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Let's do so. Civilization is more than
wealth and industry and thrift and in
vention. What more? Civilization is the
near realization of the ideals of the best
men and women of the race Isn't that
high above the plane of material things +?
We must aim higher than dollars or
The bugs will beat us.
Paraphrasing the words of another, one
easily might put int2 the mouth OF M.
Fabre the saying:
THE more I know about some people
the more l think of bugs
II you contemplate some important step
in business without consulting your WIFE
Dont!'
Her womans insight is likely to be
worth as much as your deliberate reason
ing.
Some one says
when man has toiled step by step
up flight of stairs to the top OF some
woman, though she may not be able to
tell how she got there"
A man reaches his conclusion by the
slow steps of deliberate logic. Instructive
'ly a woman reaches 1t by single bound.
Especially is the average woman quick
to see the right and wrong of propo-
sitlon. Jumping over subtle distinctions
and evasive phrasing, she lands at once
on the sure ground of eternal rightness.
'Ethically woman Is a seer.
Most of all, clear and wide are the
eyes of a wife in a matter involving the
good name of her family.
When in doubt consult your wife.
A wife's judgment is usually good in
business matters. With her keen insight
into human nature she often Will be
able to tell you whether or not you may
trust man.
Give your honor into her keeping.
There was Victoria Colonna, one of the
strong women of history. Her husband
was a loyal friend of the great Charles
v. At one time Cclonna was offered the
crown of Naples IL he would join the
league against Charles. Though strong
~ tempted, he asked his wife's advice.
She babe him reject the offer.
Not every woman would refuse to se
-queen.
But most wives would!
Because the project meant base be-
irayal and treachery. and the heart Of Z
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universally conceded that no state had
stronger brace OF senators than Ala
bama during that period of southern
rehabilitation He was not conspicuous
as a speechmaker in the Senate cham
Der. though he was not silent. for as
occasion demanded he was heard, and
always effectively. When he did arise
to speak he commanded universal atten-
ton. partly because of the high esteem
In which he was held and partly be-
cause 1t was understood that when Sem
ator Pugh spoke 1t was with well di-
gested views on measures of great i'm
portance. lie retired from the Senate
in 1897 being at that time II years
old, and returned to his home at Eu-
faula whore he resided till his death.
A review Of the careef of tho life of
Mr.. Pugh will reveal the fact that In
all his emergencies from private life
1t was in response to recognized duty.
He was not spectacular, and never re-
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find happiness. cultivate the outward
looking. forward looking mind.
Face the sun.
When you stand with your back to it
the shadow Is in front of you. When
you face the sun the shadow is behind
For many years a great Frenchman
J. H. Fabre, has studied the habits
and manner OF life of bugs.
Just bugsl
You crush them with your feet. I'M
thinking To you they are just bugs;
to Fabre they are -sentient beings, al
most people.
The bugs strongest instinct is the
proper protection of its young. and it's
strong sense of parenthood leads it to
turn architect and builder. 1t builds
some wonderfully fine apartments
The bug builds warehouses and stor-
age plants. where it provides food for
It's young. 1t pays more attention to
ventilation than do some people. pro-
viding air chambers. Then, having
made suitable preparation. it lays its
eggs and goes its way content to die.
Can you beat the bug?
Sets you to thinking
For instance. we people of today
boast of our civilization. And what is
our civilization? Go to the big books.
The authors tell you in big words that
civilization is the production of surplus
wealth, the organization of industry.
the dispersion of thrift among the peo-
pie. and--that's about all.
Now
hundred years ago the great
Frenchman Guizot told us that civiliza-
ton of that sort was no better than
that of the bees and the ants. And
now Febre tells us the bugs are civil
lized that much.
The bees produce surplus wealth;
they organize industry and dispense
thrift better than we. And SO of the
bugs. -.
More than that
Bees and ants and bugs organize
governments. Why the ant MIL under
your feet is better governed better
policed--there are more law and order
than in any peopled city of the world.
Well, then
Is it not plain that we must have a
different definition Of civilization or the
bugs will best us1
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true woman Is turned against such base
ness.
Even from prudential point of view
the advice of Colonnas wife was good.
To be PROMISED a thing is not always to
get 1t.
Make your wife your partner.
She is your best friend, the most vital
ly concerned in your outcome. She is
your most competent and honest COUNSEL
or. II she is normal woman she Will
keep your feet out OF the mire of wrong
doing.
Take no important step without a con-
ference with her She will be glad and
proud to have your confidence and may
be able to suggest ways and means
of Accomplishment.
Two neads are better than one,'' es-
peeially IL one is woman's head"
A gracious and unusual thing hap
pened in New York city the other day
body of pretty shopgirls went out on
strike because their homely sisters were
not given fair treatment by the foreman
of the factory.
Isn't that fine?
Why should foremen and heads of de-
partments give preference and show
courtesy to pretty employees. reserving the
hard tasks and the harsh words for
those less favored by nature?
It Is unfair.
Why should the handsome girl have
the advantage of the homely girl?
1t is a common saying that woman is
q severe and heartless judge OF her sister
woman; CHAT womans inhumanity to
woman makes countless millions mourn.
But
Here is an exception. These good look
ing girls, toiling at their ship tasks I'M
der conditions i'll suited for bringing out
the best and noblest qualities. show a
commendable spirit of justice and gen.
crosby.
They have revolted. putting In peril
their lives in behalf of their homely sis
ters
Now
There must be something in the In
dustrial conditions where women are en-
ployed together that makes for sympathy
ans helpfuIness.
You are not likely to discover such a
bond of common interest and feeling In
the so-called higher circles of society.
The belle Of the bali room v not apt
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HEART TO HEART TALKS-By Edwin A. Nye

though sometimes she did raise her
voice impatiently. what a lot of things
she had to vex her, the poor dearl
Mrs. John also thought
Why did she lose her temper? OF
course she was feeling bad this MORN
ing. True, John was forgetful about
little things, but after all he was a
very good husband. He worked hard
and stayed at home evenings. How
kind he had been when she was very
Ill! He remembered her birthdays.
And with fearful eyes she called TO
memory how he stood by her side in
the vlgils of the night, and how to-
gether they had fought black death
away from the baby's cradle, and
When John came home in the even
ing they looked into each others eyes,
smiled and we're glad.
But
What has happened may happen
again-and again.
If John and his wife shall not learn
from their domestic difficulties the
need of dignity and poise and forbear-
ance and silence II they shall not
are peace and love and resignation; If
they shall not realize that tho tremen-
dous issues of married life are depend
ent upon patience and Kindness and self
contro and forgiveness--upon such
triflles as fixing the back door. why
Let US hope they may learn.
Tell the mothers not to scold their boys.
Never in my life did I say You shall
not to my children. They were ruled by
love and never disappointed me.
Did | not know the woman who said
that-and her children--I should be-
lleye her given to exaggeration. She is
rare woman.
Why scold the boy?
To be sure. he is noisy and very much
In the way sometimes. He comes into
the house like wihriwind sprawls at
tables, leases the eat, makes faces at his
sister and is everlastingly in evidence
gave when he is asleep. But
The boy is built for noise.
He is bursting with vitality and must
have an escape waive. He is making him
self fit physically. He is In process
of man making.
Do not scold him for what he cannot
help.
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After the entrance Of Mr.. Pugh on the
practice of law for number of years
he was chosen an elector on the Taylor
ticket, and later still was a Buchanan
elector. Thus before the people his way
to congress was opened, and as a MEM
Der of the house of representatives he
was chosen in 1858. The outbreak Of the
war occurring two years later like all
othes southern members he withdrew
from congress, shared in the. secession
sentiment of the state and was among
the first to enlist as volunteer from
Alabama in the service of the Confed-
eracy. He was enrolled as a private SOL
der in the first Alabama regiment Of in
fantry.
He shouldered his musket and went
with his command to Pensacola where
he underwent all the fortunes of sol
der in the ranks, declining any consid-
era tion because of the position which he
had held as a member of the national
congress. Numerous were the offers
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K HIsTUR EDDITUR-The grte
MI National Demmicratic Conrn-

X HISTUR EDDITUR-The grtte
M National Demmicratic Confn-
sion is thing of the past To
the survivors the memory of it wiplive
like the recollecsion of bad deem,
or case of smallpox. So muh had
been sed and promised abov har-
morny and good feeling that AVERY
boldly went there prepared II fall on
each uther's neck. They didso. And
usually it took about three policemen
to pri them loose.
Willyum ]. Bryan the Crp Reporter
worked overtime in creating har-
morny-not. He droppedhis arduous
labors at Chicargo, wher he had been
watching the dreemy fand peaceful
proceedings of nominathg a presiden-
tial cannydate by tb steem roller
route, and where he ha listened to the
calm and causious ttterenses of T..
Roosefelt until he eraved sum reel
exsitement, and he fame to Baltimoor
with the full determination to smite
Predatory Wealth few healthy smote
where it would % the most good.
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ner an address to the students of Aber-
deem, in a magazine called "Nu Spelling"
An eminent editor observes: This inev-
itably gives it an appearance of singular
faulty, like the broad grin on toothless
face" The eminent editpr recommends
the work of Artemus Ward and Josh Bill
ings to those who are dissatisfied with the
ordinary spelling, because in these cases
the departure from orthodoxy is as far as
Mr.. Carnegie's and Infinitely more anus
ing" Referencesjto the young man Of
Scotland's rule, Tueh not, etc, and to
every thred' we weave, and to the fact
that we have @errd' in act and 'thot,"
affect the editor with a "a grim and
dreary smils." If "thred," why not
''evry"?
could write much on the spelling ac-
cepted in certain newspaper offices, great
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able amount of energy solving the aues-
ton, What is that werd7 And the first
law of style is thus broken, the law of
economy of force. You stop a moment,
and you are a little annoyed to lose time
over needless Obstacles unless indeed you
are reading for the sneer pleasure of
meeting the Dissatisfaction Mr., Carnegie
comes along, catches our owls and our
porcupines, denudes them of feathers and
quilts and challenges us to distinguish
them, l for one, feel willing to hurl them
at his aged head Call that an owl? I
demand, what kind or an owl? 1 can't
read the book for the words.
We want our English words in their
dear, familiar feathers and quilts. Who
wants to change after years of blessed
experience? You talk of the children,
and plead pathetically for saving their
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ly to be deplored. The FORMATION of past
lenses without doubling a final eonsonant
is a case of false economy, saving print
ers ink at the expense of the readers
annoyance. l used word just now
Non plussed." Alas, how often have
seen 1t naked and shivering and decorti-
Gated as "Nonplusedv' Another horror is
Kidnapped insistently making one think
of his neck instead Of lost child. But of
these enormities 1 do not now discourse.
They belong not to reformation, but to
ignorance and error. I discourse only of
wilful enormities at this time.
1 remember in college days being put
forward to debate concerning spelling re-
form and winning cheap victory for the
established customs against medical
student. And In % years it is hard to see
precisely what progress has been made by
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"OR soil and substantial worth
without ornament or frippery, no
p son O Alabama has surpassed the
Hon, JamesL. Pugh. His presence and
bearing, his conversation and speeches
conveyed tlt same idea. Utterly without
ostentation,he acted and spoke with an
evident abence of self-consciousness.
Mr.. Pugl was a man OF stable rather
than shinIg qualities, hence he was an
intensely PRACTICAL man. He was indif-
terent to nothing of interest, was never
aiperficial and regarded everything from
tie viewpoint of the practical. He was
sAdious judicial in his cast of mind. az
cohservaiye temperament and deliberate
of speed Often animated In public adj
dress. b was never excitable or ex
plosive. His every utterance indicated
deliberaon.
The ear of his birth was Identical
with TIT of the admission of Alabama
into tn Unlon-1s19. He came from hardy
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tolls at the spelling book? I quote to you
a saying of st. PAUL. ut Is meet that the
children should lay up Tor the parents"
BY and bye the children themselves will
be glad because they were not placed
in a world where philanthroplsts had
eliminated the difference between all the
verbal fauna. or made every geranium
look like every orchid.
1 could find 1t in my heart for instance
to say to Edward J. Wheeler. who Is re-
forming our spelling through the pages
of his magazine, Current Literature,
friend, please do more or lessi We grant
you that our spelling Is full of incongru-
tiles But do not change one here and
there until You can go at them ALL for
your results leave us moro incongruities.
new and unfamiliar. The old ones we
admit as old friends. The new ones we
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the reform" We continue to get our lit
erature saturated with the English genius,
and except that a few pspers eourageously
drop the ugh" in though and through,
there are few astonishing signs. As
though tho" ever could be though, or
thru through
Sight reading. as it Is called. means
reading the whole word, and not the let
tiers. You recognize the word at glance,
just as you distinguish between a poreu-
pine and an owl And 1t is custom, your
own personal custom, tnat has made the
word familiar enough to be so recognized
Take the words quoted from Mr.. Carne-
gie Yupg, nu, tuch, etc. You do not
recognize them. They remind you rather
of Chinese laundries, Russian expletives
from Tolstoy, or something from Sven
Hardin. Your mind loses some appreci-
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no yd remember the legend about
tht ancient Greek from which
- Abllo took the backward look
ing mind
All thiEs became new.
The Wild was transformed to that
Greek. Hr the first time he saw how
beautiful was the world. Flowers he
lad nodyet seen bloomed under his
Xfeet. nd stars shone over his head,
<Snd thd changing moods of nature
3I3illed hA with delight.
ii whyf
q The hange was not in the world,
|, but in ihe Greek His mind had been
ward to the happiness and
Fthe gtf of the past Now he looked
I cutwat and forward to the beauty
Hand tb Joy all about him.
a In DR. day is no Apollo to take away
jkhe hckward looking mind, more's
the ny.
III Bui the symbolism holds.
III May Of Us need to have our minds
Ifeveted.
kt 1 know a woman who persists in
&bo1jng backward and who always
of a day when her people were
Mel and accustomed to many luxuries
e is now denied. She is constantly
11loring a situation she cannot help.
does not live save in former day.
rorse than Lots wife, who took a
gle look over her shoulder she al
8 faces backward
/Enow a man whose constant theme
regret is the fact that he ever
hged his business. He did well, he
y, at the old place and was a fool to
Age. Certainly he Is doing little
q at his new place, largely for the
on that he is forever barking back
IA to the old.
e needs an Apollo.
lder persons are apt to foster the
kward looking habit. Says grand
from his chimney corner: There
no days like the good old days.
y, when l was young
Dor grandpa!
le magnifies the past. minimizes the
lent and omits the future. He Is
lg, like some trees. at the top =
bu cannot change the past, but you
discount the present and spoil the
Ire by refusing to live III the one
Ito face the other
be successful, to stay young. ia
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<<Y CAN SPIN big words" said the Lit
tie by. "All right" replied his
i sdpetor Friend. spell kitten"
The Boy vas non-plussed, but kept a
brave face 'T can do more than that.
can spell ca"
Our sympthy is with the little boy, and
always hasbeen. So the humanity of the
age has ben expressing itself since Noah
webster 8 day in a ''simplified' orthog
raphy. Tie great weight of Mr.. Carne-
gie's Influence and even that of Mr.
Roosevelt have been added to the move
ment, ami there come to our hands now
and then magazines printed in askew, the
whole language squeezed out of shape, SO
to speak by tie cruel weight of these
eminent men, Ihilanthropically squashing
the readers soil.
Mr. .Carnegieprints In the revised man.
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, Strides of Science

From the Philadelphia Record.
There was thin and nervous woman.
who could not sleep. She visited her phy-
stefan, and lie said:
did you eat anything just before going
to bed?"
"Oh. no, DOCTOR" the patient replied
We'll" said the physician, "just keep a
glass of milk and some biscuit beside you,
and every night, the last thing you do,
make a light meal"
But. DOCTOR cried the lady, you
told me on no account to eat anything be-
fore retiring"
Pooh. pooh" said the doctor, ''that WAS
three months ago. Science has made 1noes
nous strides since thea"
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scorn For instance, you substitute 2 for
s. where is hard. and so give us the
word "exercize." Brother, 1t annoys me.
l dont know 1t. Why did you not pre-
pare me? You should nave spelt was
waz. as az. and wages wagez. Thoze
wordz are all liez to me becoz they mas
querade in unreeognizable form and
DRESS
Far be It from me to suppose that such
a further change, universal as English
speech. is quite impossible. Already our
ladies have adopted tho Japanese skirt,
and they may soon all be olling their hair
and decorating like those OF the court of
ancient Yedo. So also we may some day
quite reorganize our 'wordz" for the sake
of consistency. But as Hezekiah tho
king, so we may thank the Lord that
there shall be peace In our days!
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devotion the silence was broken by a
womans voice. and she alone of all the
congregation was singing. 1t was my
hymn and sung by the pathetic voice
of a girl who had been lifted from the
slums. With tears in her voice, on her
Bonded knees, she walled
''Why will you die,
Why will you die?
Sinner, sinner why?"
The words and melody melted into one.
II was. too, the wall of O heart that knew
what 1t was to ache. l doubt II the
Song / heard sung by the first singer
OF France, In a great church in Paris,
was more acceptable to the father of
us all.
| beg to mention a few well known
hymns that have, as I venture to think,
positive merit and deserve TO live.
Bernard of Clairvaux wrote, "Salve
Caput Cruentatum.'' 1t was translated
into German by Gerhardt, and read. 80
Haupt VOL Blut and Wunden." 1t appears
In the hymnals of the churches now as
20 Sacred Head Once Wounded"
Bernard's poetic ability together with
his exalted piety enabled him to give the
world In this Christian song one OF its
tenderest and best hymns. Bernard wrote
many hymns, among them that exquisite
lyric,
The Detroit times., 1912-08-15
ALEX. WATSON
203 Hammond Bldg.

SEVERAL MODERN HOUSES
and Bungalows have just been COM
pleted out JeffeTson-ave. within walk
ing distance OF factories. fine restric-
tons, seven and eight room, oak
finish. electric light. full basement
and furnace An ideal location for
a home. Prices $500 TO $3.50. Pay
ments $500 down. balance as rent
Call 425 Pennsylvania Hickory
AGA or Crest 1874
The Detroit times., 1912-08-15

MARRIAGES

Joseph Pandek, 45: Euther HaGy. 10
Joseph \. Donkowski. 20. Detroit
Anna r Plechowlsk %. Bay CITY
Edward Koran "a, Cleveland, o An
ma Spath. 22. same.
Leonardo Russo, %. Fara Colombo
John Hanley. -; Iva Dono "a
Chas G stone, "a, Jennie :. Cooper
Yonka Cans "a Barbara Poravio. Is
Harry X. Eztler 33. Anna c. +. M'ea,
ell 81.
Frank A Duwe rs Ina r Pratt. -
Charles Mafrenbury, "a Ettie wies'
enthal, 20
Rudolph Passorek. -; Hannah Kro
meri, %.
Edwin Sanders. IS Annie f Dravee
Carl Il ebert %. Detroit. Jeani,
Muirshead 30, Bay city. Mich
John Gruca. 80. Janlna Falendysz, Is
Boleslaw Wrobel 22; Victoria Latom'
ska. %
Max Rosen. AZ Windsor Can. AIMS
Arisall. 81 Detroit
James II Pooley. 81. Toledo. .
Frances McIlvain IL. same
Pat Maxim. 30 Hart Mich; Anna
Price. 80. Detroit
VIM. futile. IS Florence Jahnke. ~
Amos T. Duclo. So Elizabeth Tucker
Felix LesnokowskI, 81 Catherine
Sless, 10
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