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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06
DIARY OF FATHER TIME

Modern wars are mere skirmishes in
comparison 10 those Of the Egyptians,
Greeks and Romans. Take for in
stance the invasion OF Greece in B. c.
4S0 by the Persians. Xerxes, king
OF Persia, spent three years preparing
for his advance. during which time
immense stores OF provisions were
piled at different points along the line
OF march. two bridges each a mile
In length were built over the Helles-
pont. while a magnificent canal. with
a length of mile and a half, was cut
for the advance of his navy.
The Persian army numbered 1,7O0,-
600 fort soldiers and $4,000 cavalry
The fleet was composed OF 1000 yes
sells manned by $4,000 men. The
army was continually increased by the
soldiers II other nations through
whose territories \erxes marched on
his way 10 Greece. added to which the
number OF camp followers was greater
than the fghting men. SO that the stu
pendous host was reCkoned by The
ancients as more than 100000. or
double the entire population OF the
American colonies during the Revolu-
ton
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06

travel not only much more safely. but
more comfortably.
Much OF the attention Of a motor
man is occupied in watching the
movements of people and vehicles in
busy street. II is human nature 10
violate the first injunction by taking
chances. People are impatient OF de-
lay. and the faster they travel when
moving the more impatient they are
when at a standstill.
Familiarity with moving cars breeds
contempt for danger that results in
many accidents. A vehicle driver
thinks he can make the turn before
the approaching car reaches him. A
pedestrian thinks he can get across
the street. They win frequently
enough to make them over-confdent.
and occasionally they lose. The double
cross catches most of them.
One must have his wits about him
in a down town street, or in boarding
or alighting from cars. Caution is
the price OF safety.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06
VALUES THAT MONEY CAN'T BUY.

Yes, Gertrude. it's true that Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw IS drawing big money
these days. largely on the strength of
her notoriety. The papers say she's
getting $4,000 a week for a Commute
nightly dancing stunt behind the
bright lights.
You can't always bank on what the
press agents say. Suppose the fig
ures are exaggerated. 1t can't be de-
MED that she's a drawing card, and
drawing car DIS come high. No wonder
you ask, as you crawl YEARLY home
with your paltry IS. the wage of
strenuous toll in exhausting mill or
store. whether the straight pathway
pays.
We can't defend the smallness Of
your reward for honest work. It's as
hard to do that as to justify the pub
les profiigacy toward Evelyn. They're
just facts, that's all-parts of the
irony of life as we find it. In our
short careers we can't do much TO
change 'em.
But you and we, Gertrude. and the
rest of the plain folks can. If we will,
refuse TO let such illogical, such cruel
contrasts make us mean. We can
summon philosophy and patience and
what we can find of sympathy and
fellowship and optimism 10 our help
and decline to become embittered or
sour.
Far be it from us TO affect to de-
erfC
girl. that money isn't all Evelyn
isn't getting a whole lot more money
than you are getting, but in ways in
which you are rich she's tremendous
ly, pitiably poor.
You have respect. the esteem of
your associates. the kindly regard OF
| those among whom you live.
You have the chance TO live the
clean love of an honest man, to be
the pure guardian of the sanctity of
his home. 10 be the mother OF beauti-
full children who. as they grow up.
need not look upon you with a sense
of humiliation, atonlng wrongs for
which they were not TO blame.
We're not advising you TO be con-
tent with a wage below your needs.
All that Is human in human society
revolt's at greed's exactions upon you
and your kind. And unless we're de-
ceived the day isn't far off when bust
ness so founded will be overhauled
and the credit Of its leadership will
not go to they who pay the least and
make the most, but 10 those who pay
the most and serve the best.
| But meanwhile don't think too ex-
lclusively upon money as the measure
of happiness. The best things in life
money can't buy. Hunt them. Cherish
them. Your conscience will point the
| way.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06

LOOKING over the papers for an
idea We find the task suggestive Of
the fable OF the needle and the hay
stack What little space IS not de-
voted 10 Harry Thaw has advertise
mcnt' printed under IL.
HARRY THAw is as barren of
inspiration as a cold-storage egg. His
money is all that remains to excite
interest
The Diaphanous Poet.
once when the naughty wind would
blow
He'd train his eye expectantly
On dainty feet: his face would glow
And wreathe in smiles delectaptly,
But now the naughty winds may rage
1t is 10 him no happy sign.
We're living in a different age.
He signs: L wish the sun would
shine"
Kalamazoo Gazette.
In days gone by the human eye,
When damsels ever fair
In doorways bright stood against the
light
Saw naught unusual there.
But now (a-las,) its come to pass
That when these damsels fair
In doOrways bright stand 'gainst the
light
There's much unusual there.
-Logansport Pharos-Reporter.
CHICAGO newspapers are adver-
Using excursion rates 10 the Joliet
penitentiary. and the warden is trying
to make room by sending the TRUSTEES
out 10 work on the roads.
To Anxious Inquirers.
The o. f. boy with foxy" boots
died long ago of old age.
Admitted Facts.
(Laporte Argus Bulletin.)
The editors are OF the salt of the
earth. They are a power in the af
fairs of municipality, state and ma
ton. They shape in a large measure
human destinies. They build for a
better citizenship. They tell the
story Of human life. They are the
historians OF their period They are
historians of their period. They are
the chroniclers Of the day. They con-
stitute a potent influence for the well
fare OF state and nation.
1T is perhaps unfortunate that
Mayor Shank and Gov. Ralston con-
not reconcile their differences on the
subject of gambling. A happy medium
might be reached which would per-
NIT both 10 claim recognition as being
highly moral
AS president of the American Bar
association Mr.. Taft will miss that
Washington bunch"
\ Triple Tragedy.
North Judson News.)
Mrs Lane Tietz was thrown from
her buggy at the crossing at the north
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06
THE MELTING POT,

side OF town Friday. and was painfully
cut about tho head and otherwise
bruised
Michael Tietz, who for many years
was a resident OF Railroad township,
died at the home OF his son, William.
in Chicago Heights last Wednesday.
at the advanced age Of SO years.
Michael Tietz. who was buried here
last Saturday evening. was borE in
Posen. Germany. Feb. p. 1924.
Very Likely.
Sir: I have noticed by the news
papers that when fire breaks out
an alarm is usually Immediately
turned in. Il is possibly due TO the
excitement of the occasion.
]. R. T.
POSSIBLY Manuers purpose in
marrying was TO prevent Portugal
from falling into state OF fGnciec
security.
SAND IN HIS CROP
Or How a Muncie Man Broke into
the Limelight.
columbia City Po5t)
John Fitzgibbons. of Muncie, broke
into the limelight recently in a man
ner that is sure TO give him plenty of
notoriety Some years ago john had a
lot of stomach trouble and he was I'M
able 10 get relief from drugs or treat
ment given him by physicians. One
day while leaning on the fence gaZ-
ing at some chickens wallowing in the
dust, he noticed that they picked up
choice bits of sand and swallowed
them. He had known before that time
that sand and shells were aids TO di
gestion for fowls, and he wondered
why sand would not be of some aid in
preparing food for assimilation in the
human stomach also. He thought he
would try IL, but was afraid 10 tell
anybody for fear they would let II out
and he would become a mark for the
testers and funny men of the commu-
nifty. The next attack Of gastritiS he
suffered, he took a teaspoonful of lake
sand, and in a short time he was
afforded relief He was not certain
that the sand had helped him, but
he thought it had and concluded to
give it further trial.
Continued Tomorrow
AFTER all Huerta's doggedness ap-
pears 10 be merely the diplomatic de-
liberation of a dictatorial dead one.
Canning Time.
In canning time the busy housewives
Cares are trebled by the task
OF putting up for winter eating
Everything that one could ask.
Peaches, apples pears, tomatoes.
Canned and jellied, picked, too,
Ketchup, chilli sauce and spices,
Make a lot OF goody goo.
THEN, when you add bUckwheat
cakes and ham gravy it gives the
winter prospect a more cheerful
aspect.
c. y. +.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06
THE PRICE Oh sAFETY.

In the "don';" contest at the street
railway employees picnic the public
Eas given advice 1t should heed For
example:
Don't take any chances"
Don't touch broken wires"
Don't put hands or arms out OF
window"
Don't walk or drive behind car
without seeing IL another car is COM
ng on opposite track"
Don't face backward in getting
sT."
Don't stand in tracks when signal
ag a car"
Don't stand in the vestibule."
Don't get excited II carried by your
stop and jump on"
II people will heed these injunctions
here viii be no accidents resulting
rom their own fault. They will
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06
THE BLUNTNEss OF FRANKNEss


Frankness is a good thing when
properly employed. but there is always
danger Of carrying it 10 the point OF
bluntness. if bluntness may be said to
have "A point
We stand for "A good deal in the way
Of frankness when it is a result OF
tactlessness and the motive is clear.
We soften with consideration the
edges Of strokes that otherwise might
cause pain.
What we are doing more than any
thing else in this particular. perhaps,
IS 10 accept brutal frankness as a fac
tor in the Improvement of moral con-
-ditions
In New York just now two plays are
being staged that illustrate this One
IS The Lure" at Maxine Elliott's
theater. and the other The Fight al
the Hudson theater. In each the au-
thor has given his imagination the
most unlicensed range
Every dramatic critic I'm New York
agrees that the brothel scenes in these
two PLAYS are indefensihle and de-
clare they are interpolated solely for
the purpose Of sensation and box office
RttraCtiveness.
This is commercializing the moral
uplift with vengeance. 1t is max
Ing capital out OF the laudable desire
OF society 20 purge itself II is spec
ulating on the doubt that exists as "a
the best means OF doing this and NOR
bid human curiosity
OF course the houses are crowded
The plays are financial and perhap s
artistic success. hut what shall we say
Of the moral effect? 1t must be de-
moralizing and contributory 70 pre-
cisely the opposite OF what il is desired
70 accomplish.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06

silence, but still the languorous music
quivered from the guitar. Betsy
Barbara turned aDOut on the piano
stool, her hands folded lightly in her
lap, her eyes cast down. He was
speaking again; and this time il was
not what he said which moved and
disturbed her-it was his tone
ITO be Continued Monday
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06
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One can not go wrong on this string;
but 1t Is too fine and high to make
all our music. This is the man
string. You can go very right or
very wrong on this one" "Thees
one" he pronounced it, and he drew
out the novels as though lingering on
the thought This is the woman
string. Listen-how discordant now!
l tune it to the man-string, for l am
God Of this little world-and now
how beautiful"
You are talking poetry" said
Betsy Barbara; and thought of the
phrase as somewhat awkward.
"Ah, but I am inspired" replied
Estrilla
CHe surely doesn't mean me-"
thought Betsy-Barbara, that would
be too deliciousi" However. he was
looking not at her but at the guitar.)
"Listen." he resumed, giving the
strings one final caressing stroke
And in his light floating tenor, he be-
gan:
Alma pura de luz V algeria"
What does 1t mean?" asked Betsy
Barbara when he had finished.
He translated:
White spirit of JOY and light
If the clouds should cross you-it is
/ who would blow them away with
the wind Of my love-I, Cholita mia
That Cholita mia 1 can not trans
late. You have nothing in English
which carries so much endearment, -"
he added.
Betsy Barbara. her golden head on
one side, meditated his words
It's pretty-very pretty. But has
II the deep feeling Of ours?" AL
| though Betsy-Barbar taught English
literature and composition TO the
middle class OF Arden seminary, she
foundered little IN this attempt at
literary criticism. Now this for ex-
ample" She fed to song for ex-
preston. and began:
"Ye banks an braes--"
gloomy. And why should there be
gloom in expressing love? You do
not know our depth OF passion. We
live our passion and our gloom-and
when we sing we make our thought
tender so that we may forget. Lis
ten" Now he struck a deeper key:
"Perro al abrirse la rosa"
4 have made that into English
verse" he concluded
But the rose unfolds in the dawning
AT the touch OF the sun and the dew
And the sun and the rain and the
summer Of life,
Is the touch and the thought OF
you"
You are really a poet" exclaimed
Betsy Barbara. She was about 10 say
more; but his eyes rested upon her as
he started another song:
Angel divine que tn es,"
That" he concluded, lis in praise
Of the mantilla blanca. The song is
old and the custom nearly dead.
Now and then we have a woman col
ored not like the rest OF us--dark-
but white and gold like the. angels.
In some countries she had the priv
ilege OF wearing white rnantilla
and wherever she went she was a
queen. This Is how il runs. a di-
vine angel wore thee, white man
tille. The warp was goodness and
the wool beauty. Thy bosom is the
white rose thine eye the blue
heaven. and thy soul the VOID above
heaven
He strummed little shirnmering
! chords as he spoke. He fell 70
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06

The Joliet convicts working on the
roads OF Illinois under self control are
justifying the confidence reposed in
them. The public is anxious TO see
them make good.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06
Where me and my true love
Where ever wont TO gaze
on the bonnie, bonnie banks
Loeb LomOnd."

When the song was fluished,
Estrilla leaned on the piano and look
ed down at Betsy Barbara. His mood
seemingly had changed; It was his
within to talk.
They are a little cold on the sur
face. those Scotch love-sOngs.' he
said though warm beneath, like a
volcano. Now we who speak Span
ish---we can throw our emotions 10
the surface"
Don't you think" responded
Betsy Barbara. that TO conceal it
but TO show it's there's the more
wonderful way after ALL"
The blood OF the MacGregOrs in
Betsy Barbara was calling her 10 the
defense Of her own.
DO you happen to know any Of
our Spanish songs? ?" pursued Estrilla-
only Juanita, 1 think-and La Pa
Iona"
Estriua looked as though he might
have laughed but for Spanish polite
ness.
Those are Spanish for outside
consumption. as when the English
call your cheap-oilcloth is il not
American cloth Let me sing TO you
but Spanish song does not go
we'll with the piano"
There's a guitar over in the al
cove" announced Betsy Barbara.
''Far-seeing maiden" exclaimed
Estrilla with such a delicious Spanish
roll on the vOwels that Betsy Bar
bara laughed a little; and he. as
though understanding, laughed with
her.
So he tuned the guitar. Betsy Bar
bara finding the key for him on the
piano. And while he tweaked the
strings, he made comment on them.
as:
'This-you hears the angel
string. II is for celestial harmonies.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06

II isn't surprising that Col. Mulhall
gets peevish occasionally. II would
require the disposition OF an angel to
calmly endure the ordeal he is passing
through.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06

The New Haven engineer and fire
man are under arrest. but the author
tiles responsible for their recklessness
are still at large.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06

EVANSVIILE-The city school
board is preparing 70 issue an order
soon requiring ali girls 70 wear
boomers under their skirts.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06

Having asked the coloneTs advice
Gov. Sulzer hesitates 10 adopt the
Rooseveltian policy
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06

Anybody can make a platform, but
mighty few of them will hold the
weight OF the maker.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06

No, the so-called citizens movement
is not wholly forgotten, but the people
are thinking OF other things.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06

Having executed a somersault in
mid-air the so-called citizens move
ment lies on the ground. a crushed and
shapelesS mass
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06

The solution of the Mexican question
Is in the dawning Mahomet is COM
Ing 10 the mountain.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06

Delay in the currency bill will be
justifiable only 10 the extent or pru-
dence.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06

The silence observed by Mr.. Swy-
CART and Mr.. Place is more impressive
than anything they could say.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06

This time we are not holding the
forms 10 await the result OF the Thaw
case
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06

eff l only had some work." she
said to herself. and sighed again. SO
meditating, she wandered aimlessly
downstairs. The doors of the parlor
were open; the lights were on; the
baby-grand piano stood open, invit-
Ing.
only merry tunes, though" she
warned herself as she sat down. And
she started the liviliest Jig she knew
Presently. she began TO sing in her
pleasant unframed voice, which wob-
bled entrancingly whenever she got
out of the middle register. But mu-
sic is the slave of moods And before
she was aware, her voice was follow
ing the Strings in old and melancholy
love-songs. Now IL was Loch Lo-
mond-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06

September Z. 1913.
Lesson: The Ten Commandments,
/. Exodus 2O:1-I1
Golden Text: Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all thy
strength, and with all thy mind
Luke 1927.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06

At this point. Betsy Barbara drop
ped her hands from the keys. and the
music stopped abruptly. She was
just aware that a fine floating tenor
had been humming the part from
the doorway. Senior Estrilla stood
looking down on her.
My seester has gone TO Sleep he
said. And then, That is a Scotch
song. is It not? Please go on"
Betsy Barbara smiled nodded, re-
sumed her keys; and they sang to-
gether
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06
THE OUTS vs.. THE ms.

Far be it from US 10 discredit or lay
a stone in the way OF any genuine re-
form, but these citizens movements
what about them?
They are a market feature Of the
municipal campaigns this year. and
there is reason for them They are
a natural outgrowth OF the split in the
republican party which gave the
democratic party an easy victory in
the national campaign last year and
left IL in position 10 get control Of
practically all OF the municipal gov
ernments
In many cases II is the outs against
the ins. In others a struggle 10 pre-
vent the democratic party from gain
ing control.
II Is all politics and graft
Take the situation in Fort Wayne.
That city is a big public utility center.
The public utilities and other corpora
tons are backing the so-called citi-
zens movement there They are sup
posed 10 he furnishing the sinews of
war TO fight the democratic ticket
In Michigan City the so-called citi-
gems movement is led by Martin Kon-
eyer in a personal fight against the
present democratic administration.
The people have little interest in the
movement outside their loyalty to
Koneger. 1t is not expected that any
thing viii be reformed.
At Plymouth the outs have adopted
a similar plan for getting in.
Mishawaka has a so-called citizens
movement with the familiar charac-
teristics Following an investigation
which showed charges against the ad-
ministration 10 be false a platform of
principles was based on the disproven
allegations as foundation for citi-
gems movement.
South Bend people are quite famil-
lar with the situation here 1t is
purely another case of the outs and
ms.
one peculiarly OF this movement is
that wherever it has appeared it has a
reform" platform. regardless of the
characteristics of the people behind it,
IL promises law enforcement. lower
taxes. distribution OF patronage with
out regard TO political or persona
favor, and an honest, business-likt
administration OF public affairs. one
might think that an entirely new ele-
ment Of American citizenship had beer
developed for this special occasion.
Citizens who see the hollOwness OF
these pretexts. and most OF them do
resent the attempt TO conceal the rea
purpose OF this scramble for office
and spoils and power under the name
Of citizens movement
The movement is as purely politica
and I'm a sense partisan as though
conducted under the name of the re
publican or progressive party.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06

by yon bonnie banks
And by yon bonnie Draes,
Where the sun shines bright on
Loeb LOmond-"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06

AT the touch OF the sun and the dew.
And the sun and the rain and the
summer of life,
Is the touch and the thought OF
VIM
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-06

You are talking poetry" said
Betsy Barbara; and thought Of the
phrase as somewhat awkward.
'Ah, but I am inspired" replied
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-04
CITED FOR CONTEMPT
Offlcials Of Orphans Homo Moved I
in Spite Of Court.

A citation for contempt has been
fled aflainst Jesse Shaw, president:
s. 8. OFT. secretary. and D. F. Shirk.
superintendent OF the Kansas state
Orphans Home society.
An order enjoining the society from
moving to its proposed location, lit
Clay street, was issued by Judge A. w.
Dana at the petition Of 81 taxpayers.
Motion to set aside the restraining or
der was filed by the organization.
According to the citation for con-
tempt the society moved into. and Is
now occupying its new location. The
restraining order was issued Saturday
afternoon. Notice was served upon the
defendants at $3.50 o'clock Monday
morning. In the meantime the chill
dren had been moved. According to
J. e. Larimer, attorney for the petit
TONERS. they were moved before day
light Monday morning. The attorney
declares the story OF the order, pub
lfshed Saturday evening in the State
Journal. was Constructive notice. to
the society. Case will be heard before
Judge Dana on Saturday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-04

has been reported worse. He IL the ia
Their Of Pratt brothers in North To-
peka.
william F'Arnsworth has returned to
his home in Elmont after q short bus
mess trip to North Topeka.
The ladies of the Second Presby-
terrain church will hold a food and
apron sale at Pratt Bros Hardware
store all day Saturday.-Adv.
William Griffith of Hoyt was in
North Topeka on business Wednesday.
Charles Wind of Kansas City. Mo-.
is spending several days in North To-
pexa on business.
b. F. 0rindell has returned to his
home in Elmont after a short time
spent in North Topeka on business.
Be sure to use Guaranteed Banquet
Flour today.-Adv.
b. M. Hook ana G. r. Jackson, both
OF Elmont. have returned to their
homes after a short business trip to
North Topeka.
George Nelson has returned to his
home In. North Topeka after q busi-
ness trip to Kansas City, Mo. <
H. E. williams Of Elmont was q
North Topeka business and pleasure
visitor Wednesday.