The day book. [volume], March 21, 1917, NOON EDITION, Image 25

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I THE DAY BOOKI
I N. R COCHRAN
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
POO 8. rHORIA ST. CglCAgO. VIA .
Teleilhonet MKortal, Monrie "363
Subscription By Carrier in
Chicago, 50 cents a' month. By
Mail, United States arid Can
ada,5Q cents a Month.
Entered as aecqnd-qlasi nattar ASTll
21. ISH at the33toff!Be t Chicago,
. IIL. under the Act of March 9'Vni.
ANONYMOUS. Npw Mrs. Ger
trude Howe Britton has beenthreat
ened with death thVough the mails.
Several letters which she has re
ceived are belieyed to -have been
written by Wm. Mansfield Williams,
a colored convict who Mrs. Britton
befriended spme time ago. At least
his name, was signed to them.
So much for the latest deatjl
threat by mail. The biggest share
such threats come from insane peo
ple. They are meant to put fear into
the hearts of the letter victim. It is a
very rare case when a death threat
is carried out. In any event, a per--son
who is insane enough to put such
material into the mail is to be pitied.
And, on the other hand, a person who
does it while in bis or right mind can
only be looked upon as the lowest
sort of a coward. Afraid to ome out
into the open, but willing to hide- be
hind a postage stamp. "
'SPRING HAS CAME." This
being the first day of spring, let's talk
about spring-like and summer-like
things. In the first pjace, your
youngsters are probably already be
ginning to think about tops, roller
skates, marbles, etc. See, if you
can, that they have them. They are
only kids once.
In the second place and this in
terests all qf us our bathing beach
es will soon be among us again. In
the course of several weeks you will
be standing in line waiting to get
your suit. You'll see many pretty
girls in bathing suits, etc. You will
be eating ham sandwiches, with em
phasis on the "sand." You'll be put
ting cold cream on a badly burned
pair of shoulders. And last, but far
from least, you won't he separated
from the opposite sex. That beach
segregation stunt never panned out
very well. It is right doubtful if it
will be carried out this season. And
evenlf it is. you can pick Out some
beach where everybody plunges to
gether.' So, after all this isn't such
worse old world, Welcome,
spring
SHORT ONES
Ship has reached tyew York with
16 captaips. Organized like a Mex
ican army. i .
prom autocracy to democracy in
half a week there sure is a "rush"
in Russia.
v Wfsrt some of these Russjans who
are getting info the news woujd split
their names into paragraphs.
SINKING IN THE
RUSSIAN SNOW.