The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-25
Editorial Page Of The Detroit Times
"A LESSON nv THIS MANS DEATH,
SO LET'S BE PLAIN ABOUT III

Thomas Edison should today The Times reporting the
fact its readers should him merely He great inventor
that would be of the service OF this man
his country and the world a large wouldn't it,
Though he had lived life usefulness and though this life
full what contained of industry of ambition
and enacy inspiration to the would have been
lost absolutely.
history merely George Washington that he led the cOn
with mention why the coOnist needed
said merely he fame by crossing the Delaware with
giving the
expedition history hero of his due and the
and would less of meaning and would make very
feeble appeal to patriotism.
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere young
Paul Revere simply jumped horse and drove IT
pm the that famous ride and sensing this
purpose spirit hold the youth and the light
his sparkling eye S easy understand
History tells the Washington and the colon
poem explains ride different from that
the who might Jump old BObns back o'clock
in the morning go looking for the cows
chronicng the passing Thomas Ed
would the achievements of the wizard and give the story
inspiring life because the the
that which there histories
happenings the lives of famous back in another
ag-to inspire preach through
printing urge lofty purpose the pitfa
o
this purpose the opinion that the Detroit
this failed completely.
A man died in Detroit few days ago by his hand
The drowned himself.
The told Rouge
clothesne tied spike running down into the water
They told the dock pulled the line and the end
the ifeless body Bear Vandel
object leaving newspapers
purpose letting their
WHY vandel took his life
They why. but they didn't tell their readers.
They didn't tell their they should have done that vande
took he told that he had syphilis.
They said told he had a disease
vande syphilis by throwing
as warning they might escape affection
whether his remind society
Of a duty it has neglected
So why newspapers telling
plain speech deprive youngest readers of the
important lesson contained
public discussion syphilis refrain calling
a spade a spade2
To false modesy charged great spread
this social plague
This same false modesy stands now between the welfare rising
generation the teaching hygiene schools prejudice
against which has driven and noble from the
tendcy Of Chcagos schools
As result of education victims today than
it did 10 years ago.
Through education and by plain speech will
ton of society by social disease be removed.
help mankind to warning to the young
The world owes more than it does to the next man. afflicted
kind who would the mamony and bring the children
Of such father into the world
Let the father of son. falsely as the newspaper which
print syphilis decide this question:
the through the fields with should
poison ivy point the boy
should happen the field later alone would
let the lad his chancesf
boy will from snake because he and
that the bite of the snake is poisonous and fatal
Why should there be Unidentified him disease mon
ster7
why should he not know NAME and all about it so that he
the deadly rather that
\ ness in which the monster attacks
be left Of
of life from the talk of
having may live why
shoud the language that will clear
and the warning plain9