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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-22
THE MELTING POT
CONF: TAkE POLLOCK WITH Us.

That these two Plymouth Rock hens
won't lay?"
They will" they replied. Join the
grange"
Chorus:
I'll do it," Tom said. Take all four
degrees.
Just give It to me any old way"
So they did IL last Friday in Battle
Creek grange.
And Tommy gets four eggs a day.
Chorus:
Battle Greek Enquirer.
Decatur. Ind. we presume the mem
those absent, as they ply their need
les, and the others nod.
WE have long felt that school
teachers should adopt some means of
~cOncealing their identity. Usually
you can tell them as far as the eye
can reach. Now an Indiana institute
lecturer has provided for the men.
She advises them TO wear red neck
ties and purple hose on rainy days,
but is strangely silent about the
women. Perhaps she believes in the
power OF suggestion.
Batter Up.
(Burr Oak AcOrn.)
BY a recent issue of The Copper
Era we notice that Mrs. Olive Teal
Stevens Of Morenci, AriZ.. is retain
ing her we'll merited reputation as
an artist i'm preparing good eats. 1t
will not be surprising to her many
friends in Burr Oak, her former home,
20 learn that in a spirited cake bak-
ing contest given by the Daughters of
RahaEah of that nlaan che aaGfly vrnn
first prize. Sc in cash. The award
was made following tests, eXamina-
ton of texture, seasoning and the
finer points of domestic science.
GENTLEMEN haunting the high
ways and byways of Washington in
search of political spoils will get a
much needed rest and have an op-
portunity to spend Christmas with
their families. The presidents vaca-
ton will also be restful.
THE prospective adjustment OF
e. free lunches in Chicago promises to
materially reduce the number Of the
unemployed.
The Red Cross Seal
(Kansas City %JOurnal.)
The Red Cross seal. it means a deal
to those in alley ways:
ON such as these that dread disease,
tuberculosis, preys.
To humble homes contagiOn comes
and fills those homes with woe
The Red Cross seal is an appeal foI
funds TO fight the foe.
The Red Cross seal brings welcome
veal to those who nave scant
nope.
With nothing done, the foe is one with
which they can not cope.
The man who knows about their woes
and for their sorrows feels
Will help supply the funds and buy
a lot of Red Cross seals.
VINCENT ASTOR and his fiancee
at a tive-cent picture show presents
the reverse side of a champagne APP
petite and "A beer income.
LAST call for Christmas shoppers.
THE stores close Dec. 25.
&C. y. +.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-22

little boy who had climbed into her
lap. DO YOU remember how as
girls. we declared we would never
marry? We We're going TO have
careers. You were to study music
and I art. Wasn't that it," Helen
smiled and nodded.
What foolish ideas girls have"
holding closer the little form in her
arms. "As though any career would
compensate a woman for her mar
and her child. Oh. my dear. there
is no happiness in the world like that
of a happy wife n mother.
Yes" repeated Helen wistfully.
gazing out at a towering bush in the
yard. There is no happiness like
that Of a happy wife and mother"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-22

panics which have wrought d~estruc-
ton 10 commercial and industrial
interests and that up to date the cur
rency bill now before congress is the,
best remedy offered.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-22
HIGH APPKOVAL.

The Continental and Commercial
bank and the Merchants Loan and
Trust company of Chicago are
among the considerable number of
banking institutions which have made
tentative application for admission to
the reserve system provided for in
the banking and currency bill nov
about to become a law.
George NJ. Reynolds. president of
the former. and f. u. Hubert. vice
president Of the latter. have ac-
cepted the bill and expressed the
opinion hat when Il becomes a law
it will operate 10 prevent "a recur-
renee of financial paniCs and assure
more staple money and business con
ditions throughout the country. The
attitude Of these two men will have .
wide influence in the middle west in
creating public confidence in the
measure.
These authorities on nance do not
admit that the bill is without objec-
tionable features. but they believe the
common interest of the people and
the banks will bring about such
amendments as may be deemed
necessary TO remove Objectionable
features. Much will depend. these
~hnanciers believe on the appointment
made by the president under the bill
and the wise administration OF the
law.
II can scarcely be expected that the
currency bill should be more free
from Objectionable features or less
subject 10 change than other inn
portant legislation which is more or
less u~navoidably an experiment. The
sherman antitrust law is "a shining
example. That law is universally
recognized as imperfect. but It has
done its work SO we'll that SO far
all plans 10 amend it or ~re-enforce
il have ended with the making of
them.
Many with statements have been
made about the currency bill and
some Of its provisions were bitterly
fought by bankers and representatives
OF the money trust. but these antag-
onisms will be ov~ershadowed by the
good opinion OF such men as John
N. Reynolds and r. u. Hubert The
basic principles Of the bill being
sound the superstructure may be
somewhat defective without impairing
its usefulness as a law.
The gist OF the thing is that some
provision must be made 70 prevent
the frequently recurring hnarcial
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-22

@. no, there has never been a mer-
ger between the American Telephone
and Telegraph company and the
Western Union. The development of
the mutual relations between the
two has been merely Of a compli-
mentary character. or an extension by
each of the others facilities. T. n.
Vail. president of both companies.
aid So himself
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-22
THAT CHE{ISTNf,s FFFLING.

-
Christmas was a-coming.
My pants were sOrely rent,
! turned my pockets yer
But couldn't find a cent.
/ thought of many relatives,
OF countless friends knew.
And Vet through all my pockets
l couldn't find a sol
do your Xmas shopping early"
Put me in a pickle.
For ! turned my pockets owe
But couldn't find a nickel.
Saw many things I wanted.
And tears / could have shed.
When ! turned my pockets over
And couldn't find a red"
L'EnvOi.
Christmas comes but once a year
And still 1t Is a yoke
For l turn my pockets over
And find I'm always broke.
j. AXE.
OBSERVATION teaches that the
man who pit rs himself is. i'm the
wei known nine cases out OF ten. a
has-been and cannot come back; also,
that his is the only pity bestowed
upon him.
THE man in hard luck who takes
his medicine without "A grimace is
the one who gets the sympathy and
the helping hand
THE world has about as much use
for a gutter as a good cook has for
a cold-storage egg.
HOW TO MAKE HENS LAY.
Tune: "Old Lang Syne."
A Pennfeld farmer had two hens,
And neither one would lay,
Though he fed them both on ensilage
AND the best alfalfa hay.
Chorus:
You've got TO Join the grange, my
dear.
You've got to join the grange;
Ii you want to make your old hens lay,
You've got TO join the grange.
He paid four bits for storage eggs
Flo his wife to make a cake.
The eggs were poor and the cake was
worse,
And they both had the tummy-ache.
Chorus:
But these two hens kept up their
strike
Til they made the farmer sick;
So he sold both hens to Tommy Jones,
Who lives near Battle Creek.
Chorus:
Now Tommy had a fertile farm.
And kept a herd Of cows,
Two horses, a dog and one old cat,
And n couple of Berkshire sows.
Chorus:
He added these hens to his other stock,
And fed them every day;
And took the advice Of a poultry
expert.
But the blamed old hens wouldn't
lay.
Chorus:
Luke Smith and Frank hinges met
him one day,
And to them. said be, "Ain't it
strange
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-22

All official Washington. including
the president and his family. will eat
buckwheat cakes Christmas morning
as a courtesy from Sen. oliver. who
distributed 1876 bags of Pennsylvania
buckwheat flour about the capital.
And they do say hat Pennsylvania
buckwheat makes YOU scratch TO
beat the dog.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-22

We have the word Of George W.
Perkins that the professed reform OF
the republican party is a sham. and
surely Mr.. Perkins would not SAY
such an unkind thing unless il is
true.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-22

Members OF the conference COM
mittees are expected TO pack flaws in
the currency bill. That is one OF
the things they were appointed for.
But they Will also be expected TO do
their picking early.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-22
THOSE RzPUBLIcAN PRAYERS.

II Is interesting to note the keenness
with which the republicans in congress
are able 10 scent some kind Of forth
coming hard times as the result of the
legislation recently placed and about
TO be placed upon the federal statute
books by the democrats.
Shaky industrial conditions, under
republican rule. are, of course. due TO
natural causes. but it is different
when the reins have been turned over
10 democracy. Even the panic Of
1907 could not be charged against the
republican party. for Theodore Roose-
Welt, though elected as a republican,
was TO become a bull mooser and so
the panic OF 1907 must be charged
against the bull moosers.
Says Jim Mann, the republican bell
COW OF the house:
II attribute the condition part
ly to the tariff bill. partly TO the
threat Of political control of
banking and currency, partly TO
other things. and finally to the
general lack OF ability on the part
OF the democratic party to govern
the country"
~ - ~ 0RRNF+Ae ~ ~
a tall, lapk school master in the white
house. that the chronic makers of
panics have up TO date, at least, been
careful how 10 monkey with.
when tariff and currency legislation
was first raEen up, IL will be racelled
that all st. decided that there must be
a furry and a scarcity of money. but
u-hnn Cnrrr NTaNann refaraI -. ttvr
$50, 600, 900 over to the country banks
in case OF necessity-nOte that he said
country banks, not Wall st.-the furry
subsidized and IL was found that the
currency wasn't needed.
The protected manufacturers about
the same time made out that in case
the tariff law passed. they would have
TO shut down their plants and the his
tory OF 1898 would have to be repeat
ed.
Secy. Of Commerce Redfeld answer
ed in behalf of his department. and
presumably for the president, that any
such shut down" would be thorough
~ investigated. and that any one found
unduly responsible for the consequent
hard times, would have to suffer the
consequences.
II was even limited that he closed
plants might be placed in the hands
of a receiver. and conducted for the
beneit OF the people, should the de-
mands of the times require it.-and
there has been no industrial panic
following the passage of the new
tariff law.
Maybe all his is "a lack of ability
on the part OF the democratic party
10 govern the country. but evidently
there is a man in the white house.
backed by a cabinet, that the panic
makers do not care To monkey with.
Maybe. too. the realization OF this, is
what is making Mr.. Mann so anxious
anxious because of his blasted hopes.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-22

DO your Christmas eating slowly,
You can cat more
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-22
STATESMEN, REAL
AND NEAR.
BY FRED G. KELLY.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 22.-Nothing
eve bothers William G. McAdoo, sec
rotary of the treasury, unless it's a lit
tie thing.
The great affairs OF his office never
interrupt the calm, even tenor of his
way al all. And If he had TO ride a
steel girder up 10 the top of a sky
scrape in the curse of the days
work, as he did on one occasion when
the Hudson terminal buildings were
under construction. hat would not
even muss up his eyebrows.
But if he can't find his fountain pen
when he wants it-that is something
else again.
A mouse can stampede a whole
flock of elephants, and a lost fountain
pen can completely upset the office of
the secretary of the treasury.
Just why McAdoo's fountain pen
should always be scampering out of
sight and hiding itself away in odd
hooks and %crevices among the things
on his desk, he does not know. He
only knows that when he wants il the
pen is never around. McAdaa signs
his name with a rather peculiar -four
ish and takes his pen la hand in a
father peculiar way. 1t is an unusual
fountain e he uses, too, a massive.
~goldbOund pen that will hold enough
ink at n filling 10 write the whole
book OF Genesis. McAdoo likes ia use
that pen and no other. If he gets
ready TO sign a lot of papers and the
pen is not there, when he remembers
distinctly Of having it right there only
a minute before, "a storm breaks out.
AT the time of such cataclySms, all
the messengers and st-enOgraphers
about hat suite of Offices step into
the breach and help search for Nc
Adoo's pen. The hunt is a stirring
event while il lasts.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-22

However, the main idea of this
story was not to tell about McAdoO's
pen but about his first meeting with
the dictaphone.
For a long time. beginning with a
previous administration, treasury Off
Gals had no their desks a little out
fit by means of which they could talk
to one another without the bother of
calling up through the departments
central exchange. This form of die
taphOne had no arrangement for re-
cording conversation, but il one press
ed a little button and the man at the
other end pressed another little but
ton, conversation might arise out of
the thing as if from out of no where,
and one could listen without the use
of a telephone receiver. Talk over
the device always sounded queer
like the noise of a little dog barking
away off somewhere in the distance
but even at that the thing was on
sidered handy.
Now, McAdoo had been in office for
some time before he knew there was
such an institution about his desk as
a distaphone. When he learned ii
was there he was seized instantly with.
a boyiSh desire to see how it work
ed" So one or two of his office as
sistants undertook TO show him..
You see" they told him, you
press this little jigger here and that
till the man at the other end presses
on making a slight buzzing sound un-
starts the thing to buzzing. 1t keeps
his button. Then when the buzZing
signal ceases you talk. Or you can
stop the buzZing by pressing this little
thing right over here"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
YEAR IF TRIAL
WEDDING FINDS
BRIDE CONTENT
Wife, q, Says Novel Match
Proves Truth of Theory That
Freedom Holds Love.

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 20.-One Of
the country's best known trial mar
riages has proved to be a success af-
ter a year according to Mrs. Julia
Davis Chandler. of this city, whose
daughter, Miss HeIoise chandler. was
married to Carleton W. Washburne, a
student at the University of Chicago,
at Los Angeles a year ago.
An agreement was reached by
which each was to enjoy a sense of
absolute freedom, and was TO be tied
down by none of the conventions. The
death of love in either party to the
contract was to be the signal for free,
unostentatiOus separation.
in a letter which her mother has
received from the trial bride the latter
wrote:
The fact that we know ourselves
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
BECOMES
MILLIONAIRE IN
JUST ONE YEAR
Burr Byxbee, of South Norwalk,
Left Sl0-a-Week lob; Makes
Millions in South America.

NEW YORK. Sept. 20.-Young man.
go South,
That is the advice that comes from
Clarence Burr Byxbee. a year ago a
$lo-a-week insurance clerk in MS
home town. Norwalk, Conn, but NV
the possessor OF more than 100000
as the result Of mining operations IN
south America. He is p years old.
Success came with leaps and
bounds. A student of theosophy and
deep thinker. Byxbee met Miss
stella Chinilla, daughter of a wealth.
Chilian planter and the possessor If
a 100000 dowry. She, too, was in
terested in the New Thought" move
ment and it was this that brough,
them together.
The. wedding was double one. for
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21

her sister Irene was married at the
same tine TO Charles r. Hammers
ley. teacher from their home town,
Valparaiso Chilli The nuptials TOOK
place in Brooklyn August 80. 1912.
This IS the land Of opportunity. 80
Bvxbee wrote his widowed mother.
Mrs. Eunice J. ByXDee, in Norwail.
Everything is in the embryo state
and anybody with energy can MAKE
money fast. Just watch me"
Now he IS rich. He has purchased
a modest home in Iuuique. Chill. the
center of his operations. His young
wife Is spreading her ideals and
thoughts among her native people.
Byxbee writes he viii come ba tx
home when he has made his third
million Norwalk is preparing Z
rousing reception for ByNbee when he
comes back, and it Is s. / that the
mayorship will be offered him.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Husband Kept From
Church by Wife, Sues
Wealthy Pennsylvania Man Takes
Trip to Reno When Religious
Devotions Are Stopped.

RENO. Sept. 20.-James G. Shep-
ard. Of Scranton, Pa, unable TO esti-
mate his wealth because it IS mostly
standing timber in the Northwes'.
said he had a wife who would not ts'
him 20 to church. TIE testified in his
divorce case to-day that Jennie Shep-
ard. his wife, however, told him no
might go to church to live. She per-
nafnaily nagged, he asserted, ami
snoiIed a nine months trip abroad ii
that manner. Finally she threatened
him with a revolver as he was dress
ing for church.
He left her January 10 last. Shep-
ard owns a famous art collection
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
GOLD CROWN PLACED
ON PRIZE C0LLIE'S TOOTH

GRAFTON. W. VA, Sept 2O.-Dr.
y. z. Sha: has placed a gold crown
on a broken tooth Of his prize collie.
In a fight some time ago tho dog had
one Of its teeth broken off The bro
ken tooth interfered with the dogs
eating so last Sunday Dr.. Shat put
IN a gold tooth.
The dog objected strenuously to
the operation, but after the work was
over seemed delighted with il.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21

s ,or,at,as e.r
OF good, plump s'"""
instance. this year. but have not seen
10 On stated anywhere. Yet it is a
~. fu Atlanta with
ia'l 'ha' no" "'' - III I'.i,r -
perhaps an "GCa iolldl ~. 49, bst ~
p''H ,oaS,i',.''' - go,
Ih'Iii OF uISPl's ''i's Atlanta
ne W ne VI ,I',, - %
HAY ~ '", HaIl, 40 ~, 40 N-oen
H. toes I'D 'r''s.lE NJ, a.U ~ 80
Nl'Ie EtlS "''., ,oi'I.''o ~ ~ k,ia,,.,
money man - wan "a 50 ''''
ho.n'N', per n ~ ,. - t,,.ot,.
lIu'N X Is, .,,,5 ,ha,,t A.
come '"7l az ~ '.'''" "a t,1,,,i.i 9.
anna 'i' 'ii' - - 49,, So.
'"nS T's"it9 '7i liDn' -
NISIl i'I4gi,"l ,i7..,,.'l,r"s So agge
7N''L ltil"'' - ~ -, a.
IA t,,, ~ t,.,.,I s,,,,, NJ mis- sort ~
mao pun me tplat sun. ~ , t,,,I su III,
Shopping III Nl''l'' - i''"'''N'S ''0'''
ing
Small Store Big Price.
"Ir housekccpcr has to pay even
the downtown price for produce thus
acquired. which she doesn't, she has
saved money. nevertheless. for she
has obtained more wholesome
article of diet more often than not
and she has received it fresh from
the farm. besides saving the time
and carfarc Of a rtip downtown
"Shc depends upon the neighbor-
hood grocery store for nothing much
more than the small necessities, foI
experience has taught her that she
can not EXPECT much more in that
quarter She realizes that the small
grocery Of the neighborhood must
charge "A maximum price in order
ia live al all She has no possible
ouarreI with the ucighborhood gro
cery-she merely knows it is not "a
partjCularlv inviting place in which
To- make her pennies stretch very TAR.
what. then. is my remedy" | have
set M numerous objections to shop
ming conditions as they now exist in
Atlanta and II is 'up to me- l sup
pnse 10 saw what | am going to do
about il,
II can tell YOU what 7 would LlkE
ia do about ii. and what | SHOULD
BE able to do about, and the which
IL could do about it, could save
pygelf "A pretty sum every month
ana oct "A better quality of food in
INV hnme. moreover,
OF we had In Atlanta a big Center
market-or, better stilL Center a
Nnrtherp and a Southern MARKET
could 20 there and get the best OF
e,nr,thlng the markets afford. and
oct IL exactly when, how and after
Eyb,teycr fashion / desired.
lin one of these city markets il il
pnssible to shop with a maximum of
rasult and at "A tremendous saving Of
lime and nerve tissue, moreover.
Articles offered for sale in one OF
these markets lle'tTS"' Ivy o. ,st-e,iS
best qua.ltN tor lhG 'lol'eS ~.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21

o. De free makes each show the best
side to the other that We may con-
lnue 10 hold each other BY the one
rf- than can ever really hold people
lo2ether-loVe.'
Mrs. Washburne also wrote that her
husband says that they are as happy
as two young people possibly can be
and that their love for one another is
constantly increasing.
Immediately after the wedding Mrs.
Washburne obtained a position as IL
illustrator, on the theory that she
should enjoy as much independe
as her husband. She is q years old
and her husband is % They ji,s'-
lived near Pasadena since their mar
Tiage.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
COST OF LIVING INCREASE SHOWN
IN THE LARGEST CITIES OF u. S.

charged
fcics dcrIes me ftccn
me occrdmg 10 figures complied
NJ Department
in fffcen
pogDd
n
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
rERRlER ADOPTS KITTENS.

SALEM. OREG.. Sept 2O.-In lieu
Of her first two puppies, which died a
few days after they We're whelped
two orphan kittens have been adopt
ed by a fox terrier belonging to T. NJ
Jones, a liveryman of this city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-20

on special scedule to New Orleans and
return.
Out of New Orleans one of the mag
nftieent 5000-ton steamers of the great
white fleet of the United Fruit company
win be used. These vessels are built
specially for tropical tours and there is
on no ocean liner more elegant service
than ON these boats.
The party will visit the Panama canal
and will see the completion of that stu
pendous undertaking that has bank
rupted individuals and almost nations
Headquarters while on the isthmus will
be at the Tivola hotel in Panama City.
This hotel is owned and operated by the
United States. Ample opportunity will be
given to the party to visit not only the
canal, but the various attractions in and
about the city of Panama and the ruins
of the old city of Panama, which was
destroyed several centuries ago by the
bueaneer Morgan. From the isthmus the
party win visit the 90,o00-acre banana
plantation of the United Fruit company
at Bocas del Toro.
They will also visit Costa Riea, in Cen
trail America, and make side trip to the
capital, San Jose.
IT. II. Gregory. president of the Travel
Service Bureau. who will accompany the
party, was in birmingham yesterday and
completed the arrangements. He left last
night at Y o'clock for st. Louis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-20
DIAZ ARRIVES
IN MONTREAL

Montreal. August 19.-Gen. Felix Daz
of Mexico arrived in Montreal tonight
on his way to Europe. He will spend to-
morrow in Montreal, leaving in the even
ing for Quebec to board the Empress of
Ireland, which will carry him to Liver
pool.
General Diaz is optimistic as to the flu
ture of his country and inclined to the
belief that the present impasse with the
United States should not be taken too Sc
riously. He did not think the United
States would insist upon its act of nom
recognition but that President Wilson will
eventually view the situation in diff
ferent light.
General Diaz stated that he would be
candidate for the presidency of the
Mexican republic at the elections in Oc-
tober. His friends are already at work
in his behalf and he expects to return
to his country several weeks before the
elections.