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The Detroit times., 1915-06-30

Personally" says Mr.. Bryan. Il
should like TO see the use OF sub
marines abandoned entirely"
Is the submarine an influence for
war. or for peace: Mr.. Bryan.
think. overlooks the fact that in the
submarine lies the hope Of the ma.
tons which are weak in naval force.
The. submarine equalizes the game
OF war between nations.
Germany mas Kept Britain's fleet
bottled up ever since the war be
gan. sc far as offensive operations
against German ports or the Ger
man eject are concerned.
In the submarine area, peace has
prevailed between these fleets. II
is the enforced peace Of terror. The
sea fights between British and Ger
man warships have occurred main.
~ in remote portions OF the globe
rot vet covered by submarine opera.
tons.
These fleets are paralyzed by the
submarines. When any agency Is
shown to be effective TO paralyze
such fleets no more OF them will be
built under any sane and honest
naval policy.
Germany often boasts that Britain
IL no longer mistress OF the seas:
and IL Is true. Since the deadliness
OF the submarine has been proven.
no nation Is mistress OF the seas.
Insofar as the allies rule the seas.
their sway can last only so long as
their enemies are unprovided with
an adequate supply Of submarines.
Invasions by water are thing OF
the past. The submarine can never
be made troop-ship, but II can and
will keep troop-ships bent on hostil-
tiles on the seas.
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because she understands that when God
gave her her great gift. He gave it to the
world and not as thing to be wholly
operated as a private mint.
The woman who got up there amidst
the flowers, with JOY in her heart, smiles
on her motherly face and tears in her
eyes to lead 10000 children in THE Star
Spangled Banner" has relatives, friends,
loved ones, suffering, dying in Europe,
victims of war.
Long may she wave over America and
American hearts!
She's glorious.
The Detroit times., 1915-06-30
An Ice Glass of Water

Instead OF icing drinks. why not
put them In tumblers made OF ice
II looks as II this would soon be
possible in every nome. for the Uni.
ted States patent once has issued
a patent 10 Hendrix Douwe Pieter
Huizer. OF The Hague. Netherlands
for an apparatus for making tum
blers OF ice. Besides cooling the
contents. such tumblers will have
the hygienic advantage OF never be
ing used more than once. The in
ventor suggests insulating his ice
tumblers in paper or celluloid cases
in order TO make them last at least
az long as they drink they contain
The Detroit times., 1915-06-30
Rewards of Insomnia

Few men are more to be pitied
than the confirmed insomnia"
Few men seek more pity. whose
can not sleep must retail his tale
Of trouble to his associates. friends
and chance acquaintance. He ex.
poets consideration and unconsci.
ously demands admiration.
But as a matter OF fact. nearly
every wakeful person Is culpably
responsible for his wakefulness.
The longer he stays awake the
more nervous and more irritated he
becomes. He comes to dislike him
self TO dislike nature. to dislike a
world so poorly arranged. His
wakefulness Is tense mental strain,
more wearying than . days labor.
The wearier he becomes the more
resentful he feels. and he RACES
against his helplessness.
All Of which In sheer folly. Go
ing to bed In az much for the pur.
PObC Va tcsiHS thN OOuy 40 Va WV
ing the mind. n the mind refuses
to rest, the body should be given
fair chance. Counting TO impos-
sible numbers and such artificial
devices are usually vain. The best
plan is TO lie relaxed and At ease,
thinking OF something altogether
agreeable. A reading lamp at the
head of the bed and handy book
may be resorted TO. Even II one
stays awake thus for hours his body
is resting. and in the morning he IL
partly refreshed. Actual insomnia
II very rare. Fear OF insomnia. or
Insomnia phobis." 10 the ailmen'
from which most sleepless persons
suffer.
but II sleeplessness can not be
put aside there 10 q certain reward
for the sufferer. He can listen for
the coming Of the day. which IL q
pleasure denied 70 healthy sleepers
The Detroit times., 1915-06-30

It's serious problem how boys
and girls shall spend their vaca.
tons. OF course II parents don't
take hand in II they Will settle
the question for themselves. There
are always other boys and girls.
perhaps many OF them that you are
In no wsy acquainted with and OF
course there are always both good
and bad diversions at hand for
healthy youngsters.
Through their parents lack OF In
terest many children form bad hab-
its and cultivate evil associates dur
ing school vacations. Boys and girls
mindy need entertaining occupation
and their bodies need plenty OF
teaIthful exercise. The parents
should try to guide this natural
craving. and where circumstances
make &, possible to join and share
In some of the vacation amuse-
meats Ct their children.
The Detroit times., 1915-06-30
Pointed Paragraphs

You can't flatter one woman by
complimenting another.
The more good advise YOU get the
less use you have for II.
When man makes love TO wo-
nan another woman wonder, why.
A man can always ind time TO
do a thing II he mas the inclins'
ton.
Some people dodge amateur con.
certs because they are fond OF
music.
Some women are so contrary that
they would rather be married than
be happy.
Ohio boasts OF hustling widow
who has brought up II children and
three husbands.
Some men climb up in the world,
and lot more remain at the bot.
tom because the elevator isn't run
ming.
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THE HORSE SUPPLY

From the beginning OF September TO the end
OF December. 1914. $4,000 horses were exported
from the United States in the regular course Of
trade. In addition to these, several Thousand
more have been purchased for export by agents
OF the nations at war. But there In not the
slightest reason to fear any serious shortage o.
horses in this country
There were in this country on January I, 1915
the number far exported. and yet experience
no apprcciablc shortage OF work horses. Fur
thermorc. the kind Of horses that have beer
sold for war purposes are for the greater part
very ordinary animals. which would not sell
for more than 800 a head. Only small per
centage Of the animals being exported are mares
The big demand for horses will probably &C
cur after peace has been declared At that time
the countries now at war. with the exception OF
Russia, will no doubt be very short of horses
for their agricultural and other work Europear
Russia had. prior to the outbreak Of the war
about $4,000 900 horses. and II tho only country
having more horses than the United States. This
country and Russia together have so per cent Of
all the horses in, the world. a very large mum
Der Of the horses In Russia will be destroyed
in the war; and the remaining will no doubt
be needed by Russia for her own agricultural
and other work. N|t
N The demands on this country. which has ono
fourth Of the worlds supply of horses Will.
therefore, be large, and will probably continue
for a number Of years. for the rehabilitation OF
the depleted horse stock Of any country IN
slow proccss.--Carriage Builders kssociation
-
The Detroit times., 1915-06-30

Just now he hears the FIRST herald.
ing OF dawn AT abou. 3:i5. The
herald Is a rooster IN some neigh
bor's back yard. Heretofore that
rooster has been greatly d!sliked
and the neighbor has shared In his
The Detroit times., 1915-06-30
An Adaptstior.

There Is tide in the affairs OF
men" said the man who habitually
quotes Shakespeare. which. taken
a; the food. leads on TO fortune
Yes replied the man who had
married an heiress. II remember
the tide that led TO my fortune
well"
What tide was that"
1T was an cvcntide, and we were
sitting In the garden
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Reasonable.

She's such quiet little person
that I'm surprised TO hear she's
fearing a diaphonous skirt"
Perhaps she believes In the old
saying that little girls should be
seen, but not heard"
The Detroit times., 1915-06-30
Care of ChiLdren,S Health
During Summer Vacations

While tie majority OF us must
continue our regular occupations.
the summer usually offers some
chance to get into the open and
bark back TO nature.
Every boy ard girl naturally has
scratching OF tho love of our print
tive forefathers for the woods and
streams. Cultivate this and share
IL. Since our schools have been
eaching natural history you will
find them especially keen. They
viii nave things OF interest to tell
you. All this will serve to give you
an agreeable change and 1t will en-.
courage the sirls and boys TO take
an interest in the wonders of Gods
great out OF doors. You can do
nothing better for their health, en-
joyment and future happiness than
TO stimulate their interest In these
things.
II Is best not TO stand near q per.
son who IL coughing, because In
coughing finely divided droplets of
saliva are thrown from the mouth
and NAV be carried for a distance
OF three feet. These droplets may
contain large numbers Of germs.
They arc also sometimes thrown
OUT in forcibIe speakinR The ordi.
nary breath does not contain them.
The Detroit times., 1915-06-30
Laughs.
Exaggerated.

Robert" said the teacher TO a
small pupil. "can you tell me what
Imagination is?"
Yes. ma'am" replied the little
fellow. Imagination Is what makes
fellow think 2 bees singer Is
three feet long after he gets
stung."
The Detroit times., 1915-06-30

OF boys and girls
will be ready for
summer holidays.
After their win
tors work In
school they need
change and diver
sion and health
full exercise.
The Detroit times., 1915-06-30

Schools throughout the country
will soon be closed and thousands
The Detroit times., 1915-06-30
YPRES

Some of the things they call II In our village:
Wipes" "wipers." Wiper" "Weeps." Weep
'sWypress," "wyp." "Yepress." "Yip." "Yerp."--
Answers.
The Detroit times., 1915-06-30

q 100 Voices Sings
flF Spangled Banner

- & : great, : splendid work Of
y ~ Spreckels outdoor organ at
Uo exposition.
1D out there in the sunshine
1xeen trees, palms and grasses,
ghite buildings and the multi
~ beds.
4t6tve heard Of . fine organ in
xeh, and been thrilled and felt
~ lfke one Of Gods children.
y xposition organ worships in
\ l. temples, temple Of nature,
It y Il that it can whisper to
~ delicate beauties of Mo-
R mon you and through the
1andid buildings. into the
r1s backwards and homes
uund one Of the grand, over
d elkaufsts Of the immortal
+ IA .t's' ST IS
~ seens % reach the skies
@ ~ make the roses and pam
1lds you.
hllnan hearts and fills them
Mat and faith.
! & 30 na snere UNDER the blue
. n .. n''ed win the
m d. 49,. ..s 49, Ano upni''
~ = 700 ana heaven
.
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- - vsu 'nlnss u OUT
The Detroit times., 1915-06-30

Instead Of throwing her kitchen refuse into
dustbin the poor Constantinople housewife puts
Il into sort of kennel outside her door for me
wandering dogs Of the city.
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seems. That same day she packed up
her belongings and left her husband and
her guest For several days Raoul and
Meta enjoyed the freedom OF the Raoul
home. Raoul acted both as host and
servant. He cooked all the meals and
did the dishes after them. "A kinship
Of love existed between u.s." says Raoul
In referring to this period, land there
were no improper relations between u.s."
Nevertheless, Mrs. Raoul secured her
divorce. At the same time Meta's first
husband, Upton Sinclair, moved down
south to begin a fight for his boy. And
then 1t was that Meta, driven to 1t by
love Of the boy, threw aside all her old
convictions and beliefs and decided that
she was not for free love and free love
was not for her.
1t is strange and new Meta. 1t is no
more like the old. defiant and free-think-
ing Meta of a few years ago than mod
ern warfare is like the old. When her
relations with Harry Kemp we're dis
covered a year ago, Meta tossed back her
proud head and hurled this sweeping
challengeat the whole world:
81 don't give a darn about marriage,
divorce reports of courts and the findings
of referees.
II am sick of all the comment it has
aroused, but all the comment has only
strengthened me in my resolve to live
my own life with Harry Kemp. 1 will
live that life as I see fit. Here We are
hid away in q little insignificant bunga-
low, away from the outside world. Here I
find perfect happiness and contentment
There is a higher ideal than a paid
supreme court Justices decision or opin-
ion. What do l care for a mere judges
decision? A million such decisions can't
have any effect on me or swerve me from
my allotted choice.
II can sum up my view Of life In two
words-love and freedom. Freedom to
place my love where I care to place It
and love to have my freedom. The mere
world does not understand my point OF
view any more than the cold-blooded,
salaried Judges. It's here in the wilds
with our two souls In perfect accord.
with no angry husband, prying neishbor
or paid Judge to fntrude upon our sacred
feelings. that we are happy. HereI ind
the perfect bliss that desire.
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and wife. When he saw he could not
stem the tide he broke of his relations
withsKemp entirely and sent him on his
But Mrs. Sinclair went on the same
way, too, without saying anything to her
husband about 1t. They we're next heard
Of at Long Island living in a cheap room
ing. house. They attracted attention
there because Kemp never wore a hat,
Mrs Sinclair never wore a wedding ring,
and because, IN the words of the board
ing-house keeper, both Of them were
too loving to be man and wife"
Mrs. Sinclair maintained through 1t all
that she bore no i'll will toward her hus-
band and that she had never been guilty
Of misconduct with the poet She did not
appear at the trial and offered no wit
nesses The reason she left her home,
she said, was because her husband was
ian essential monogamist, without hav-
ing any Of the qualities which an essen
tial monogamist ought to possess.
Zone of these qualities is" she con-
tinued, that a monogamist ought to be
able to act the part of husband. In
other words, he ought to have some time
to devote to his wife and occupy her
attention so that there should be none
Of this attention of hers left for other
men," She asked that Sinclair's suit for
divorce be dismissed because he had
practically connived in her offense by
failing to give her adequate protection.
But to this contention the referee
made the following picturesque reply:
while it is true that the husband is re-
garded as the protector of his wife. l
hardly think the most ardent advocates
of the feminine side would insist that
husband should devote all his time to the
protection Of his wife. The only weapon
he Is permitted to use in this enlight-
ened age is moral suasion. a weapon OF
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"I have said that I don't give a darn
about conventions. I don't give darn
about anything except being left alone
with Harry. Here with him I am SUI
premeiy happy. Away from him I could
It was Sinclair himself who introduced
the long-haired- poet to his wife. That
was 1t Battle Greek, Mich, IN the sum-
mer Of 1910. The next summer Kemp
came to the Sinclair home in the Arden
colony as a -isitor. From the first
Kemp's attentions to Mrs. Sinclair were
such that Sinclair made Kemp give him
his word of honor that he would have no
relations with Mrs. Sinclair except such
as were proper.
Previous to the appearance Of Kemp
Mrs. Sinclair admitted to her husband
that were not quite proper. but Sinclair
condoned her guilt and lived with her
again as her husband.
At Arden 1t seems the Sinclairs pos
sessed two houses. One was the big
house." and a block or two away was
the little house" Shortly after Kemp
came Mrs. Sinclair left the big house
and went to sleep in the little house.
She said she made the change because
rest was necessary for her and she could
not sleep mornings in the big house be-
cause her son woke her up. Sinclair, who
had been using the little house as his
sleeping quarters, then moved into the
big house. A little later the poet erected
. tent near the little house.
Shortly after Kemp's arrival he and
Mrs. Sinclair were seen together con-
ttnually They were together constantly
during the day and in the evening they
would take long walks in the fields and
woods. Mrs. Sinclair did not try to hide
the happiness the company Of the poet
gave her. She confessed to many per-
sons that he had the most beautiful soul
she had ever known and that he had
brought her the greatest happiness she
had ever had.
As soon as he saw how affairs were 60
ing, Sinclair demonstrated with his friend
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3o Autobiography Be Realistic and Brutal His Stories

again and there stood grandfather on the
threshold.
press yourself. varvara. and come
along!"
She sat stin. and without looking at
him said: . 49,
Come wherer'
Come along. for Gods sake! Don't
begin arguing. He Is a good. peaceaoie
man. in a good position. and he win make
q good father for Lexei."
He spoke in an unusually Important
manner. stroSing his sides with the palms
Of his hands the while; but his elbows
trembled, as they were bent backwards.
exactly as II his hands wanted to be
stretched out in front of him, and he had
. struggle to keep them back.
Mother interrupted him calmly: II ten
you that II can't be done"
: Grandfather stepped up to her. stretch
ing out his hands Just as II he were
blind, and bending over her. bristling with
rage. he said. with a rattle In his throat:
Come along. or TN drag you to him-by
the hair
you'll drag me to him. win your
asked .mother. standing up. She turned
pale and her eyes were painfully drawn
together a. she began rapidly to take on
her bodice and skirt. and finally. wearing
nothing but her chemise. went mp 10
grandfather and said: Nov. drag me to
him"
He ground his teeth together and shook
his FIST In her face.
ssvarv.rs! Drsss yourself at oncel''
Mother puslssd him aside With her hand.
and took hold Of the door handle
wen? Como alongr'
Grandmother was already barring
mothers way: waving her hands In her
facesas u she were hen. she now drove
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that was, dropped into obscurity. Moth
ing was heard of her until the trouble
between the Raouls.
1t was at a gathering Of Socialists in
Cleveland in May that Mrs. Sinclair met
William G. Raoul, Jr., capitalist and So
cialist. He had married the beautiful
and talented young Atlanta society girl
IN January, but had had "intellectuar
correspondence with Mrs. Sinclair for
some time previous to his marriage.
When Raoul return ID to Atlanta after
the Cleveland meeting he asked his wife
to invite Mrs. Sinclair to their home.
This she did, but regretted it very much
when, as she says, she came to learn that
her husband paid more attention to the
visitor than to the wife.
1t was after Mrs. Sinclair had been at
, the RaouI home but for few days that
Raoul told his young bride that he cared
much more for Mrs. Sinclair than he did
for Mrs. Raoul and that he had brought
Mrs. Sinclair there to compare the two
women and make his choice.
"Since the first week of my marriage"
says Mrs. Raou1, my husband has con-
stantly and continually harassed me and
annoyed me in divers ways almost be-
yond endurance. He processes to be q
Socialist, an atheist and believer in free
love, and he tried to make me embrace
all of these theories.
ION many occasions he has assured mo
that he might leave me at any time pro-
vided he should find his soul mate in an
other. And being a young and inexpe-
rienced girl, constantly chafed and
grieved over these remarks.
Before Mrs. Sinclair had been in our
house forty Eight hours I noticed that my
husband paid her the most marked at
tention. He was with her both day and
night to my entire neglect
He and Mrs. Sinclair would go over in
the woods together alone both day and
night. In fact, the conduct of the two
became so thoroughly Objectionable that
my brother ordered the woman to leave
the place. l left my home and went to
my sisters.
II tried to talk to my husband many
times about his actions and was brutality
informed by him that he cared more for
Mrs. Sinclair than he did for me. That
was enough"
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but little effect IN these days Of
barometric depression in the marital
ether, occasioned by these so-called AZ
fnity storms"
Sinclair received the decree and Meta
Fuller Sinclair was left free to enjoy
her long-haired poet as she would. But
it wasn't for long. Triolets, quatrains,
sonnets and icewater three times q day
was scarcely sufficient food for a young
woman who had been accustomed to
menu that q successful husband-author
had always been able to provide for her.
She went home to her mother, and the
Tramp Poet Of Kansas" boarded q slow
freight and made his painful and disil-
lusioned way back to his native state.
Nothing more was heard from Meta
Fuller Sinclair for several weeks. Then
1t was announced that she was about to
marry Hughbert Halliwell, of Pough-
keepsie, young man who was a Social
list and who had an income of about $3.50
a week tdm his fathers estate.
1T Il no surprise to me that Hugh
bert is engaged" said his brother, George
W. Halliwell, Jr., but doubt II he will
be married in the fall. He will change
his mind. have been paying his board
while he was fishing in the Catskills-
do not understand how he can contem-
plate marriage seriously. He has not
been WE'LL"
The young mans mother rather liked
Mrs Sinclair and said she had no ob5ec-
ton to the marriage.
Il have met Mrs. Sinclair several
times" she said, land have found her a
very charming young woman. l will
have no objection to her marriage to my
SON. In fact. am rather glad to hear OF
the engagement"
The doubts of Halliwell's brother were
fulfilled. Halliwell did not marry Mrs.
Sinclair. And again Mrs. Upton Sinclair.
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From now on the lad settles into .
rut of hardship. His clothes
and profession earn for him the title Of
"the Ragman." He had to steal in order
to buy the book which he coveted above
all else. Robinson Crusoe." Stealing Is
his daily occupation. His field of opera
lions is generally the lumber wharves
along the river. One Of these wharves he
describes as follows:
The yard was small. close and dirty;
from the gate were built a succession Of
sheds and cellars ending at the wash
house. All the roofs were made of pieces
Of old boats-loes. boards and damp bits
Of wood which had been secured By the
inhabitants OF the neighborhood when the
ice was breaking on the Okla. at flood
time-and the whole yard was an insight
b conglomeration of heaps of wood OF an
sorts. which. being saturated with water.
sweated In the sun and emitted an inten-
sihed odor Of rottenness.
Next door there was q slaughter houss
for the smaller kind of cattle and almost
every morning could be heard the below
ing Of calves and the bleating Of sheep.
and the smell Of blood became so strong
sometimes that It seemed to me that It
lowered IN the air In the shape of a trans-
parent, purple net.
His mothers death at the remorseless
hands, or feet rather, Of her brutal hus.
band. ends this section Of the story. An
other volume Il to complete the work.
The stingy head Of the house gives his
avarice full ding and exclaims that he
cannot endure the lad Maxim 'hangina
around his neck" any longer. So the
young Maxim b pitched nsck and crop
into the world to shin for himself q
best he can. Il u powerful and search.
ing story and one that finds NO echo =
~ Gzv03snen e Ne aysfsgs ma.