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The Detroit times., 1915-09-21
The Eternal Vigilance

Once upon a time Texas was at the
very mercy of the railroads, just as
many states are today; some that do
not even know il themselves.
Then came Gov. James Hogg and with
him the Texas Railroad Commission !;
first and greatest Of state railway sup
pervisory bodies west of the Mississippi,
Very soon the situation was reversed
Without being bit arbitrary about
il. the people of Texas got in the sad
die.
The railroads found them easy riders,
however
All the people wanted was a square
deal.
Soon the commission, the railroads
and the shippers were working in har-
mony.
The roads prospered and were protect
ed by the commission in many ways, but
they no longer exploited the people at
will
This happy condition continued until
the federal court began to butt IN;
until the interstate commerce commls-
sion, jealous of the Texas body began
reading contradictory decisions.
Then the old order of things began TO
prevail once more.
To nip it in the bud, the people OF
Texas are demanding that the powers
Of the Texas Commission be defined as
judicial, and so respected.
It's question that will interest every
state in the Union in these days of con-
troll Of railroads by commission, and the
results of the Texas controversy will be
closely watched everywhere.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-21

cold. not very long ago. Prof. Dewar, of
London, enabled us to have those nice
bottles in which we can keep cold stuff
cold and hot stuff hot.
We know something about what heat
will do to ores and petroleum but that
knowledge isn't a circumstance to what
we may find out by applying to those ma
teriaIs 46l degrees below zero.
You ought to be glad to know of Heike
Onnes.
His work is going to last much longer
than that OF Won Hindenburg, Jelicoe, or
Jotfre, about whom you are hearing so
much.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-21
Let the People
Rule-and Write
let Him Who Is Without Sin Cast
the First Stone at Her"


the First Stone at Her"
70 the Editor ~ The Times
IL was inspiring 10 read your eX-
cellent editorial in The Times OF
Saturday How'd II be To try keep
ing the men of streets o. nights. f"
The whole tenor of your editorial
Ie.inds me forcibly OF Jesus words
let him that is without sin, cast
The first stone az her" Recently
there was published sermon by q
Detroit pastor in The Times de.
ploring the temptations TO which
men were subjected on the street
1T night felt like asking that
minister. why don't men keep of
the streets. nights? Men go on the
street not because they have TO, but
because they wish TO, Women 20
on the streets after Ten have de
ceiyed and ruined them. \ strong
magnetic or hypnotic man can con
vince almost any woman that he
loves her, and he immensely enjoys
doing the work There Is nothing
clever about the work. for even a
fool can do il quite easily because
girl Is brought M from infancy
that her one aim should be--matri-
mony. As soon as bad man ruins
one girl completely, he sets to work
TO ruin another. and most men are
not lazy when thus employed; con
sequently the city Is swarming with
ruined girls.
The downward track of a woman
is rapid and terrible and when she
has sunk low enough, even the devil
who has ruined her. is afraid of he
and with good cause. II would be
amusing II IL were not ridiculous 70
hear the way men preach against
these fallen women. yet those same
ministers would in all probability
have fallen years before these won.
en- did. we're they placed under the
same circumstances.
For shame, you well fed. well
trained, we'll salaried ministers and
others. who against Jesus wishes
Throw the stones AT her" Why do
you not make a way for her 10 earn
n decent living? Why do you not
teach men to respect her or keep
away from her? Ministers have
comforts. even some Injuries, be
sides the hope OF a pension-all OF
which she has not Why don't VIC
plan 10 keep our own American
girls from falling and stop worry,
ing and weeping over the heather
for a while at least?
MARGARET r. McAULEY.
$50 Brooklyn-ave, Detroit, Sept
10, 1915.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-21
Diets of the Kings

Many people think that kings and
royal families dine srmptuously OF
the richest and most expensive
kinds OF food In most cases. how.
ever, this is not true; for realiz-
ing the necessity Of clear heads
and healthy bodies in the proper
conducting OF affairs OF state. the
monarchs OF the great powers eat
only the simple and most nourish-
ing foods.
In the early morning the kaiser
drinks chocolate, followed later by
ham and eggs. At noon he eats a
very light luncheon. At nIght the
kaiser has cold meat and sand
wiches, and after a hunting trip.
INDUCES in potato bouulon, which
he eats with as much pleasure az
his forester. The kaiser especially
enjoys roast game bird and carp.
Gar Nicholas OF Russia Is fond
OF FISH OF any kind. He is especial
ly partial to Provencal dried cod
FISH seasoned with oil, pepper and
garlic. Even better the car likes
kabeljau. codllngs prepared in oil.
He once remarked TO the late Felix
Faure OF France. 81 could eat them
(cedI,ngs) twice day"
King Victor Emmanuel OF Italy
declares hts great liking for pollen
tn. the Indian meal porridge, which
he eats as regularly as the poorest
peasant. He also likes roast chick
en- giblets with calves brains and
artichokes. Vienna schnitzei is n
favorite dish of the Emperor OF
Austria. The emperor is also fond
% calves tongue In red wine.
Tho Car OF Russia, however,
does not care for caviar. the pre-
pared sturgeon roe. which Is tho
tfaffy tffsfI Of the -Rtfs-iHf eeasahtfs.
Insteed he Is unusually fond ~ GER
tain Russian vegetable soups called
borscht and tschi--BibIiothek der
Unterhaltuns und dcs Wissens.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-21
Pointed Paragraphs

A useless life is but "A living death.
Better prudent enemy than a
friend without discretion.
II woman loves man it's ten to
one that she doesn't understand
him.
And sometimes a wife's display OF
love Is merely for her husbands
nIOGey.
Every time mean man smiles he
looks as II he actually felt ashamed
OF IL.
You can usually ascertain a wo.
mans real age by asking some other
woman.
A man often complains OF his lack
CT memory. but never of his lack OF
knowledge.
What fine world this would be
II We all loved our neighbors as We
try 10 love ourselves,
Politeness is like an air cushion:
there may be nothing in It. but 1t
Eases many a hard jolt.
An Indian girl was thunderstruck
when she learned OF her beau's mar.
rage 10 another. but recovered
shortly after and eloped with light
ming rcd agent.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-21

Some OF the belligerent European
governments are dissatisfied with
the munitions that are being made
by some OF the manufacturers in
this country. and in many instances
the orders when filled were reject.
ed Likewise, the slowness with
which some OF the American con
tractors have been filling their or.
ders has met vita strong disap-
prevail By the war offices OF the
allies.
The output OF private manufac.
turers Of munitions OF war. says
the Army and Navy Journal" ac-
cording TO reliable information. is
far from satisfactory 10 European
belligerents who have placed con
tracts in this country. According
10 the reports. there have been
Wholesale reflections Of some OF
the more important munitions. and
tho American concerns are not pro
ducing material as rapidly IS was
anticipated. The chief difficulty IS
the !nexperience OF many OF the
manufacturers who have taken con
tracts from foreign govern. aents
The production OF munitions Of war
is speciality and requires super.
intendents and men who have had
experience in factories producing
war material. This condition calls
attention 20 the importance OF q
policy which we have already urged
upon the government, Of encourag-
ing private manufacturers 10 20 in
10 the business Of producing am.
munition and ordnance materials in
time OF peace, that they may be
prepared for the emergency ~ war.
Many things that The army and
navy use require special construc-
The Detroit times., 1915-09-21
A Master Builder of Business Efficiency

OF the comradeship OF modern busi-
ness and reflects poetic phase Of
this prosaic and practical age, which
while dealing with dollars and cents
recognizes the individual unit Of
human welfare a. the basic principle
OF democracy triumphant
After every one had left the great
0ffice building. Mr.. COuzens closed mp
his desk and took up a little slip Of
paper on the fat top desk--for he
has two desks fore and aft II was
m" report 81 tho day. $4,000 orders
on the boOks-from more than GOO
agents. 35 branches and IS assem-
bling plants In various parts OF the
United states II was also a fash Of
n days work in the office OF James
Ccuzens, vice. president and treasurer
~ tnc Ford Motor company, with
details as exact a. the axiom that
TWO and two make four.
The many versatile activities OF
ia mes Couzens impress one with his
greatness and tact as business man,
and closer acquaintance gives an In
sight into his broad humanity. His
wealth has been acquired so fairly
that he Is neither charged with in
Justice nor slandered by envy. II
has been honestly earned. without In :
ustice or destructive competition. ~
To- clean money in the making OF
which. business ability In blended
with an intelligent love OF humanity.
No stock speculation. sharp bargain.
ing or scheming. or anything 81
this sort has entered Into his work.
straightforward legitimate Industry
I'm the development OF product that
has done much to accelerate the pro-
gress OF civilization. The country
has been brought together into one
family--the farm door IL next TO the
city door. and the grinding monotony
OF rural life has been largely done
away with by the motor car. 70 say
nothing OF the economical results IN
tightening the hard labor ~ farm
nnaaaaatnn nf wralfn mas
so, changed Mr.. James Couzens. He
1 the same man today as when
checking cars years ago-the same
thorough. active. and honest worker
nv all who know him. and holds q
Nrm place IN public favor
The Detroit times., 1915-09-21
A Really Great One

On the edge of the change in seasons,
permit US to introduce Heike K. Onnes.
professor in the University of Leyden,
Holland.
Heike is the greatest living cryogenist.
That is, he takes first prize as a pro-
Queer of coldness.
For years Heike Onnes has been put
ting up laboratory with apparatus for
experimenting with degrees Fahrenheit
and he has at last won great victory
over heat by getting a temperature 461
degrees below zero, within one degree of
point where there is absolutely no heat
at al.
He hQuified helium at 452 degrees be-
low. let her boil, in the boiling got cold
meas of 461 below, and if the scientific
world weren't too busy making things
hotter than--well, plenty hot, for war
purposes. it would be at Prof. Onnes' feet
wcshiping over his discovery of almost
shSolnts zero.
whyf
Because It Is highly possible that with
Gktxpme cold things can be done in COM
oEsia1 factories that we haven't been
- TO do with heat, or we can do things
{ uess chsaply.
rsr Instance, BY producing extrsms
The Detroit times., 1915-09-21
BRAINS.
EY Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)

The most amazing thing about the
world is the human brain that appre-
ciates it.
That mass of corrugated gray mat
ter boxed in bone which registers the
impressions received from all things,
| from stars to dust notes. is by far the
most wonderful substance of all sub
stances
What would tree mean If there were
no brain to see it with its eye, to hear
it with its ear, and to touch it with it's
hand? Nothing Practically it would
not exist
There would be no sun if there were
no eye, no perfumes if there were no
nose. no sounds if there were no ear.
Blot out brains and the universe is
extinguished.
There may be other suns in the sky,
there may be spirit bodies moving among
us, there may be stupehdous music
swirling around us, all of such quality
that we have no organ to perceive them.
For us they do not exist
A telephone would be dead thing and
useless without a receiver. The brain
is the receiver of the universe.
Very wonderful is Paderewski's per-
Torrance upon the piano. RaphaePs col
ors upon canvas, ShapeSpeare's words on
paper, and all of the Creators glory of
landscape and sea view; but not so
miraculous as the grayish stuff in our
heads that can receive their messages,
record them and translate them into
emotion.
1t was not such task to create a
world as it was to construct this curious
organ that the world can play upon. For
world with no brain in 1t would be an
Ysaye without violin.
So also Wagner opera is surpassed
by the brains that can understand 1t.
Newton's mathematical theses, and
Wordsworth's poetry, and Socrates's rea-
soning, and Lord Christs life truths.
greater than these are the people that
can grasp them.
Nv mind is the ultimate miracle.
Long before this brain came into be-
ing there were electricity, light. sound,
color. and all the phenomena of exist
ence: but, actually, the universe was
created when I was born. and when l
die it will be the end of the world.
The whole cosmos, the sum Of things,
is all in that pulp in the bone-cup at the
top Of my spine.
More strange yet than our ability to
preceive sights and sounds is our capac--
ity for understanding these motions OF
pure spirit that go on in other brains. We
can see the hope, love. hate, joy, and
sorrow of another, interpreting them by
words. signs. and other indications.
We can grasp world plans, reconcile
scientific theories, and the subtlest re-
fnements of thought. We can weep at
poetry, laugh at comedy, mourn in sym.
patty, fear from our own fancies, feel
sin and rightness, follow evil or worship
God.
OF all jewels found in earth or sea- OF
all machines made by mans cunning, OF
all the incomprehensible works OF the
Deity, nothing excels that handful OF
gray substance that functions IKE
locked up god in the Uranium OF The
! two-legged animal without feathers"
1
The Detroit times., 1915-09-21
The Hereafter

We will that there Hereafter
do believe tmany DO believe 1.-THE
therefore little
calculating based beautiful and All have
a
aspira-
and will you
the Hereafter World
partnership
will that person o you n
The Detroit times., 1915-09-21
A Poem a Day
THE ROAD NOT TAKEN.


Two roads diverged in a yellow wood.
And sorry could not travel both
And De one traveller. long I stood
And looked down one rs far az
could
To whore II bent in tho underground,
Then took the other. "a just az far
And having perhaps the better claim
Because 10 was grassy and wanted
wear
Though as FOR that the passing thers
Had worn them really about the same
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no st& had trodden black
oh I marked Ne hrst for another
day
Yet knowing how way leads on to
way.
doubted II should ever come back
shall be telling this with sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence.
Two roads dtveFged In a wood. and l.
took the one less Travelled by.
And that has made all the difference
Robert Frost In the Atlantic.
---------=
Flattery IS a mask assumed for
purpose.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-21

no" about wife who worked 80 rmed With
and wopt with youvI she VIII tell tho
angel Who has charge Of the which sgei that
a fine should a worthy
Your children
dadde here
How about yourself,
VIII the angel the
Will blush when walk through the Hereafter?
We wonder II haven't furnished the a
here sermonA
The Detroit times., 1915-09-21
From Another Point of VieiU
BY c. T. 9.

Because of his opinion that he hadn't
earned it. Philadelphia lawyer sacri-
feed fee of 100000.
And along with it, we presume, his
standing in the Bar Association.
This. too, we would consider another
instance where it would take Philadel-
phia lawyer-that is to say, certain
Philadelphia lawyer.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-21

Joe Chapple's National Magazine
concludes a sketch Of James Couz-
ers' business career with this per
gonal tribute;
The story % Damon and Pythias
remains "a LIS pl.atICn Cor tic ideals
~ friendship and comrades brave
and true Tho work % Mr.. James
couzens as the co-worker With Mr.
Henry Word is one ~ the trump 5
The Detroit times., 1915-09-21
-ByWebster

ance and supervision OF army or
navy officers. The demand for their
services at this time is a tribute
10 the ability and efficiency OF the
officers in the army and navy
New York Times
The Detroit times., 1915-09-21

Now. Tommy" queried the teach
or, "oan you tell me the difference
between a biped and quadruped!
Eyes. ma 'am," he answered. TWO
feet"
The Detroit times., 1915-09-21

Forward!
March!
Dum-ba;
Dum-ba;
Dumba, Dumba, Dumba.
William F.. Helps, all the way from ka-
malatchie, Ont, reports to the police that
upon arrival in Detroit he was swindled
out of 1925.
The way the swindlers look at it is,
probably. that in these hard times the ar
rival of every little Helps.
However. they shouldn't let Helps
leave home again without an aide.
Lemuel dropped in on we editor this a.
M. lust after having settled with the doc.
for an operation for appendicitis. at
seems from the size Of the bill In appen-
dicitis cases." said Lem, that the doc.
realizes he can get you only once"
The Allies want to borrow billion
dollars. IL we had it they could have it
in a minute.
Hotels / Have Met" is the title of
a book written by an ex-drummer. A
companion work. perhaps, to Along the
Border"
What has become of the fellow who
had his bed out on the sleeping porch?
The Detroit times., 1915-09-21

What are you going to do when
YOU grow mp, Annette7" asked one
little girl OF another.
Marry some silly man. suppose,
was the reply, like most other
women"
The Detroit times., 1915-09-21
CHESTNUT!

Toward the end OF the ride" she was reading
aloud. they came TO n ford"
"Oh. skip that" he exclaimed impatientiy
that fhay spaadily outsrow It. ysry largely.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-21

Howard" said the Sunday school
teacher. which would you rather
have hurt. your finger or your feel
ings7"
w TNgeF, hfsWeTed HoVHru.
why" queried the teacher.
"'Cause II would be easier to tie
rae around than my feelings" was
the reply.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-21
The Stand of These Papers
Is Brave-But Belated.

Some of the evening prints in this
town are making a brave show OF
unsparing vigilance by letting the light
in upon crime and graft-tolerated, II
not protected, by the police.
These disclosures transform the
news columns into real movies in the
matter of thrills.
The reels reek with underworld reve-
lations.
The uncovered offenses are rank; they
smell to heaven.
The familiar justification is urged for
all this pestilential NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Probably there is no other way, after
administrative collapse has gone on UNI
needed under a liberal mayor as long as
il has under Mr.. Marx.
But we beg to call the attention of the
evening SAarchlghts to the fact that
they are three years overdue in their
reform endeavors.
The time to have saved Detroit from
It's present disgrace was in the mayoral
campaign of 1912, when there was no
dearth of indications that Liberality and
Lawlessness were looking for one grand
frolic under the Marx regime.
Another opportunity for our outraged
contemporaries to save themselves the
pain Of present disclosures was offered
= yeax ago-in the mayoralty campaign
nf 1914, when all the malign and vicious
Alaments rallied again to the support Of
Marx.
Things are now about as bad as they
can be, but still not bad enough to give
the good people who let the river
precincts and the rummies run their
politics, their just desserts.
Nor to give newspapers who join in
Y the despicable coalition of bosses and
lawbreakers, stomach full of the fruits
thereof.
Still we presume these tardy chroni
clers of their city's shame reason thai
their noisome revealings of what the
lewd and the lawless are permitted tC
do in this city, are not all in vain. The
stuff makes relishable reading for the
element that likes to go Summing
through the salacious columns Of
newspapers that are warning valiantly
arainst yice-when il is too late.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-21

What has become of the fellow who
had his bed out on the sleeping porch |
The Detroit times., 1915-09-21

The Allies want to borrow billion
dollars. If we had it they could have il
i'm a minute.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-21

Hotels | Have Met" is the title of
q book written by an ex-drummer. A
companion work, perhaps, to Along the
nj
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-30
Heicht of the Panama Canal.

Tine middle section of the Panama canal, thirty-four miles long. has Il wa ter level of eighty-tivp feet higher than the two end sections. which are Sea levels. Vessels entering the canal from the ocean on either side are lifted to the middle section. d height of eighty five feet. by three sets of locks. each of which raises the vessel a fraction over twenty-eight feet, making total of eighty-Sve feet. These locks are constructed side by side like double track railway. so that one ship may be going up while the other is going down. Only one ship can be in a lock at the same time. but as the locks are rUn- stEucted in pairs. side by side. two ships going in opposite directions. one going up the incline and the other going down. may pass each other with in haiing distance. Vessels are lowed through the locks by electric machin- ery.-Philadelphia Press.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-30
Peg O. My Heart.

When "Peg O. My Heart" J. Hart ley Manners comedy of youth comes to the Mahaiwe Theatre, Great Bar rington, on Friday, tomorrow night, Oct. 1, theatre goers will have an op- portunity of seeing one of the greatest successes of a decade. It is a comedy quite different from the average play. It is free from the everlasting discus. sion of capital and labor or the sordid exploration of social sin, and has for its theme the experiences of poor young Irish girl who is suddenly introduced into the house of aristocratic relatives in England. The play teens with un- usually clever and humorous situations and tells charming love story. Oliver Morosco is responsible for the produc- tion of Peg" which is the comedy gem of the season.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-30
Paint or Not

Is horse worth more or less after feed
 Hay and oats are high today; shall 1 wait today and feed him tomorrow?
 That's how men do about painting their houses and barns and fences. Paint has been high for several years and so they have waited. Some are still waiting.
 Their property drops a trifle year and the next job of paint creeps up creeps up creeps up; it'll take more paint by a gallon a year; they don't save a cent, and the property goes on suffering. DEVOE
 The Fuller Hardware Co. sell it.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-30
ENVY.

Envy is about the most silly and useless of all the vices. The envi- ous person is the most miserable of all human beings. He nourishes vipers which sting and devour him, IS the enemy of all and inAicts mor- tai wounds on charity. oulrages na- ture, which produces only that which IS good, and grace, which cannot act in concert or ally itself with any evil.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-30
Narrow Space.

Narrow Space. He seems to be wandering in his minl" Then hc can't stray away very fur"-Town Topics.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-28

Gaily tripping through the meadows,
Where the SWeet, wiidlviolet grows,
Little Mabel, with her basket,
Sings, as merrily she goes.
Here and there she stoops to gather,
Like a dancing butterfly,
Flowers and herbs whose radiance rivals
Sunset in the western sky.
Now with tiny hands she sewers
Bark of crimson from a tree;
And she sings with voice of gladness:
Sweetest blossoms grow for me-"
Echo, listening to the warbling,
AS it sounded through the lea,
Opens wide her mouth to answer,
Sweetest blossoms grow for me-"
''Well, perhaps" cries little Mabel,
"For you, too, the flowers grow;
But the secret of their virtues,
That not cen the fairies know"