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The Detroit times., 1915-09-01
England After the War

An interview reported IA the
Times ~ Monday aab Charles e
Je-ri1Ft7m. a writer ou Engllsa
acty. contains or eusso ou.e so
ts,esting speculation as 70 The 10.
e.al ana economic oranges 70 b. ok
pseta in England after ue war
AnE!ta society Is f7saeI on
wealth. mainly oa wealth a land
5fa au 'ae r-e ag o many new
tlsh va8 felt 20 ba .be org really
'rrsgae De- form 90. Investment Do
save man ID place ia taa country
aud The county indeed tharc tas
cHee @ tradition among fhe pairs
clans * tae sfraue-t sect that it
was NOT ere peltsa ie t1 He posse
et 0l muea personal property Land
mas tEe source OF honor The a.
miaishea yield .he burden of tae 10
teritaHee and income taxes were
already pressing bard on the great
land hGid'as class many ot them
tbt heir+ al embarrassed estates
Now comes the lnf0ierahle financial
burden of war whose end uo man
can foreere Nr. J ruingham pre-
l'c' the dissipation ~ the great
fortunes of society," and The break
iuE Clown of social barriers
But fortunes VIII be- marie as sell
as l There vlll be sHcressGre to
the en1ob'cd naaobs OF enc eight
eeuth century and the manufactur
prs. bankers and hreNerg OF tho
nineteenth and twentieth To pass
The land sy tenn over 20 plat0crats.
from Mood 70 the bank book
2olld poe loss rather than gain.
Land reforms The breaking up Of
great estates. the iteration IL Dr.
be- possible. OF the ycoman class. The
elevation Of the agricultural laDorer.
In short the gradual gndoing OF
long series ~ oppge -.0ns and en-
croachments from IRE dissolution OF
Itae monasteries and The inclosure
of commons this 81 the indlspensa-
gle necessity Of England
England !s full OF gitiful poyertv
eGch az ls not ~ be- found fin Ger
many From her most formidable
zoe she haze 20 learn economic. oven
moro than military, lessons The
evils 81 squslor shlf'lessner- drunk
elness, wrctchcd wages and l0Gg
irgs, and Of the physical condition
~ too many Of her population. must
be abated The war has interrupted
the progress OF economic legislation
for tho benefit OF the majority Who
can doubt that the remedial work
VIII be contlEue9/ anG enlarged when
tho rcconstmction OF Industry &c.
taken? The added efficiency Of fhe
nation Will De more than com.
p,nfation for The money that win
nave 20 be spent fruitf1ly spent IN
addition 70 the monsroo% waste Of
the war
The English aristocracy IS nobly
and memorably doing ts part In the
field Noblcsse oblige But tho Eng
lIsh democracy. conscious Of itself
conscious 81 its too paltry share lu
the properties % hclBs 70 create
~ lts great. though obscure share
in lighting or failing for the coun
my. ls rot likely 20 be duped by
sentimentalitles. We can evon imag
inc an England without game laws
from the viewpoiui ~ the grandces
fho. end Of thd woril.-Ncw York
Times.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-01
Party Endorsement Asked
For Industrial Report

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vince 'oT'' 81 '''' WISDOM OF THESE
proposals The other matters, hor
ever are Tie result ~ community
neglect and are merely revival og
rights which the average citizen ann
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The Detroit times., 1915-09-01
MAKE STUDY OF CACTI

The exhaustive study OF cacti which Dr.
BrtiOn and pr Rose have been carrying out
for tho Carnegie institution has now reached
tho point where the descriptive accounts OF most
OF the genera and q majority Of the North Amer
ican species including those % Central Amer
lea and The West indies have been drawn M.
Dr Rose spent several months last year collect
inR Cscu in western South America, and this
year D." expects 10 carry Out similar undertak.
inE ga eastern South America. Dr Brttnn's
field work last year included extensive studies
In Porto Rico and adjacent islands. one interest
ing result Of which was the recognition OF tbil
long lost Cactus Monillformis OF Lnnaeus. N
The Detroit times., 1915-09-01
The Path to Perfection.
ny Or. FRANK CRANE
copyright 1915, by Frank Crane)

Copyright 1915, by Frank crane) 80
The path to perfection, it has bey,s.
sand. leads through a series of disgust
The sinner is converted not when b on
reforms. but when he experiences reSsa,,
vulsion. re-
DIR. Chalmers defined the renovatinHu
force as the "eXpulsive power OF neon
affection" ~
ANY form Of pleasure carries with y :
sickenng element after IT passes ee1eai
tain point Go6
The drunkard is not really cured untai'
the smell of liquor repelS him. ret
The smoker has not broken OF ms oa' 81
habit for good until tobacco nauseate O.
him Lot
You are never free from a thing aTWs
long as YOU like it. ND no
The woman who claims 20 have reer
formed but who still likes to play with.
fire lies lies 60 herself probably as mucl
as 20 YOU, m.
Disgust is the shadow cast by love.
Where there is no shadow there Is ne
substance d
The worth of a wife's affection is ex,a
actly measured 10y her horror of dis
loyalty. 81
We climb by love the rungs of the lad.
der are disgusts
All adopts in soul matters have recog-
nized the purifying and strengthening
quality az remuneration II is the giSt of
Buddhism. II is the meat Of Christianity. /
II is the core OF all important philoso-,
phjeS
The wise of this world are they that,
avoid safety
The motto Of Socrates was Never too
much
The enicures Of pleasure are those We
are experts in the art Of quitting.
The Joys of wine are for those who
know how to take a little Those who
drink all they want are wretched.
The Dial gives an extract from Bron-
son Alcott's "Frutlauds, which sheds
light upon the serious problem of enjoy
ing ones self
On a revision Of our proceed
inge il would seem that if we were
in the right course in our particular
instance the greater part Of a mans
duty consists in leaving alone much
that he is in the habit OF doing IL
IS a fasting from the present activ-
ity, rather than an increased indul-
gence i'm il which. with patient
watchfulness tends TO newness Of
life. Shall sip tea or Coffee
the inquiry may be No; abstain .
from all ardent, as from alcoholic, n
drinks. shall consume pork. 4
beef. on mutton?' Not if you valuef
health and life Shall | stimulate I
with milk 20 No. Shall ! warm q
nay bathing water?" Not if cheer
fulness is valuable. shall | cothe
in many garments?" Not if purity
Is aimed at shall / prolong my
hours, consuming animal oil and los
ing bright daylight in the morn
ing?" Not if a clear mind is an OBJ
iect. "Shall teach my children the
d0gmas inflicted on myself, under
the pretcnse that am transmitting
truth ?" Nay if you love. intrude
not these between them and the
spirit Of all truth.
Whether or not we accept the rigor
Of these conclusions. certain it is that
the only way 10 mount 10 perfection is
by stepping upon our dead selves the
only way TO pleasure that is full Of
contentment is to have plenty Of lively
disgusts for pleasures Of a lower ordere
M
The Detroit times., 1915-09-01

disease IS a great
nuisance The
chiRRers bite
ever iF very
irritating and the
little bug 8arrov
in throaTa tho
pores ~ thr Kin
aud Nset Up He
fawuat
The Detroit times., 1915-09-01
A Better Baby Exhibit at
the State Fair, BY All Means

We have been reading the list OF fea-
lures for this years state fair. and ve
have come to the conclusion that about
the most interesting thing out al that big
show this year ought to be the Better
Baby exhibit
What feast for the eyes it PROMISE.
for one thing.
If there is anything prettier than q
baby with its face and paddles washed
and hair curled in a clean white dress
with rich pink ribbon running through it,
il ought TO be hundred or two hundred
babies all fixed up in their prettiest for
the state fair crowds to look at
We imagine they viii have to post
guard there to keep the fathers moving
so many of them viii want to drop
around to see what a baby with a clean
face looks like.
There will be more to this exhibit than
the looks of it, however, particularly If
the idea is to make it an annual affair.
Benefit has been derived from exhibit
ing horses, COWS, sheep and pigs at fairs
progress is seen in stronger horses,
better-producing cows, fner-feeced sheep
and fatter pigs-why not an incentive
like fair exhibit for the production OF
prize-winning babies.
! There will be lot of glory in the
achievement for the man who comes
along with the biggest pumpkin, the tall
est cornstalk and the like, but the mother
and father who take away the prize for
the BEST BABY will have something to
be proud of.
The fact of the matter is we have paid
all of our attention TO breeding horses,
cattle, sheep and pigs, to gain near per
lection in brutes, and we have neglected
breeding for near perfection in babies.
Let's encourage this state fair feature
which is so closely related to the future
of Michigan and the future Of our citi-
zenship.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-01

If we are privileged to offer the man
agement a suggestion, we would recon-
mend that they have the baby exhibit
near where they show the little pigs.
In past years we have heard women
pleading with the attendants for the
privilege of taking the wee piggies in
their arms.
We have seen them kiss them and pet
them and press them to their cheeks and
have heard them call them "just dear
! and we have been unable to account for
1t unless it has been because Of the
absence Of baby exhibit
If the management viii place the baby
boys and girls near the baby pigs, the
attention and interest Of these women
may be gained and the consciences of
childless wives may be aroused and
quickened as they stand loving pigs for
their crime against society
Let's have the baby exhibit for
another thing. because it will mean at
the same time an exhibit Of true, honest
and patriotic mothers.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-02-25

K -
She didn't whistle or smoke, but
she failed to please the Office force"
| Why was that?"
| She could never learn to 90 out
and get the correct score.'
Our school-teachers need no com
ic papers. Funny enough things
come their way in the shape of let
ters from the parents of their pupils.
as witness the following received by
a teacher out in Kansas; Respected
Miss Please excuse Willie for alb
sents. He has fell down stairs and
we feered his internal insides was
hurt at first, but they amt. The
doctor says that no part of his an
atomy was hurt but the bruising
of the eppydermis of the outside
hide and also his hipp hurt some.
But he narrowly escaped fatal death.
So kindly excuse" .
The Irish were always gallant to
the ladies. In the list of Congress
men who voted for women suffrage
we find the following names;
Casey. Clancy, Dillon, Egan.
Gallivan, Gallagher, Heating, Kel-
ly, Nolan, O'Shaughnessy, and
Sullivan.
Four little girls in Salem had re-
hearsed for Sunday School con-
cert in which each was to reclte a
piece and then turn a letter to the
audience. the combined letters spell
ing S--T--A-R," signifying the
star of Bethlehem. Unfortunately at
the concert the girls went unto the
stage from the wrong side. so that
when the turning process was con-
pleted the let ters spell LEI
"R-A-T-S."
The dentist had just moved into
a place previously occupied by
baker, when friend called.
Pardon me moment said the
dentist, while l dig off those en-
amel letters of 'Bakeshop' from the
front window"
why not merely dig off the b
and let it go at that?' suggested the
friend.
A little boy was asked by his tea
cher one day to give the comparison
of the word cold" His answer was
something like this, positive, cold;
comparative, cough; superlative,
o f i ~ A little piece of friend
ly advice might be taken from
this, Eh?
Pop, this paper says the ships
guns barked at the enemy"
Well, my son, what of that?'
Did they bark because the dog
watch fired them?;'
MY son." said the strict mother
at the end of moral lecture, Il
want you to be exceedingly careful
about your conduct. Never, under
any circumstances, do anything
which you would be ashamed to have
the whole world see you do
The small boy turned handspring
with whoop of delight.
What in the world is the matter
with you? Are you crazy?" demand
ed the mother.
No ma am" was the answer. Pm
jest so glad that you don't spec me
to take no bath never any more"
He-"Pd like to propose little
toast
She" Nothin' dom, kid! 1 want
a regular NEAL
She-"What did you think of our
scheme for Christmas decoration
holly-leaves over laurel?''
He" Well, l should have prefer
red mistletoe over yew."
When we bought dear little
Bobby the electric fashlight he had
been begging for so long" says
mother, we never anticipated that
the first time we had company he
wauld hold it up to the guests ear
and say: Oh, | just want to see if
your ear is clean!'"
Patricia denied that young Was
serby kissed her in the conservatory,
but the evidence was against her."
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-02-25
Filling Space
By A. NOBODY
Impossible

Can the booksor the ten auhors-that have
had the most influence your life? We think the thing not
possible Once said Ouda then Maria Corell Dickens and
host OF Others finally returning Ope Read But the
book by today written by a Bowery tough
Owen Kldares MY Mamie Rose"too bad it among the
books.
AS poetry there again you impossible task
Who favorte singer We confess fondness for
poenewspaper poetswho write low brow heart-thobs yet
enjoy Homer love Keats and have great fondness
Riley
AS to the poes-God bless 'em al-there is but
Thedoa Garrison all of the rest merely excellent
siers. Every time read especially those with the
mss of Erin clingng themby hedosa Garrison
with Heinrich Heines Lady did you hear the night
ngae sing? beautiful slken web of happy
and soul taken its meshe and sanged and tortured
thereby"
1t is pretty that are forced to pour in
to woman's After is told long creep away and
hide and they long to creep away also-to pray.
Here is the latest football YELL
P-R-Z-MY-S-L:
P-R-Z Japanese
Serva Belgium Germany
France Austro Montenegro
All buck the line, and win;
To pronounce it, first you must spell
P-RZ-MY-S-L
Editors curious folk If gives them bod of
coal winter of their discomfort they make hue and cry
their treasure to such that gives them safe
in which to lock the coal up night.
We often hear remark about paying his just
dues when he is prison. Not all! The world is
club Some of haven't paid dues joined and
expelled from the club for time order be taught
that to enjoy its privileges must pay dues We
not paying now we are simply learning how to
Dentists in Missouri have concluded that of it's
prison need tooth brushes First thing will
awaken some morning and say we are human
When God wishes make a heart beautiful he places
praying Irish n a tenement.
Our days for the state but nights conversation
time with the SOUL
We dream of things which, perhaps, may
plish, but-We Dream
high-bred above Staying low repu
Every time repentant sinner falls his knees to pray
angel lays aside her harp and pleads him the bar of
WAR NOTES
There one-haf million idle New York. there
hundred thousand who haven't the price of meaN
Y Sum-
Why don't they go Belgium then America will see
their need and feed them.
Oh WE'LL the hoboes Of this country should not complain of
hard times, hunger, Think should they enlist
under King George and he confer the Order of the Bath
on them. Horrors!
Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard
To get her poor dog bone
When she got there she said declare
forgot that sent it the starved of the zone-So
charity does begin home the poor dog upperless
o bed
Mines Of war jolts men twenty miles Dispatch
Mines Montana jolted five thousand miles
awaywhen they turned be merely holes the ground
In dreams a night the STATE 1
Also the sky and sea;
But when the morning whistles have blown
The STATE
Punishment
Because of one red crime laid down O Cain,
Down thru the centuries men have known we'll
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-02-25
:. GLEANINCS :.
From our EXCHANGES

Yes, | tried the experiment of
an office girl instead of an office boy.
She didn't whistle or smoke, but
she failed to please the office force"
Why was that?''
She could never learn to go out
and get the correct score"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-02-25

Where is our Dove of Peace?
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-02-25

Two nurse-maids were wheeling
their infant charges in the park
when one asked the other;
Are you going to the dance
tomorrow afternoon?"
Pm afraid not.'
What" exclaimed the other.
'And you so fond of dancing!''
I'D love to co." explained the
conscientious maid, but to tell you
the truth, / am afraid to leave the
baby with its MOTHER
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-02-25

Human developeinent has de-
signed our present civilization but
has thus far been unable to subdue
the monsters of hate and greed
which make possible such pictures
of carnage now unfolding in Eu-
rope.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-02-25
=. SALMAGUNDI =.
By Uncle Goshdingit 1858

In cain zoe call old notions '..fudge''
lind bend oar conscience to omr dealing.
The Ten Commandments aoiU not bulge
For stealing aoiU-continue stealimg!"
William Dean HosceU.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-09

after her recent critical illness. She | is at the home of her sister, Mrs. J. T. Webb.
 Mrs. O. Hearn, who is returned mis- sionary from China, gave an address. MT. G. H. Smith of the Medical col lege of Memphis is visiting pr. and
 Mrs. J. M Hankins in Woodlawn. Mrs. George Maxwell will be hostess this afternoon to the Baptist Women's Aid society of Inglenook. The Boyles School Improvement asso- citation meets this afternoon at 2:30. Mrs. William Barton was a hostess yesterday at luncheon in compliment to Mrs. D. W. Barton and Mrs. Robert Tay- Tor. Covers were laid for eight. Mir. and Mrs. Otto Wells of Missis- sippi are visiting his parents in In- glenook.
 Mrs. B. B. Bazemore and Miss Rebecca Bazemore have returned from Mont gomery.
 Mrs. M. Everett left yesterday to visit relatives in Mississippi MT. and Mrs. Harry Everett and chil- dren are at home after visit to rela- lives in Decatur.
 MT. and Mrs. E. G. Mckee and Miss fTauCleS MCItee nave IGluTHeQ IO fLuS-
 ley after an extended visit to relatives in Athens, Ga
 Mrs. I. H. Brown has returned from
 Gadsden after a visit to relatives, &C., companied by her mother. Mrs. W. T.
 Wimpee, who will be her guest for an extended period. The Thread of the Story club will
 have an open meeting Thursday with
 Mrs. M. H. Mcdowell. The Ensley Highland Forty-two club
 meets Wednesday with Mrs. R. L.
 Hassler.
 The Minor School Improvement asso-
 citation meets this afternoon in the
 school building. The Bush School Im-
 provement association meets tomorrow afternoon.
 The Fairfield Five Hundred club
 meets Tuesday afternoon with Mrs
 W illiam Suptler
 The N. F. H. club will be entertained
 Thursday by Mrs. w. L. Miller. In Pratt City box supper will be given at the home of Mrs. T. R. Bridges Thursday evening under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid society of her church. Miss Matte Summerlin of Coalmont IS the guest of Miss Pearl Rutledge. MT. William Bowes MT. Thomas D~''S, HAA. 1Tdy OI DeLTOlL are guests of friends and relatives in Pratt City M MT. and Mrs. R. L. McGlaun have re- turned from their bridal trip and are
 at home with his parents, MT. and Mrs w. R. McGlaun, 54 Maple street. Mrs. M. E. Burroughs of Montgomery Is the guest of Mrs. L. S. LeCren. MT. and Mrs. A. D. Powell have gone to Gadsden. where they were called by his brothers tllness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-09
PERSONAL NEWS

Miss Jennie Trimbles friends will be glad to learn that she has returned to Birmingham after an absence of six months spent on the southern coast, completely restored to health.
 Miss Leila Smith and Miss Martha Bradshaw will both be guests of Miss Katherine Kearny in New Orleans dur ing the remainder of the carnival sea- son. A number of delightful plans be- sides the carnival balls have been made for their entertainment
 MT. and Mrs. Lee Moody left Sunday for New Orleans, where they will be with MT. and Mrs. Walter Ferguson the remainder of the carnival period.
 Mrs. Viola Roden-Redin will leave to- day to join MT. and Mrs. Allan Harvey Woodward on their yacht for a cruise in southern waters.
 MT. and Mrs. Clarence Ballard have moved into their beautiful new bun galow, 2016 Eleventh court
 Miss Helen Sinister of Selma who has frequently visited Miss Mena Holzer here, will spend the carnival season in Mobile
 Miss Helen McCary will remain a fort night longer in Mobile with Miss Celia Webb.
 Miss Leila Smith will visit the Led yards in Montgomery en route home from Mobile.
 In the Register, which, chronicles the many brilliant parties given just now Tn Mobile, appears the statement that Miss Celia Webb and her visitor, Miss Helen McCary of Birmingham, who were noted at all of the recherche functions of the week. were at the Battle house dinner-dansant last night, being enter tained by MT. Alison Wilson and MT. Hollis Bush of Birmingham.
 Miss Marie Katherine Walter of Tex as is visiting her uncle, MT. Robert P. McDavid, and Mrs McDavid, and will be one of the out-of-town guests at the marriage of MT. Robert McDavid, Jr., and Miss Minnie V. Jones'
 MT. and Mrs. Leonard Beecher and their son. John Beercher. have returned from Oklahoma City.
 Division No. 2 of the Ladies' Aid so- ciety of the Fifty-sixth Street Baptist church held a social meeting in Wood lawn yesterday afternoon with Mrs J. P. Webb. Twenty-Five members were present.
 Mrs W. J. Bonner of Talladega is stop ping for a few days here with Mrs. Dona- hoo, and Mrs. Howell of 33S4 Highland avenue. Mrs. Bonner is en route to Jack sonville, Fla. where she will visit friends of that city.
 Miss vallie Walden is much improved
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-09

, Illness held an enviable place In her re- gard Sometimes a young mans lace carried for some little distance an ex- pression of happy qualification after an older and more distinguished man had stopped and spoken to him."
 1t was delightful she thought, to catch the little saucy uplift of the head of woman to whom some tth- CT woman in passing had whispered that the new bonnet was a dream. She observed that such a thing never hap pened in the north
 Occasionally" she said, "a tight ening of the lips, an unhappy flush, or grim sternness of countenance, told a tale of a chance meeting that would have been avoided had either party to the encounter seen the other first, and had time to turn away, but for the most part the faces of those who had greeted one another seemed much hap pier for the meeting.
 Ut is entirely true, as the visitors observations verify, that the sunny re- flection of smile, a pleasant word, or a bow fingers like the radiance upon clouds of a fair sunset, while the gray shadow of an angry encounter dark ems the spirit of others and withdraws the light from their faces as sullen clouds rise darkly and obscure the sun at the summons of flash of lightning
 This lasting effect, or even so ap- parently slight a thing as passing greeting in the street should be a strong incentive toward a cordial gra- cious manner in street salutations
 To recognize others quickly and with fattering pleasantness is a social gift to be cultivated. if it be not a happy endowment of nature.
 Nobody, high or low, ever lest an iota of their own importance by being gracious. since there are so many ways of being SO. that any degree of formal ity or friendliness may be expressed thereby
 The fact of the graciousness itself remains, something pleasant to remem- Der, something to. have evoked a smile and left "a lingering brightness as the visitor from the north chose to put it.