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The Detroit times., 1913-12-10
Newspapers, Morals and Women

our fathers all day to make the trip
Dy team. Every second baby you
meet 10 cutting its teeth on q Ford
tire. We travel In trains de luxe
Pullman sleepers that furnish every
luxury but sleep and q seclusion from
drafts. Few Of the houses OF 80 years
ago had steam heat. Gas-light was q
luxury and electric light unknown,
and the searchlight Of publicity Is
continually showing Us new ways to
comforts and short cuts to pleasure;
inner things to wear and better ways
to wear them, perhaps. Women's
dress. what shali we say Of Il? There
certainly has been shrinkage In the
voluminous skirts Of yesterday. The
stylish young woman Of today walk
ing down Fifth-ave. Is a paradox. She
exhibits at once bad taste and good
form. But there 10 something to be
said for woman's dress--little az It is
1t no longer trails the street. II takes
little cloth, and IL Is sanitary. 1t
doesn't gather up and carry home all
the dust germs and cigar stubs OF the
city.
Today social customs have changed.
not always for the better. We have
fewer such sociablcs and more bridge
parties In society. Your famous four
hundred Is increasing because every
time death takes one Of Its members
sensational divorce adds two.
The style in marriages has changed.
In Chicago they tell me the women
there take shorter wedding trips. but
more OF them.
The dance has changed. In the old
times We had the beautiful waltz and
the graceful minuet. The bunny
hug" the 'Gapy glide" and the slip
perry slide" are here today.
But despite the blemishes. our so
cial trend has been upward and It has
| been because Of O revolution in the
position of woman. She has achieved
a place In the world Of affairs. She
has entered public life to contribute
her share toward the solution Of So
cial questions. She has gotten into
| business, the professions. into poll
T, tics. She has ideas of her own. She
can run for mayoress, build hos
pital, manage an agency, preach .
sermon. plead a case or remove your
appendix. And some day she IL go
ing to have a vote.
She really rules the advertising
! world-for she reads the advertise
ments and buys the goods. She Is TAX
ing an active part in the making OF
the new newspaper-the Newspaper
Of Tomorrow 1t must be made
clean. She Is going to have the say
The Detroit times., 1913-12-10

.140 j1r0cst s0cts OF the d0v's ~
RAtls not an organ or propd.
Z oaejds ration for the orerdOc mo
1ootG1 and iHdusfri01 0rran0emen
pRectjc6J nesospoper scorkers, its
4. potxrol and incrttooIe. Its
';lhs dtstJactton OF being the poop
The Detroit times., 1913-12-10

about the influences that surround her
home and children. She picks the
clean publication In preference to the
unclean.
She has driven the slovenly, ire
sponsible merchant out Of business.
She reads the ads and does the buying
and does 1t economically. Gone II the
old.fashioned dealer who sanded HE
sugar and gave you the worst OF Il
on scales without character. Gone,
too. 10 the old time grocery where
coal-oil sugar and crackerv had the
same taste. "A child can 70 to your
store and buy as safely a. q profess
sional shopper. The old caveat emp.
tor theory Is passed. Now It's LET
the seller beware"
A little girl once wrote an essay on
Men" that closed with this gem:
Men and women sprung from the
monkey, but the women sprang fur
Their than the men,"
Woman doesn't want q newspaper
that isn't square. that ssn't clean. She
doesn't want newspaper that II load.
ed with kidney cures and liver pills.
bust developers and beauty makers,
fat reducers and fat producers. and
the rest of the long list Of health hor-
rors.
So the newspaper of tomorrow Ia
going to be q. home Newspaper. II II
going to be a newspaper that the
whole family can read without being
shocked, nauseated, scared to death
or Aim TANNED. The Newspaper OF
Tomorrow" IL going to be real light
that will point the way to greater pro
gres sand greater happiness. II 10
going to have no desire to be party
| to the crimes that are being commit
ted In n hundred different ways by
acting as a go-between.
The weak. the poor, the sick, the
ignorant. the tickle and the callow are
the unfortunates drawn into this
whirlpool OF cures and fakes. Not the
rich. the intelligent There's the pity
OF II.
Advertising frauds and advertising
fakes are q menace TO good advertis-
ing. They are q menace to humanity.
And you readers and YOU legitimate
advertisers have been patient and
long suffering. Has the newspaper
any responsibility? II 1t puts crook
in touch with victim. isn't 1t equally
guilty with the crook?
The clean newspaper goes to the
clean home where II Is as welcome a.
q life-and-blood member Of the fam
fly. And the clean home Yields the
scepter that makes or breaks q news
paper or any other kind of business.
The Detroit times., 1913-12-10
BY NixoLA oREELEY-sMiTH.
Copyrighted, 1918. by the Newspaper
Enterprise Association.)

Today the eugenic marriage il q fad.
Tomorrow 1t may be an obligation, q
compulsion. The function OF passing
upon the fitness Of contemplated mar
riages now exercised by the eugenic
record once. but only for the benefit
OF those who seek Its advice. must
later on become one of the duties or
the perfect state. Or. at least, DR..
Charles B. Davenport. director Of the
bureau, Is most emphatically OF that
opinion.
II the dreams OF this earnest stu
dent OF heredity are ever carried out,
young men and women will ultimately
be compelled to seek and follow the
matrimonial advice which today they
may take or leave as they see fit.
Three sets of oflcials are neces.
sary for the proper enforcement or
marriage laws" DR.. Davenport de-
clares--"a state eugenics board, con-
sisting of q trained biologist, gen.
eral practicing physician OF wide ex-
perience, and q general and widely
experienced practitioner Of law. Tn
der these three men there should be
a state physician who would Issue all
marriage licenses, and there should be
q third body Of field workers.
THE work OF the state eugenics
bureau and It's officers may be illus
trated by an example. A young man
and q young woman present them
selves with an application for mar
riage license) to q state physician.
If the law requires a medical certir-
cate. he examines the young man ana
requires from the young woman q re-
port of examination by q reputable
woman physician. He examines his
files for data concerning the family
histories Of the applicants, so far as
they bear on the traits OF which the
law takes cognizance. II he finds In
sufacient data he calls for q report
from the field worker within three
days. II personal and family histories
are satisfactory, he issues the license
forth with to the applicants. II. on the
contrary. the young man be found to
be suffering from disease. the appli.
cation Is forthwith denied. II the
fiald worker reports that the father
Of the young man and the mother Of
the. young woman were brother ana
sister. and both were victims Of manic.
Oppressive insanity In bad form. the
application 10 likewise denied. with a
The Detroit times., 1913-12-10
"L0ue Laughs at Eugenics!"

full explanation of the reasons there
for. But IL the young man have an
epileptic brother or sister and no neu-
rosis appear In the young woman, who
Is q second cousin of the young man,
and II the family history il otherwise
such that the physician Is doubtful
as to the decision he should render.
the matter Is referred by him to the
state board, who, after examining all
the papers in the case and by the use
of It's own index to families Of the
state, renders decision with the least
possible delay.
For those persons who, despite q
denial of marriage by the state, have
q child. the penalty should be sterili-
cation OF the male. And the father
should be obliged to support the moth
er and the child during their state OF
dependence"
1t will be seen that Dr. Davenport's
plan for state enforcement OF eugenic
breeding has been thoroughly thought
out. But to me, at least, II assumes q
wider faith I'm eugenics than exists, or
Is justified by present knowledge con-
corning this baby science. For one
i"Ahby nS NEtCS dS PiOOl VI tur
benefits Of intelligent breeding, the
believer In the influences OF environ.
ment as opposed to the forces Of no
redIty could offer dozen in refuta.
ton.
Was there more than one great man
In the Washington family, more than
one In the Lincoln family?
Where did Poe come from? His
father and mother were strollihg play.
ers and he was adopted by the man
who educated him.
Many American strains have pro
duced several generations showing
creditable talent, but I know Of none
which has held two men Of genius.
Perhaps. when we are fully In the
hands Of the eugenists, this may be
changed. We may live to see the gov.
eminent of The United States ask the
government Of France, on behalf OF
some future Thomas Edison. for the
hand In marriage Of q future Madame
Curfe.
But doubt II.
Suppose after 30 many international
negotiations Thomas and the lady
should not like each others looks ana
should refuge to marry! Even the
plans Of the state eugenics boand
might be set at naught II In the fn-
ture. as today.
Love laughs at eugenics!
The Detroit times., 1913-12-10

ll8uuCuks 04AOWO0 S~NS
that's HIS business.
The car Of Russia 10 said to re-
oslve In pay go q minute. We'd like
that Job for ours.
Dear Phyllis: II does seem too bad
that your should have had your fall-
inE out with Mrs. w. just 40 you had
completed working those initiated nap
kins for her. But, as usual. we are
to the rescue. There's your friend.
Mrs. NJ, you know, why not hand
them to her. upside down!
A Philadelphia wife sued for d.
vorce told the Judge she paid $21 for
nartoro. No wonder the husband 70
fused 70 stand for that kind Of hold
up.
He SANG Mephiste's Part In Faust,
In Ssss q faIse a. false eeala bes..
Tho audience wa~ Ssits between
The devil and . deep Blue c.
Wheeler Peak, the highest point in
Nevada, IL 1908 feet above the sea.
level. but the price Of baefsteaks still
holds the record.
An inventor has perfected q bomb
intended to put the victim to sleep.
which, in q way, demonstrates that
the old-style presidential message Is
beginning to be missed.
Increased population out of proper
ton to the increase In egg production
is now advanced for the prpice Of
eggs. First thing we know somebody
win discover that the reason for the
price n the fact that the public 10
moulting.
Lives 81 great men all remind N,
We en- make our Hives sublime.
And In parting leave behind NJ
Net = solitary dire.
Too bad you didn't do your Christ.
mas shopping early.
The Detroit times., 1913-12-10
lnaaultabla Christmas.

This Christmas will witness another
example Of the ineQuitable ditribution
Of wealth. In some places they are
unable to buy eggs for their NOS and
in some places they can't buy nog for
their egHs.-Galvesto News.
The Detroit times., 1913-12-10
low. VARIABILITY,

Our friend J. X. McAndrew is put
ting In q portion Of h.s time, when not
engaged in picking popcorn. OF which
he has twenty-three acres. In tanning
a pair of ferrets.--Hartley (Ia.).
Sentinel.
The Detroit times., 1913-12-10
From Another Point of VieW

uh egg boycott has already cracked the
rice
In an .ent to fade away proprietor
The Detroit times., 1913-12-10
KEEPING THE STORES OPEN NIGHTS
III ONLY ENCOURAGES LATE SHOPPING

The Times believes the making mistake
xy ohargeabs Of confederation for their
x upon the this arrangement for these
only recently that they coudea
employees BY having early Saturday closing
having the point Of making early Saturday closing
1um s had with several that the
kept open the working people they
I<6~ unable to set 10 the in the daytime.
s newspaper the first among the Detroit dais to champion
Hss q early closing on Saturday,
M which support that campaign to the
thar clerks that the plan proposed for
open nights violation Of the spirit
sab Saturday closing viii eventually much regret
1rS Saturday closing Of accomplishment
MOST DIFFICULT Of accomplishment
bscanss sympathy with ito main the part
nseh but becanse it necestated breaking the people, the
R$Xna II HART
set quite apparent merchants that what they about
~ - Win open nights policy buyers into another
vsh win b hard to break them Of when the time comes
BS 4 alzsg win comet
mayor and tho merchants al want early
shppng i every to help
~ eaGss also.
rry Christmas shopping desirable ON the side Of
sns Tor the clerks for the hoppe themselves
III sazy Christmas Adopting going fully realised long
~ s1pss given understand that matter how long they
- hour Of the last day. the stores viii
y - ana tired clerks kept up waiting for them.
h pon clerks and the protection Of merchants from
hopps matter that il strictly the merchants
ggm shopper fellow who must be taken in hand and d
1insa
discipline him here this town when along
M decision keep open nights before Christmas 81
really to nobody but the selfsame lasgazd.
EN Ihs hggard shopper il selfish.
II thinks only Of himself merchant tired
Wer business his mpye able to get ont Of the
&/SB Chxstmas morning matters not to him.
Ara gsax shopper win with until there has been set
EImit ~ him, in which to do his shopping
merchants decided only the nights Thurs
1d and Saturday week. insung themselves and he
night fun for each the three strenuous days Of the
this would have amounted full confederation Of the Late
the wongman who had failed to
Nm dnask Of the Saturday half holiday
Of the before Christmas would find that Mr. Lag
1t1 snoppsr had done his shopping.
consideration which been the late shopper that
nDensd him.
him to understand that he viii have the BY a
win him. but keeping the for him viii NEVER
1ep him
attended there many employer and
viii realize for about the Arst time what to
z1>So . Merry Christmas
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Pittsbura 8; Brooklyn 8.

Brooklyn, n. Y, Aug. 15.-Pittsburg
farewell appearance for the season
here, today. produced Thinning tie
game with Brooklyn. darkness ending
hostilties with the score 3 to 3. 1t was
n battle of wits after the Pirates tied
the game in the 9th. both managers
ordering their pitchers to walk dan
serous batters several times in the
pinches.
Men were left on bases in each OF
the last FIVE innings, Pittsburg having
The bas es fun in the 14th. In That IN
ming, Wagner and ]. Miller We're pass
ed Intentionally, with Byrne on third
and two cut. Rucker then tanned
Wilson Dahlen brought all of his right
handed batters INTO the game without
success. Brooklyn used four pitchers
and Pittsburg ..
?ittsg 90 . 0 o o 0 o 0 DILL
Brool<'n 0 0 ] 0 0 0 0 0 0 o. g.
Ratteries-Robinson Cooper ana 81
mon, Gibson, Kelly, Raglan. Allen, Reui'
bach. Rucker. and o. Miller. Time, 25s
Umpires, O'Day and Emslie.
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features Of the Days Dealing in All
the Leading Stocks.

New York, Aug. l5.-Crop conditions
We're again a powerful influence in
the stock market, today. unfavorable
advices received towards the latter
part of the session. resulting in re-
cessions of one To two points. Accord
ing to reliable, though unofficial data,
the long sustained drought in the
Southwestern corn belt has caused a
loss of no less than 150.00.000 bushels
of corn since the publication of the
Aug. figures by the government. Es-
Inmates complied on the produce ex-
change now point to the smallest corn
yield, since 1904, with fears that fur
| Their deterioration is likely. The stock
market was hesitating and stagnant IN
the early hours. There We're no move
ments of notice. during the early PEE
riod. aside from persistent pressure
upon Steel. Canadian Pacific and
/ Union Pacific. Lowest prices We're
made in the last hour, when the only
| real animation of the day was WI
| messed. The declines embraced numer-
Gus issues only remotely connected
with agricultural conditions.
Steel's-M~akness was made the oc-
casion of circumstantial rumors 10
| the effect that independent manufac-
/ turers contemplate general reduc-
ton of prices in the hope of stimu
latinS new business. So far as this had
to do with some of the Steel Corpo-
ration's most formidable rivals, the
rumors We're denied. Denial also was
, given to reports of some shading CT
copper prices from the 1G-cent level
Money rates We're unchanged, except
for the so days, which was slightly
stronger, the result presumably of
less abundant supply. Forecasts indi-
cate small cash gain for the week
Bonds evinced lower trend. in sym
pathy with stocks. Governments were
unchanged on call Total sales, par
value aggregated $1,450.0o0,
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Sandals in Fashion.

1t is expected that the next sensa-
ton following the split gown will
come afoot-and farefooted at that.
The new fashion has made it's debut
in Paris, where the beautiful Baron
ness Yele de Buestre has been attend
ing performances of the Russian bal
let in the Champs Elysees, now all the
rage, in Greek costume with nude
pedal extremities shod with white
leather sandals damascened with gold
and buckled at the angle with gold
clasp. A magnificent litter, carried by
lackeys, took this modern CCleopatra
from the gorgeous limousine, and the
effect was such that ii has ALREADY
been initiated as far as the bare feet
and sandals are concerned by num-
her of daring Parisiennes. 1t is pre-
dicted that the barefooted baroness
style will soon be initiated in London
and New York and may even make a
pilgrimage to the middle west.-Indi-
annapolis News. :.
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Fish With No Mouth,

If you have ever visited a side show.
circus or museum, you cannot have
failed to see armless wonders who
write with their toes; elastic skin men
who stretch their hide for six to twelve
inches: tattoed women who have the
whole Doomsday Book mixed into their
flesh: fat men, bewhiskered women.
and even living skeletons. Even men
who swallow reptiles, frogs, fish and
whole aquaria are known.
But none of these marvels are in any
way as strange as the species of fish
of the carp family just brought to the
knowledge of biologists by Prof. j. w.
Fehlmann, Master of Arts and natural
list. OF London, England.
Prof. Fehlmann himself was astonish-
ed at finding these carp. experienced
collector that he is. These strange fish
can live and thrive without any mouth
whatsoever. They are in this respect
lika d Pullman ear without an entrance
at either end. For four years these
carp lived, digested and grew in a nor
mai fashion. There was neither an en-
trance or an exit for food. The fish
was exactly the same as closed pipe
as far as was evident from without.
sected the carp described, the stomach
ane digestive canal was found 10 be
literally swarming with the usual Wet
uals of the piscian tribe. There We're
numerous mayfiies, larvai, grubs,
plants, little crustaceans and similar
aliment of fish in the food canal.
This explained how the mouthless
creature fiourshed. Not only We're
they able to breathe through their gill;
cletts, but they were also able to both
drink and eat by means of these res
pratory openings. Although the carp
lived in good health four years, there
was not the slightest sign of adipose
tissue co be found in the body.
Prof. Fehlmann is not convinced
that there is a true species of mouth
less fish, but he is determined to find
out, if possible whether these freak
fish can be developed-New York Am
erican.
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Johnson's 18th Victory.

Detroit, Aug. 15.-Walter Johnson.
Washington's mighty pitcher. made
baseball history, today, when his team
defeated Detroit, to Z. 1t was his 18th
consecutive victory, the seasons rec
ard in the major leagues. Earlier in
the seas son, he won II games before be-
ing beaten. Today was the fifth time he
opposed Detroit, this year. On each
occasion he was returned the winner.
With johnson pitching in invineible
form, Detroit had not the slightest
chance of victory. With his club hold
ing a six run lead when the seventh
inning was completed, Manager Crit
fifth replaced Johnson with Gallia
Then the trouble commenced for Wash
ington. After holding the Tigers score
less in the eighth, the youngster went
10 pieces i'm the final inning. When Nc
Kee singled and stole second and third
Galia passed three batters in success
sion, forcing in run. CraWfords
double brought two more runners home
Harper replaced Gallia and he lasted
long enough to allow Cobb to single
savagely TO center. scoring Baumani
and Crawford. Harper pitched tire,
balls To Feach and Hughes was sem
to the rescue. He passed Veach, bu
struck out Gamer and a thrilling game
was over.
Washington .....4 2 0 0 0 2 ! 0-9-i6-
Detroit .....,....0 0 l 0 o / o 5--T-10-
Batteries-Johnson, Gallia. Harper
Hughes and Ainsmith: Hall. Lake,
House ana Mckee. Time, 1.55. Empires
OrLoughlin and Sheridan.
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BOXING NOTES.

*. o." Sweeney and Eddie Forrest
have been signed to NETT in syracuse,
Labor day.
Bill Fleming of Old Town, Me-, and
AL Mccoy of New York have been
matched for six rounds in Bangor, Me,
Aug. &c.
Billy Bennett and Young Brown are
slated for a tout at Rockaway Beach.
Aug .. Brown also will meet Shugrue
ia New York, Sept. ?.
Promoter Coffroth of San Francis
60 wants Ed McGoorty to box Sailor
Petrosky, next month. The offer looks
SO good to MeGoorty that he has ac-
cepted it,
Danny Goodman is the latest boxer
tn forget that he has retired as soon
as good bout is offered him. He has
signed to meet Young Thomas at Hib-
bing, Mich, Aug. 2S.
Before Phil Cross can get a main
bout in Vernon. Cal, he must box in
three semi-finals in that city.
The kenosha promoters have decid-
ed not TO allow any of the Chicago
sports t6-he connected with the game
who, by their actions. caused the au-
thorities 10 put the lid on the game so
often. The Milwaukee sports have also
decided to take the same action against
the Chicago sports.
Bob McAllister, the San Francisco
eX-amateur middleweieht, who recent
ly boxed 20-round draw with Sailor
Petrosl<y in San Francisco. is going te
retire from the game for a year. He
became a professional boxer in order
to make money faster than he was
getting il as an insurance clerk. He
has so far cleared about $1,000. His
brother has forced him To rest
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Shipping News.

Stockton, Me. Aug. 15.-Arrived:
Steamer j. O. Ellison, New York.
Boston, Aug 15.-Arrived and sail
ed: Steamer Reed Italia QtaD. New
York for Naples and Genoa.
Arrived: Schooners Alice NJ. Law
renee, Philadelphia: Htta Vaughn
(Br), Maitland, n. S.
Sailed: Steamers Cambrian (Br),
London.
Calais. Aug 15-Sailed: Schooner
Sussie Davidson, Alma. y. S.
New York, Aug. l5.-Arrived: Steam
'ers Mauretania, Liverpool; France,
Hayre: Friedrich Der Crosse, Bremen.
Portland, Me-. Aug. 15.-Arrived:
Steamers Appenine tBD, Chatham. n.
b. Sehooners Margaret Thomas. Phil
adelphia: Cakes Ames, South Amboy
of Waldoboro; Ida, Boston; Georgiet
ia, do.
Passed Cape Elizab beth: Schooner
Mary E. Palmer, Norfolk for Bangor.
Sailed; Schooners James w. Paul,
Jr=. coal port: Cora F. Cressy, Nor
folk
Bangor, Me. Aug. 15.-Arrived
Steamer F. j. Lisman, Newport News.
Schooner Herman f. kimball, Boston;
Northern Light, do.
Sailed: Schooners Ida B. Gibson
harrington; Mneola, Boston; Fannie
f. Hall, do.
West Sullivan, Me, Aug. 15.-Sailed
Schooner Annie r. Lewis, New York
Rockland, Me-, Aug. 15.-Arrived
Scheoners William Jones. New York;
Lizzie Lane do. Grace T Southwest
Harbor.
Sailed Schooner William Booth
New York