere
opinion ..
Tt* s' if h ,e f . ) J2O v of.- n. .*», |to tit dresses. It •*.
anil 11 and $ Lk » < Th* vigi anc** committee «* ured
~nr *-i "h of tt»>- orfi* *s advertised and submitted them to eaperts.
all *.f whom swo-re thHt th,- game nt* were not *if the x*alue claim**,l,
Tb» highest r*;., valu* placed *m the < cat was *>n the drese
s*,.« to |;t and on t *• ;,!• use |; Th evidence was that the blouse
was a gtadr *tl;rtari|v used’s- a I ivl*r at
In ,ie. iiMk, V* • * n «a»d that technicalities
would not hold n .« where the violation of the law was so com
plete
"The ff.-r . • wn« fill and Intentional." he sa.d, "and a plainer
case could not t>e shown
The As.- .’* *1 Vigilance ro # mtnltter, r.f lowa, was represented in
» ourt by h'rank Armstr.ina, Its secretary, and #*idnev J, 1 * l llc>r» attor
ney for *h- ti.-a* aft n. who hand!- i the prosecution b> agrertnent
with th*' city att me y
Sammy’s Doctor Wages
War On “Common ( olds” j
Amiv • rc-on- w H adop* n» •
methods for keeping do«n conta
gion.l* among the. soldier" in 'he can
tonmonts this winter They will go
directly after the ’ common cold.”
Thejr experience on the Mexican
border la-*' year taught th«rn that
the ••common cold” was the starter
of moat everything 'hat waa had a. a
far as soldiers’ health was affected.
They learned that as long as they
kept down cold* they- had little or
no pneumonia, measles, bronchitis,
or meningitis
That a why Sammy in hla canton
nient will have good, dry shoe.-,
warm, dry clothing, no overeating
no foul air and no overheated room.
An. ample supply or pure water
was one of the essential factors con
sid ere/1 t in the selection of /ami
sites.
t ndergrourd sewers r nrry away
waste. In '•ouie camps complete
sewage disposal plants have been
built
The resuit of rh»sc -anitary me?
Mires is h»*-Intr shown in the lowered
sick rate of th < n»en In camp Th
ey ported illn*-- of nil army no* in
active service is three pgr cent.
In none of 14 ramps non'lv iriw-s-
Mg.tted was the r.ve ip to that nv
«rage The hivl. mte reported
was 2 R p‘t cent in a western ramp
the lowest, .ft pel cent in n e«iard
i amp it fh* -outs
A dental v ard min. ere »o men
with defective teeth. Her* o.m«
iren have .heir first encounter 'i'h
a dentist A rood many men near
3ft are ju»t discovering th«y have
•c* th.
“In (h» l)i\*^
Mrs F*ho* * * \ Hearst. ho •
!dr o(ir j 1 n»hr» P■' he • *■ »«!•'
her nm • fan 1 111!j to 'h< I" >. "*
America calebrales her •venty
flf'h birthday annlver *r; t.*da\ Hh*»
Is a resident of t’llKiirtlHi and *h«
widow of th* 1 lot* fl*rifge Hearst
one of th»* t silfornia bonanza
i kinri’—-—i *-•
fn early life Mrs Ffnrst we*. a
•r bool OH' h* r and n h- r Ist# .
«voted mne 1
Th? Ad-Mirror
And Advice to Investors
If The Times Prints It, The Times Believes It
wealth to the advancement of edu
ca’ion. She ha« established and
ina Maine#! kindergarten graining
ichool" In San Francisco. in Wash
ington. ind at Lead. S. D. where
h<*r principal mining Interests are
located. She donated a quarter of
t million dollars to the National
i a'hedrai School for filrls in Wash
ington. nd erected and equipped
the mining building at the i’niver
s>tv of t alifornia as a memorial to
her hits! and Mrs. H#*arst Is the
mother of William Randolph Hearst.
'w. 11 knows newspaper publisher
and ore time congressman.
IMent) of Plav Is On
Program For Our Boys
Reallring that if is tru** that “All
work and no play makes Jack a
dull boy.” I nl»ed States army offi
cer*. have determined that Hammy
■‘hall have plenty of play H** will
have games, entertainments, rerrea
flop of all kinds to tak* his mind
off su» h heavier occupations as
• raining and fighting.
W\»n he gets to France h** will
gc* his #lays and weeks “off to
\i*i! ar und in French village* and
to ind lire in boxing contests. F»ase
hah fo/chall anA other healthful
mir-# !e building sports.
Pefor* he goes across the Aflan
tie while training it cantonment a,
sport will he a prominent part m,
hi* program Every cantonment
will ha- e its boxing ins'rue tors,
professionals who will not only
teach, hut entertain the boys.
t*omp.#nies. regiments and can
tonmente will have baseball and
football teatris. in which will be
sone of the beat professional and
/•oil g« player in the country
Hut if Is hot in active participa
tion r.na* Hammy will get hi' best
[ re»ults from these boxing contests,
fa eball and too’ball games It’ll
be at 'he ringside watch ng (so
g/sw| boxer* uiixing gloves that he’ll
<»rr# • } #lay’s hard Work, a- a
F. i\e|. i fan V fee \wiljy enjoy a gam#*
F • r : tvvi. camp teams of fast
pl over- i.nd forget atmiit being
lonesome for the folk har k home. «>r
'1; ■ fill ting to come
—Ts i ■ *~r tip rpTFr’ t>\ / nings Pie
will b;#-# the Indoor garner, read
mg vnd ’alk fests in the camp Y.
and K of C tent*
The Keep Well
Column
hygiene.
"Hygiene is the art of preserving
health, ths' Is. of obtaining the
tuot.’ perfect no-
the promotion of
the public health and who died at
the age of 5K of pulmonary tuher
cuiosi*.
‘Fdmnnd Alexander Parkes, born
March 2?. 1810, physician .surgeon,
sanitarian and author, left perhaps*
a greater impress on sanitary «c|
enoe than any Fngl ishman of the
nineteenth century.
His work ranges from the theo
retical consideration of the minut
est. detail? of chemical and physio
logical research to the practical con
slderatlon of the cleansing of a
sewer or the |>ghteotng of the sol
diers' knapsack
India, the Crimea and T/mdon saw
his labor* and benefited thereby
War brings some good things in
its train. Just as the Napoleonic
campaigns perfected the art of
transporting the sick and the loss
of life from preventable disease in
the Spanish war quickened the sani
tary conscience of the American
people, so tne horrors of the
Crimean campaign made Parke* a
professor of military hygiene
He organized a complete cnuroe
of instruction based on the prin
ciple that the student must he aide
to practically apply the lessons
which he learned Many of the san
Itary reforms which he Inaugurated
are now hearing fruit In the lm
provement of the well-being of the
community at large
Pointed Paragraphs
Now is a good time to quit talk
ing one way end acting another.
Diplomacy is the art of yielding
gracefully to the inevitable
Those who have once loved can
never be satisfied with common
friendship.
The foundation of true happiness
Is being satisfied" with present pos
sessions.
Few bachelors would object to be
taxed jf |t would insure th« m
against designing mothers
i 7he Boisheviki!
BY BERTO* BRALEY
' - j . . . . .. . V , 1 ri I
Thf)" hud ih#lr rhancr to k»'*p th«* RtMaian land
Tru** t»» th*' Revolution and th*' Right:
Thry might hn\e made th* 1 Shivlr inupln Hand
Stalwart nnd grim against the Prussian might:
Th«*y might hav*» lived th*- |>b« rt . th*> prat*’
And krpt sh»» faith that freermn rv.*r hoh!
In*»*ad, th*»y mad** th»’ir stat** a ‘rahoi -wat**
And knlf»*d *h*- \*»ry ran*?* that they extolled.
They might have mused th* Russian nam*’ to be
A nnm* of glory, over nil the world
They might have mad** it Wvr for liberty
And nghtofrn>n“><-. instead the fth hurled
Th*dr eountrv tn nutorrary> abyss
Mounting th** w),*ii*, theft- lying wordr of pm**-,
Pifrayed 4 hVir people w >th a Juda* kr *» > y ! .
And left. thrin to \h*\ War laird's mad rtpric*.
Tbil Ui*t t. tv-dnr,. Os th#) hav* < u»rh> to I",
I’nh >s by »n* t ,g» m. vt* !»• li. •»•
The Russian people mat their en»v*n crow
Prom they ram* —nrrnss thr (U rroan Jlnp,
And. freed of their foul blight, t#»nrrh forth again
To light one# morr like patriots nnd m**n'
Memories Poison
in ts. uinixi>ro\ mu rr.
Author •••f 'The Riddle <>f PeraoU
adtv sp«-, ( hnlogy and
Parenthood." «»•’.
Th.it ihe mind cun manufacture J
[ pol.-un a.i truly n any chemical!
laboratory is a fact ,»f pra* Deal im !
| ton tint verbally appreciated we!
I should have far h*v ill-health than
I troubles mankind unlay.
Fur. just as poisons may be pro
| duo and in ito* body by the mind, so
1 hi a they be expelled from the body I
Iby Hi. mind In proof let me cite a
! ieet of e\i tu ience of a personal |
ft :. nd
Flection morn in.- •li i friend. a|
broker it. m eastern city. rn.-e feel j
inc in excellent h*.dth. He ate a i
n» iTty breakfast, then-left b’ s home I
to walk to the polling place and vote
befor» RtMtic to Id * olh< e
The day was fine, the air crisp j
I and bracing My friends thoroly en j
I Joy* <1 Ins walk until he came in ;
I sight of the schoolhouse w here he |
| was to vote
Then with startling unexpected
I ness, he began to feel ill
His heal palpitated, he was dixzy
and weak The di -• oinfort increased
until entering 'he polling place, he
felt positively nauseated
Ifavou \>u<‘d. !•' hurried out as
.jti.i kl\ a* he eotild - lie tv;c In
I doubt whether to return home or
i to eontino to hi- office,
Ju.-*» than,’’ sa'd he, "an Idea
! swddenlv occ-ifred to me.
1 remembered that the previous
I •->]»< tion day* 1 had b*-en ill for near
liy a week U ben election day cams
[ | was not feeling much better, but
| l dragged ms self out to vote, as I
| thought It my dutv to do so.
Tin -» nsa ions I now felt were,
j* ho milde exactly like those l felt
i or that occasion.
"Recognizing this ! believed 1
understood what had happened to
Without my knowing if. the
-iiht of the echoolhbuae had re- J
in me i memory of the duzi !
1 ness, weakness, and nausea from
which I had suffered when \ went
i to the schoolhouse to vote the year
before. This memory revival had
io disturbed tne as to bring hack
•h V-ns.r or, \ then felt.
'‘The more l reflected about the
mutter the more convinced I he i
catne thn 1 had hit on the right r\
pi a nation \nd as conviction in
creased I 1 i-cnn to feel bet’er
“My noot: l was all righ* again
vnd was able to eat and really en
joy a good osbstaritla! lunch.”
Much Illness originates in simi
lar fashion 1 know another man
who having once had an attack of
acute indigestion in thi state room
of , Hon. I-tand sound steamer was
similarly attacked whenever i
vovaped on those steamers.
Finally he gave up traveling by
I them Hut »he nature of the diffi \
culty having be»n-tuade clear to hint
[ he was able once more to use the
Sound steamers without unpleasant
~ff,, i
Moreover, the sight not only of a
! pine* hut of some ohject or persor !
; associated in the tmqd with memo
■ r|e.- of disagreeable experiences
I ihftv revive those memories with |
* such Intensity as to upset*the whole
i organism •*
If the person th is affected fall# i
into a ’ ’• -•»! v{ce of a ?n*di
cal man will Fkely he need* and
I Hu* if the possibility of psychic
. poisoning i> apt reciated, and if the
situation is analyzed a? it was by
ray broker friend, then a speedy i
self-cure can be confidently looked
for.
Anniversaries
rornvv twncmutirv
I*3l—fan-.'' <» P'n.r. millionaire
| min** 'i»-n*r dim! t'nited Suites ■*»•»)-
• at.r. h<>rn in (■.<■lfant. ' 1 r*-land I "ed
!n San Francis.-<* ! .ec. IXO4
]«r.x v r;. \ I’.enjnmln W Mr.rr »
, waft t -rui -atf«t no 'inil Kpl#copil
| mission*rv bishot' >.f < irvgon.
ixx'* Ir< s ri> rii Beniamin Harrison
! presented hi* first unniiii! message jo
congruf
tvt»4 Robert ljr-iiis Stevens.>n. fa
mous novel*"'. j »*u ,n Samoa Burn
I !n K<tint>*»rgli Scotland. in IS3O,
!ft I ■ Mat n Weal.-i Merritt,
I who comman-l'-d the [.editlunar-*’
! f..r< -a «i"it to the Philippines in
} ] svs, ands r whom t? e < .nr-i-ntration
1 camp nt Hoboken. N. J.. lan been
| named, died in Nat urn 1 Ttrldge, Va.
| Born tn New Vork .tune is.
!•» 1 v ()>-rtiian r*-t< t.stag voted II -
I 000.000 f.ir war purpose*
t :»t’> 1- rt- .m* evaluated Monastlr,
their last stronghold
\».o toimv i\ thi: w tn
The Herman and Bulgarian srrntes
began rp« bom ha rdrrent of Bucharest
Premier Vx'iulfh it wae officially
announi'd. had dei ldcf! to advise th“
r«-r. n*• tr■ i»•: in of th<- i_-«vv eminent.
Till* U'V IIIKTMO A4 a
.Newton 1». (laker, act ret*.r> of war
in the WiIe.»n iHb'net, horn in Mar-
I•• . • ■:. s • C ■ "t -1 '
(tear Vdmtral .tohn Hood. r*f the
frilled Stftt.-s navy, l.i.rn in Alaba
ma 5H o-ii» ago today.
Frank Mason North president of i
*;||e tCi-deral < un.ll of the I'hllfches
| .f i "brint in inter tea. (torn in New
i York ts years w|C today.
1 Itr tleorge f|. I Jenny prealdent of
the Intvereitv <>f Alnt’anis, horn In
Janover countv. Va.. 47 vears ago to
-1 day.
HV can icr in Pctroit, f» cent? a wi ck', el-*
where. 1" cents u week Ilv m.ill, f.T
j car. ( all Main t.> , Jt* Filtered Ht th* Fonts
ofll<» tn Detroit ti« si-voikl clnsa mail matter.
The Torches
BY DR. FRANK CRANK
fCrtpyright. N l9 4 i5, by Frank Prana)
In “The Torches,** one of the plav
this seanon, one of the characters,
nt rt, describes how in a lit of desp
causet! by tin* shock of his disillusion
love, he determined to blow out l
brains. He repaired to the garden
night. “I pressed the pistol to my tei
plo,” he says. “It Lhe end. And .
I raised my eyes, tney rested on tl
stars. They saved me. In this suprem
moment I saw up yonder The Torches,
the flaming ideas that illumine the coni
science of this, great world I was about tc
leave. That moment of Contemplation
brought peace to my soul. The flesh
longer counted. I My petty sorrow was
lost in the universal mind. The soul o!
the infinite had absorbed by soul.”
Ami he add.: “The moment one
grasps the possibilities of the mind, fear
pain, jealousy become merely the refuse
of the soul.*’
Tliis is an example of the mind takfng
refuge in the infinite. It i* a not uncom
mon experience. Tn one way or another,
sometimes ns a religious act. sometime*
as a plunge into philosophy, it has been
the discovery of the soul at bay that
there is open an avenue of escape.
To the human being who will believe
it there is no possibility of entire de
feat.
There is always a door behind us thru
which we can slip# and evade the enemy.
There is always an airplane in which
we can mount and soar above the Huns
that surround us.
What is it?
It is the Infinite. It touches every one
of us. Wo can find it in the darkness of
our bedchamber alone at night, even also
in the confusion of the market place 01
the welter of the arena.
The Infinite is every man's secret.
It overarches nil souls and illumines all
minds, as the sky embraces the earth,
and with its stars speaks majesty unto
our littleness.
The Infinite! We came from it at
birth; we go back to it at death. Anc
no man’s life needs be a dull gap unlit
by it.
I do not press upon you any religious
t reed nor any system of philosophy. Hut
1 point out to you the way many a tor
mented mind has arrived at greatness,
poise and peace. It is by grasping, some
how, some way, the Infinite.
This is the deepest, most inexhaust
ible, most dependable ally of the human
spirit. We are profoundly akin to the
Infinite. —-
Have you found that relationship? Tn
your solitude are there any stars?
Perhaps this very hour of your w reck
and failure may be the opening to you of
vast spiritual resources hitherto un
guessed.
If you are but an animal that thinks,
you are lost; if you once realize that
you are an imperial spirit, you are saved.
Laugh With Us
\ Kf‘ntH>man vti? walking <lo*n the *tre#>t the
oth<»r day with hi.** fri»>nd Jackson, when the\
met ft clergyman The rever
end gentleman, thn p< j j .
of r large brain, haft hut a |'»<:?\ .
diminutive body to support It. rA '*l . |w&;
Quite re.<n'l\ he had united '
f or good nr Uto a him -5*
nm widow The minister I
blushed a little aa the two [
friend* passed by him
"What is the meaning of
that. Jackson?*’ asked his companion
"Well, you see," wn- the reply, *'we had a.
party at the min titer's .shortly Hfier he was
married. I waa railed upon to make a speerh.
You know, you ar» exported to b»- humorous on
<iif h occasions, **o ! referred in a < ual way to
■ • r ■ > r ti>.’*•. 1!« ». i acted
strangely ever sine# *
" '()« did if work"' • t;d one sj, ; y,| hov in the
street to the other “ T)w did you do it?*'
"S< >-. the old man he dropped
p ixprme. an* I picked i< up
i -e' tunned after him, an* r
•* Mo : tcr, Vre's a Hixpmre
f N, j a tnu dropped,’ an’ he put his
Y b.ttid in * < pocket an’ be says,
'Vou re an honest little boy,
yY h* reV a shilling for you.' Wal,
. 1 I dropped 'he shilling in fionf
of an old woirinri when -In- had
'er purse open an' I pick* it up when she walks
along an’ rollers 'er, and says, 'Here, miauls, Is
a shilling you dropped.’"
-YVell ?"
V\ .»!_ she tski'i and says. 'Thunk vou. little
hoy,' an’ puts it in her [s»ck»’t and goe- on, an’
Fin a shilling out.’’
Th»- detail" of th. natcliuu; fi<. th; if< of
four brindl*’ Hoston i>tills m flu prime of their
puppy hood wVre r<-()ted whin
a woman reviewed her marrh’d *
life In the Court of Domestic ***
ReJatHin* in New York "Only , *_s
la > a e»\i\ -h• ■ Vt i\l out hull •* ■
dog. Ids. hail a family that j , •, * \
would hav been worth s2"o If \
jill id grpwn Jy hiikhand , —-—Y
wimf *o a veterinarian-' and . _ r
the doctor tVdd him If thev
| wotiidn t n ilk out Bf a- iret to p»if softte
I milk in bis own mouth, put a nipple in his mouth
I and feed them that way, just like dog fnnclers
1-10, A' fir-' he didn't..even want in <Ut *!. '
•Well." - ini »he court, "and mhat h*« that to
do wl#h the ea«r?"
H« eau-e when he did do It. I tell you, the doga
died of alcoltoiii