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The Detroit times., 1912-05-01
Hy ANNA Held.

By ANNA HELD.
The whole tendency OF modern
fashions 10 not 10 make women beau
tIfui, but only to martyr them. Their
bodies are tired out with stiff cor
sets and with the weight OF the
clothes they wear. When a woman
n worn with the burden OF her clothes
her face IL haggard and tired. Mod
ern clothes certainly do not make Tor
beauty.
Modern clothes are absurd. They
are uncomfortable and unhygienic
Frequently they are hideous. Yet all
women wear them.
I. am sure some day some woman
win be courageous enough TO defy
fashion and clever enough TO evolve
4 tostume that win be both sensible
and becoming.
Men understand the art Of dressing
much better than women. Do you
think q man would get anywhere II ne
went In high-heeled shoes, holding on
10 his hat with one hand and holding
,lp his train with the other, with a
bafpin sticking into his head on one
sise and A hairpln on the otherY
have n lovely dinner gown, all
f. lace and embroidery and chiffon with
four trainsl When i go out 10 get
{nfo the motor everything has to wait
! while pick UP all my trains. never
know where they are. ! can even
hold them up because the sklrt 10 30
tight So I pin them up unuer my
coat and I have to remember TO I'm
pin them before | take my coat on,
for when they are pinned saieiy OUT
Of the way, the gown Is up 10 my
2 knees. -
Big hats are not comfortable Yet
all women wear them. l nave Worse
hats than anybody. We must De IN
the fashion. We cannot break the
laws or outrage the conventions. AND
70 be out OF the fashion Is equally PAD
The elaborate couture woman
wears IL q dreadful thing. Masses Oh
puffs and curls pinned on over the
head viii be responsible Tor many
headaches.
And the gowns! The poor women
are falling and tumbling around pc
cause they cannot move In the ugnt
rkirts. They cannot walk. They can
not step up into an automobile. one
hears OF many accidents because OF
these tight skirts. Yet women wear
them. II cannot be because they ike
10 be uncomfortable and always In
danger. They are afraid TO defy the
fashion, and no one has shown them
clothes that were both sensible ana
pretty.
have seen women riding In auto |
mobiles and wearing great plumed
hats that no number OF pins could
keep safe. They cling to them fran
fica1ly with both hands. They tie
them on with big wells that fly into
their eyes and get into their mouths.
and they screw up their faces worry
ing over whether the wind Will break
the plumes.
But of all the dreadful things that
women wear, the long, straiShtfront
corset IL the worst. II comes down
To the knees and the poor, unhappy
wearer never can sit. down. Is that
GRACEFUL? It Ii nely and II has no eA-
cuse at all for being. But when IL
Is the fashion, women must wear IT,
For centuries. women have been de
voting themselves to this subject OF
dress. Sometimes we are laughed at
for it, sometimes applauded. some
woIhen have tried to disdain the cues
tod of clothes and straightway they
Ia n lost something, at least, OF their
inftence. Wise women, from the De
rinkine or time, have recognized the
valte OF clothes. And after all these
oerIerations OF thought and care, we
hah achieved--whatf
The Detroit times., 1912-05-01
CADILLAQUA BOARD
WARNS AGAINST FAKIRS

The officials of Cadillaqua wish to
call attention again to the presence
In Detroit Of men who are attempting
to foist an alleged history OF Cadil-
laqua on the public. These men are
not representatives of the Carnival as
sociation. nor will they be.
Some weeks ago they made propo-
sition to the executive board of Cadil-
laqua- They proposed to solicit ad-
vertisements for a souvenir program
to be sold during Cadillaqua week.
Their proposition was turned down
because the board did not wish to
cause the manufacturers and other
business men of Detroit further ex-
pense. The board decided to get out
souvenir program. but one free from
ads"
The Detroit times., 1912-05-01

The cantata, Queen Esther" will
be given in Emmanuel Presbyterian
church, Tuesday and Wednesday even
mss, under the auspices Of the Mems
club OF the church. Those takinf
part will include members OF I'm
manuel and Trumbull-ave churches
The cantata will be given In costum,
and with appropriate scenic setting.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-01

Should you spill hot fat on the floor
or a wooden table. pour cold water
upon 1t at once. II can then be more
easily scraped OF. not having had
time 10 sink into the wood.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-01

Business-iike Printing. No fuss ana
no teatners The plain, neat kind that
t g"h ignt Times Printing o., rs
Sohn h-st Phi Main l4ss or City Ssss.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-01
THREE WAYS TO
COOK ROUND STEAK


Beefsteak Stuffed--A beefsteak from
the round cut h-inch thick rinse in
cold water and wipe dry with a cloth;
lay on board and spread thinly with
butter The dressing Is made as fol
lows; Take stale bread and break
into crumbs: fry lightly I'm table.
spoonful OF butter. Season with salt,
pepper sage and beaten egg, and a
little milk. After the steak Is spread
with the dressing lap the ends over
and roll closely; tie SO II will not un-
roll In cooking. and rub over the out.
side with half pint OF boiling water
and haste every IL minutes. The roll
should bake about hour.
Pot Roast-Take 8 pounds OF round
steak, put into an iron pot a table
spoonful OF meat fryings or butter, let
IL brown; wash OF the steak and put
into the pot. After Il begins TO fry.
pour In enough water to half cover
the meat, season with pepper and
salt, cover and stew slowly. AS the
meat begins TO fry. add more water:
turn II often and cook about three
hours. A half.hour before serving,
add either Irish or sweet potatoes, or
turnips, and let them brown with the
meat
Cooked Round Steak-Chop fine cold
cooked round steak. Season highly
with mustard. catsup, salt and pep
per; add / egg; moisten with liquor
OF oysters. Make rich biscuit crust.
roll out TO IA of an inch thickness.
and cut in squares. Fill half Of each
square with | tablespoonful OF the
prepared meat. Fold remaining half
of square over. first moistening edges
with oyster liquor. and press closely
together. Drop in boiling lard and
fry to a delicate brown.
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The Detroit times., 1912-05-01

Are You Helping
DR.. Wiley to Fight
for Pure Food?
The real responsibility for the success of the
Pure Food movement rests upon you, the men
and women of America.
You have an able leader, but what he can
accomplish depends, in large measure, upon
you-your support and cooperation.
AS Chief of the United States Bureau of Chem
istry, DR.. Wiley has for years carried on the
battle for Pure Food. 1t is he-more than any
other man-who has made the Pure Food Law
living and effective instrument
But notable as DR.. Wiley's victories for Pure
Food have been, he saw that they were only the
beginning of the fight He saw that no man
could alone make the foods of this nation pure
that eventually the battle had to be wased and
by the Public itself
Today DR.. Wiley is at the head of a national
crusade against food adulteration and similar
evils.
Under the auspices Of Good Housekeeping
Magazine, he has established at Washington
National Bureau of Pure Foods, Sanitation and
Health, where the work of testing the food and
medicinal products offered the public will be
carried on more broadly, more vigorously, more
thoroughly than ever.
He has cast off the shackles that hampered him
when he was in Government employ. Today
he knows master but the American public,
and his reports and suggestions will be made
directly and in full to them in the columns of
Good Housekeeping Magazine.
DR.. Wiey's first message is in the May Good
Housekeeping Buy it today and take it home
DR.. Wiley stands ready to do his part-are you
ready to do yoursP
Good Housekeeping
Magazine
At All Newsstands Is Cents Copy
The Detroit times., 1912-05-01
~ Modern womsn Are Martyrs
To Mode X

EDIr0RS EOTE-- TIE Joflosefno spirited
offock on psodsfa JasAsons by a noted actress q
r<pfoa.scsd % pgmissiea rom the April Green
BOOK Album.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-01

The Deutscher Verein OF the Uni.
yersity Of Michigan will present the
German comedy. die Journalisten.
In the Garrick theater, Friday even
ing, May 81.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-30
ITS HIGHEST VALUE.

Now that the Good Government
league in the city of New York has
begun to plan it's campaign for COM
mission government the public will
hear a great deal about this modern
device to beat the Bosses and prevent
the reconstruction of smashed Rings.
There are many arguments in fav-
or of commission, and they will all be
given to you, but the best and strong
est of all may be given in a few words,
1t is this:
Commission government throws re.
sponsibility upon every citizen, gives
him a greater part in his government,
make him feel that his vote is heard,
shows him results which he is helping
to attain by his own effort, and thus,
by making him an active part in the
government, makes him also so watch.
full of it that abuses are difficult and
short-lived.
This is the best argument for COM
mission government of cities and its
best result; for, with this attained,
GOOD government in all its phases is
EASY and BAD government is HARD.
All this is admirably summed up
by John j. Hamilton in his work
Government by Commission;
There is no variation in the char
acter OF the reports on city govern
ment by mmission-everywher it
is leaks stopped, system taking the
place of chaos, efficiency substituted
for poor service, promptness for hope
less procrastination, lower for higher
tax levies or better values received
for the public OUTLAWS.
But back of all these causes for
congratulation and rising above every
other consideration, the student of
the new charter discovers that which
explains the wonderful vigor and VI.
tally of the whole movement and ac.
counts for a popular favor out of all
proportion to any financial results
recorded at Galveston or Des Moines
or in any other city operating under
the new plan, or all of them combinl
ed. 1t is the reconciliation of the cit.
izen and his city; the new birth of his
faith in 1t and in himself as a factor
In its public life; the revival of his
hopes for the republic as a thing that
is not to languish and die from all
sorption of the toxins evolved within
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-30
FRIEL ALLEN
CONTINUED From Page One.)

the tragedy he discreetly evaded. He
brought, however, first-hand informa
tion of the desperate straits of Sidne
Allen, leader of the band, and his con
seriousness of guilt.
In the dialect of the mountains he
told his story, needing Interruptions
and answering all questions.
Expects to See Fighting.
Uncle Sidna told me-" related the
boy with unrestrained frankness, "that
he never expected to see his family
again. He hopes the detectives will
get discouraged so he can get away
but it they keep after him, think he
will be shot killing them. He will
never surrender. He didn't like il
when l left him. He told me | was
making a mistake, but was tired and
hungry"
"Sidna said he shot his pistol emp
ty three times. He always was angry
with Judge Massie. He said he shot
Judge Massie and that Wesley shot
Mr. Foster. Uncle Sidna said he in
tended to get as many of the court
officers as he could. When he was
shooting the people in the street he
really didn't know he was firing at
any of the jury. He said he saw men
running, and thought they needed
shooting at.
THE day after Uncle Sidna and
Cousin Wesley and I went to the
mountains Wesley had two pistols and
Uncle Sidna had a revolver and a
shotgun. We were on the ridge, and
were hidden under ledge by leaves
From there we moved to another
rock and saw the officers raid my
Aunt Alberta's house.
Detectives Were Close BY.
Some of the detectives came with.
in fifteen or twenty yards of us.
wanted to leave, but Uncle Sidna said
If the detectives came closer he would
fire.
Uncle Sidna was shot in the arm
at the courthouse, and the same bull
let went into his side and back. It is
still there. Uncle Sidna got some
food in a sack. We had plenty of
crackers and stayed in the ivy and
laurel bushes for ten days, but with
nothing else to eat except those creek
ers. l was just starved out I left
them on the mountain top"
Friel disclaimed knowledge of the
part Claud Allen took in the shooting
and denied knowledge of the activi-
ties of Sidna Edwards, Victor Allen
and Bud Marion, now in Jail at Roa-
noke.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-30

zens Within five years, the tax rate
of Houston had been lowered to one
dollar and seventy cents and the as
sessments not increased; in fact. the
assessments are now proportionately
lower than when the rate was two
dollars.
A debt that the aldermanic govern.
ment had imposed on the city of four
hundred thousand dollars has been
wiped out; seventy miles of streets
have been paved without the issuing
of a single bond, the improvements
being paid out of the general revenue
of the city.
Schools have been removed from
political influences, gambling and IL
lic1t liquor selling have been stopped
and a great auditorium has been built
building and site being paid for out
of the general revenues.
Within two years after commission
government had been adopted by Dial
las, Texas, a floating debt of two
hundred thousand dollars had beer
wiped out and a credit balance es
tablished.
Within one year of the time that
Des Moines, Iowa, went under the
commission plan, there was a saving
OF nearly two hundred thousand dol
lars in running expenses. It's streets
and alleys have been put in clean
and sanitary condition and magnifi
cent municipal improvements made
without increasing the debt of the
city single dollar.
In Cedar Rapids, Ia, a bonded in
debtedness has been wiped out by com
mission government and the city's net
inventory increased nearly half mil
lion dollars.
Leavenworth, Kas., which under the
aldermanic government, could not gel
along without the income derived
from fines imposed upon saloons, ope
rated in defiance of state law, fines
that amounted to $4,000 yearly, now
operates under commission govern
ment without saloons and saves
money by doing it. More than two
hundred thousand dollars has. beer
spent in improvements by the Com
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-30
missioners without dlsturblng the tax

missioners without disturbing the tax
rate.
Kansas City, Kansas, had a deficit
OF $4,000 in its annual expenses un-
der aldermanic government. Under
commission government this debt had
been wiped out by efficiency in admin
istration.
In Topeka, Kansas, where the COM
mission plan has been in operation
only two years, politics has been en-
tirely divorced from city government.
The people of Topeka bought their
own bonds at better prices than f.
nancial institutions were willing to
pay and the finances of the city are
today in better condition than ever
before known.
Columbia, S. c., not quite two years
under commission government at the
time the figures from which we quote
We're compiled, has reduced paving
expenses enormously. Under alder
manic government Columbia spent
$13,29O in repairing 80 city blocks;
hundred and sixty-six blocks were put
in good repair for $17,426.
Our readers already know of the
history Of commission government in
Birmingham, how the expenses of the
city were cut down about SIS, 900 with
in three months after the aldermanic
| regime had been thrown off and how
well that city is doing under commits
sion government now, even at great
disadvantage.
Up to the present time commission
government has proven to be the only
thoroughly efficient administrative
government for cities known.
Will Meridian continue under the
old aldermanic plan of government,
to the end that it's floating debt may
be increased enormously within the
next twelve months, or will it adopt
the commission plan and let thorough
administrative government get the
city out from under the pail of in
difference, inefficiency, carelessness,
yes, even, recklessness, that alder
manic government has thrown over
its citizens. MERIDIAN Star.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-30
Forum of the People

anyone who has been inteligently in
formed or who has taken the trouble
to acquaint himself with the true con-
/ ditions that exist, would want to abol-
ish our present system and reinstate
the old system of government If it is
being done by the politicians, we can't
expect any good from it, for their
promises seldom materialize and pay
| day does not come except to them
selves.
Now is the time for citizens of Hat
tiesburg to use their good judgment,
and for one time stand by our past
effort, and whatever weakness has
developed in the present administra-
ton, rectify it by making efficient the
inefficient and Strengthening the
weak places, and no doubt our next
administration will show the fruitage
of our labors more than it is possible
to see in the first, even though we had
the greatest statesmen of the nation
as our officers.
1t has been suggested as an objec-
| ton to the present system that we
can't get men that will do their duty
! as officers. If this is fact and we
can't get three good men as Commits
sioners, | am sure that we will never
get nine. So in this case we had bet
! ter get something else besides the old
or the new system. But it is a fact
| that when men will lay aside friend
ship for efficiency Gf both can't be
embodied in the same individually, we
can get just such men as we want and
need to fill the respective offices of
our government creditably. 1t is fur
| Their suggested that we have no re-
call; no means of defense should a
man prove defective or inefficient. To
this I will call attention to Senator
Donald's communication, published in
The News on the goth of March which
gives us the power to handle the stu
alton as we desire. will add to this
that can't believe that any man who
is of true southern blood and is capable
of filling the office of Mayor or Com
missioner, and has the interest of the
people at heart, would continue to
hold the office if it should be known
that the majority of his constituents
were displeased with his services.
The law would not be applied, for he
would step down and out and help put
in office a man that would be quail
fled and appreciated.
And now as we rank as a leader,
and the possibilities brilliant in the
successful operation of our municipal
affairs let us forget any discrepan-
cies of the present and past and come
together as a unit and forever set
aside petty politics and make our city
worthy indeed of her good name, and
move on to greater and more stable
things than has ever characterized us
in the past. Respectfully,
E. c. Hearon.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-30
Constantly Grows in Favor

Within a period of six years no less
than one hundred and eighty-six cities
have discarded aldermanic govern
ment and adopted, in its stead, the
commission plan.
There are, at the present time,
good authority states, more than two
hundred cities seriously considering
the adoption of commission govern
ment.
There is no instance of city, once
throwing off the yoke of aldermanic
inefficiency, and adopting the commits
sion form of government, going back
to the old antiquated plan.
The population of cities, where al
dermanic government has been thrown
onto the scrap pile and commission
government adopted, range from one
hundred and fifty thousand down to
one or two thousand.
There is no instance, in either large
or small cities, where commission
government has not more than made
good the promises of it's advocates.
Here is partial list of cities where
commission government has been
adopted, together with a short synop-
sis of what has been accomplished in
those cities under the commission
plan:
Galveston was the first city to go
| under commission government, after
that city had been almost swept out
of existence by a great storm, left in
physical distress by the elements and
in financial distress by the aldermanic
government that had, previous to that
storm, been in control of affairs. Com
mission government in Galveston, with
In three years after its adoption, SCI
tied its outstanding obligations and
was put on cash basis and with its
credit restored to higher plane than
1t had ever been under aldermanic
government.
Houston, Texas, followed the ex-
ample of Galveston on January 1,1906.
When the commissioners took hold OF
Houston, its affairs were at a low
ebb, its credit worth about 80 cents
on the dollar, and tax of two dollars
on the thousand burdening its citi-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-30
n. 0. & N. {. GETS
ten DOLLAR fine
second offense, Blocking Main Street
Crossing Costs Twice As Mucn
AS First.

short session of the City Court
was held yesterday afternoon. The
case OF the City VS.. the N. o. & N. E.
Ry, for obstructing the Main street
crossing over the allotted time was lin
for hearing on complaint of Judoo
Johnson. The railroad company
pleaded guilty to the charge and a fine.
OF $40 and costs was assessed against
IT, The last time a charge of this
nature was preferred against the road
1t was fined IS and costs.
j. A Pryor, charged with assault ana,
battery on Will Trigg, was discbarood
aiter considerable testimony was
heard
ms morning Sylvester House wau
tried for calling the fire department 70
mobile street on a false alarm rwo
Greeks testified in the case and ono
OF TWO negroes. The evidence srb
united was not conclusive enoruh -
convict and Commissioner Fuller afto,
occurring the boy, discharged him
Inc accused caused considerable svm
pa'ny by reason of his youth being
louo In his protestations of his limo.
' experimenting his lamentations
Dy crying profusely during the inter
rogation by Mr.. Fuller
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-30
COMMISSION FORM OF GOVERN.
MENT.
Editor News:

Editor News:
In response to your invitation to a
free discussion of the issue now be-
fore the citizens of this city in de-
Gliding what form of Government is
best and most advantageous for the
people of Hattiesburg, l take this op-
portunity of placing before the public
my opinions, desires and admonitions
in regard to the Commission Govern
ment.
There has never been anything in
stituted by man that was perfect, and
we need not fiatter ourselves by ex.
pecting perfect results in this or any
other age of the world; but We can ex-
pect Improvement, and are capacitat-
ed to improve conditions. We can
not improve the past, but we can i'm
prove the present and prepare for the
future. Should the world begin to
move backward, the sun would rise in
the wrong place, and if there was no
dissatisfaction about it, the people
would at least be very much interest
ed about the strange phenomena, and
if Commission Government had no
dissenters it would be the first thing
in the history of the world that would
please everybody.
In-as-much as it is the intent of
any government to accomplish the
greatest measure of good for the
masses of the people, the Commission
form Of government has proved thus
far the best system of government in
other cities, and has demonstrated the
possibilities of economy and self-pre-
servation in Hattiesburg, and we are
only fifteen months old. If the proper
tionate amount of savings for the next
ten years are as great as it has been
the last year, all the debts of Hatties-
burg can be liquidated and taxes
placed at one-third of the present, and
AdF0 PiOhIy iuOucy IN Tie treasury.
This may seem ghost-story, but fig
ure it for yourself. ..-
But we can't hope for such a glori-
GUS thing as this. A limit will be
reached under any system, and neces-
stiles must be provided for. Any man,
corporation or government that be-
comes a victim to circumstances must
and will fail. We can make our own
circumstances and bring about such
conditions as We want, but it is due
to him who looks ahead and not back
ward. The man who is looking for a
failure is the man who is sure to find
it. He that is afraid to go forward
will never accomplish anything, and
he that has no aspirations for some.
thing better is not worthy of the
franchise that this great nation guar
antees to each of it's subjects.
l can not assign any reason why