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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03
J ! MAJ PA0E

cational institutions in the south, and
largely patronized by farmers, were un-
able to pay for the board, clothes and
medical fees of their sons.
Facing the alternative of closing the
college doors to these deserving youths,
the board of directors took the unse-
cured notes of $50 boys aggregating
$4,000.
At present but $500 remains unpaid
and all of that will likely be paid in Sep
TENDER.
The result Of this radical innovation
is that Texas is voting on a constitu-
tional amendment authorizing any coun-
ty to loan public funds to worthy youths
for the purpose of defraying their ex-
penses while attending state educational
institutions.
If this isn't simon-pure, blown-in-the-
bud philanthropy, nothing is.
Hats off to Texas and the men who
started the ball a-rolling!
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03

The court that restrained Frisco
from using its own ferry front for
the municipal lines. has been re-
strained by another court.
No one can accuse the 'Friscans
of a lack OF restraint In realizing
NJ. o.
The city is rebuilding steadily and
brave.y. but hasn't recovered enough
traffic 10 use trafic officers. You
select your time 10 cross and take
your chances.
Observation OF chauffeur whose
car has just cleared a street car by
hair: THAT guy is supposed TO
stop at this corner"
In the bright lexicon OF Safety
First" there should be no trafic ON
Ger by the name OF Suppose.
You lament the fact that San
Francisco Bay is fringed by barren
and unrenanred mountain slopes.
You go over 10 Mt. Tamelpais and
are kept busy lodging photogra-
piers. guides. souvenirsellers. etc.
Mt. Tamelpais commands a view
OF more prisons than any peak In the
world
IL is hard TO get your breath or
dinner at that altitude. The Ma
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03
Let the People Ruie---And Write

| fighting bravely for the land in
which they live. and many distin-
guish themselves in the full sense
OF bravery, earning medals. crosses
OF ST. George and other honors, their
parents are being driven from town
10 town and not allowed TO settle.
This can be proven. Another fact
can be proven. that the Jews were
driven out from nearby Cslicia and
when they finally were not allowed
10 rest and remain on Russian soil
they tried 10 enter Rumania. yet Ru-
mania did not allow them in. Then
they went on to Bulgaria. and Bull.
garia did not admit them. But for
the Jewish population OF the latter
country they would have had 10
wander on. This is the reason the
Jews remained in Warsaw.
The above can be confirmed. as 20
the bravery OF the Jewish soldiers In
the Russian army, through the Rus
sian newspapers and or the final re-
port of the conditions OF the Jews
from the American consul at War
saw which was received a few days
ago I, seems. somehow, most OF
the papers are trying To hide facts
OF the conditions existing in Russia
PHILIP ABRAMOVITZ,
POS Farnsworth-st., July 81, 1915
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03
War at Any Price Protested.

20 the Editor ~ The Times:
The peace movement including as
II does the majority of the leaders
OF our American life, is 10 be con-
graduated on the statement made
by the National Peace and Security
league that the latter indorses the
very policy Of the pacifists; namely.
an adequate defense.
The crucif1xion OF American civ
iiization on the antedeluyian the
cries which have made possible the
world slaughter OF the present time
was a more difficult task 10 perform
than the "big-armament" men found
in the old world. Hence the adop-
ton by the league OF the policies
which the pacifists have upheld for
hundred years.
The formation in Detroit OF
chapter of the league is a step
which first controlled the movement
from going smuck. American pub
lie opinion. the pacifst ideals which
coincide with IL. and the conserva-
tive members Of the league will pre-.
vent any recurrence Of the extrava-
CANT demands for great armament
expansion. which marked the early
efforts of Roosevelt, Maxim and
other of the leaders.
Adequate national defenses calls
for the readjus tment OF our army.
and navy 10 meet new conditions.
and IL is gratifying TO witness the
Endorsement Of this one idea in the
statements Of the local organizers.
II behind these mild and rational
statements there is still a lingering
flavor OF militarism. the country
will know IL and measure the influ-
ence OF the movement by its tactics
in the promotion OF it's ends and OBJ
ject.
Any masked attempt to involve
the responsible citizens OF our coun'
try in a conquest policy, or in need
less participation in the war viii be
viewed with disfavor not alone by
the public, but as we'll by the pa
triotic members of the league.
The pacifsts, the conservative
members Of the league, and the pub
lie desire no untoward military agi-
txtion. CAsSEN f. PARSONS.
Detroit, Miclr, July 81, 1915.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03

Madame Sarah Bernhard Whose
leg was recently amputated) is
cured. To see her walk one could
doubt that she had been MANNED.
thanks to the miracles OF surgery
and mechanics. She IS much more
courageous than heretofore. She
looks nj her artIcuIated leg and
smiles. 1T pleases me-" che says,
and Il would please me entirely II
II should be celebrated By two OF
my beet friends--one port and the
other a painter. wish mat he
adorable Edmond Rostand would cell
citrate It In a little poem and that
my faithful Clairin would make Il the
subject OF beautiful drawing RIOS
tand and Clairin have been appraised
OF the wish OF the grand trasedienne
and IL IL said that they Will not de.
lay 10 respond to it.--Le Cn de
Paris.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03
Pointed Paragraphs

Many people are either rich or
happy. but few are both.
The way Of the transgressor often
leads to another's pocket.
An eloquent prayer doesn't get
any higher than the other kind.
Always laugh at the boss's Jokes
unless you are going TO quit.
IT'S a. dihscult to pay liabilities as
1t is to collect assets.
Honesty 10 also q good thing In
connection with an insurance pol
icy.
Men who are not used TO society
are apt to get "balled up" In ball
room.
Some women make good wives,
and some wives made good hus.
bands OF what they marry.
Every man may have his price,
but sooner or later the majority
land on the bargain counter.
And IL woman had any other
excuse for doing 4 thing than be
cause" she probably wouldn't do It.
For at least "a hours after mar
rage the average woman thinks her
husband 10 the smartest man on
earth.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03

house. for IL IL health TO the mind
as we'll "a the body.
Sunlight Is the best cleanser the
housewife can employ. And sum
mer time is the time OF all times TO
open wide the doors and let the sun
shine IN.
Lack OF sunshine-cleanliness pro
duces house odors which. though not
always harmful. are not pleasant.
The quick remedy for this Is a good
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03
"OUR DOG-

He was just an ordinary wellborn, we'll
broughtup English setter. eligible TO registry. a
good hunter. loyal, intelligent, affectionste. We
picked him from the litter ourselves. eight years
ago. come Christmas day and drove home with
him lying on my lap He was really the first
OF our household possessions, and one OF the
baby's first words Bob" though later she
preferred 10 call him "our dog" Indoors he
always a gentle member OF the family;
out OF doors the enthusiastic and tireless com
panion OF his masters long drives.
One evening recently he did not come in from
the lawn with US, at the little girls bedtime.
Five minutes later. as we sat by the window, an
automobile came up the hill. II was not going
door but like most OF the many IL going
too fast. We heard no horn. Bob knew that
danger signal-only OF a sudden, the slur of
tires in the dust. and agonizing crying
We went Lurriedly out. The automobiists.
some Of them women. had gone more hurriedly
on, leaving Our Dog MORALLY hurt, TO shift for
himself to get home II he could to die when
and how he might They may be glad TO know,
II this comes TO their notice. that their victim
suffered only a few minutes
Unfortunately the little girl Of four knew all
about it--would not go In until she could
smooth Our Dog for good night" And her
puzzled mind, unused 20 any ways but those
OF careful kindness. framed many questions
Couldn't they see him. MOTHER" II was not
yet dark, the dog white, the road straight
ana clear. Didn't they know he was Our Dog?'
Probably not. They knew he was somebody =
dog didn't they" es ooh, wish they Mad
stopped" In the name OF common humanity,
so do We IL not possibly before the accident
at least after IL. he was a good dog and we
| loved him.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03
The Jew Of Warsaw
90 fhe Editor Of The Ttmeo.


Being a reader OF your paper, !
could not pass UP the report which
you give OF the evacuation OF War
saw. One OF your paragraphs reads
az follows: 1T appears that practi-
cally the only residents OF this sec
ton remaining are Jews OF pro-Ger-
man sympathies."
An Official report OF the American
consul at Warsaw compels me 10
write TO you the following:
II Is not because the Russian Jews
are pro-German that they remain in
that city. II is because this is the
only course open 10 them. dare
say that there are very few Jews 81
Russia who are pro.German. You
may have gotten the impression OF
the Jews that live in this country 81
freedom. knowing the conditions that
exist there and fully realizing the
value OF this country. Those Jews
not all are pro-German. Some Jews
are pro-German and others arc for
the Allies. n Is a matter OF opinion
as everyone Is entitled 10 think &C
cording TO his views. The reason
say the Russian Jews are not pro
German is because WAS born IN
Russia ~and during the Russia-Jap.
anese war. my heart was with The
country where was born, but com.
ing here and passing through vsri.
Gus schools and learning the full
value OF freedom, became a citi.
zen.
Another reason for the Jews re.
naming In that city Is that while
their sons ara na the battle hsld.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03
Using Up a Yard of Ticket
COUPON 7

tional Leather q shoe Finders con-
vention has commandeered the sum
mer caravansary. SO We bolt our
meagre meal with gravity In order
TO catch the next train. which de-
sccads by the process.
From Mt Tamelpais' lofty crown
you can descry a whole string OF
striking views-the double bow knot
your train has described In the as
cent, the tide going out Of Golden
Gate, etc.
Upon the frowning decks OF the
Oregon we learn from the editor OF
the Sausalito News that Sausalito
(which We are just now passing,
has n population Of 2.3s3 in his alb.
sence.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03
OUR GROCER.
~ On. FRANK CRANE
(Copyright. 1915. By Frank Crane)

Our grocer. knows his business. He
knows the best part of his business.
which is cultivating the friendship Of
his customers. :.
His store is as neat as pin. There
is no trash on the floor. His shelves
are attractively arranged. He keeps
the place looking like an exhibit at Z
fair all the time.
His clerks do not wear dirty aprons.
They are all polite He had Crouch
face once, but fired him the second day.
When you come into the store,
somebody always greets you. If all the
clerks are busy one of them will excuse
himself for amoment to his customers,
speak to you, and ask you to pardon
delay. to look around and see II you,
fancy anything. and you will be waited
on as soon as possible. You are not ig-
nored and made to feel that you have
intruded somewhere you are not
wanted
When clerk writes down your or
der 1t is in duplicate. and you are asked
to look over the list and verify it.
If the eggs are not above reproach,
II the butter is not sweet, If anything
he sends you is unsatisfactory, he il
glad to have you return it. He'd rather
lose sale than customer.
While he is accommodating in his
dealings, he Is strict about payments.
On his monthly statements is print.
ed note. saying: This is a grocery
store. It is not a bank. We would like
to do anything to please you, except
lend you money. To extend your credit
over month is the same as lending you
money. Don't ask us. Bills are pay
able monthly. and If not paid by the
10th credit will be discontinued"
He does not care fof customers who
are slow pay.
He has a special telephone where q
special clerk looks after regular Gus
toners. For instance, he will call up
Mrs. Jones and say:
How did you like that cheese we sent
you Saturday? Yes? We are anxious
to get reports from our customers on,
that cheese. Thank yau. Pleased that
you like it. We have some extra fine
melons this morning. Shall we save you
dozen?" And so on.
This is plain jollying. But it pays.
He keeps right after us. Every weeh
he mails us little leaflet list of special
ties and bargains.
He impresses his delivery clerk with
the Importance of keeping on the good
side of servants. The hired girls all like
to see the grocery boy come around.
Everything at our grocer's Is labeled
with the price. And there is but one
price. No haggling. Take it OF leave il
When any one of his clerks promises
to deliver your order by 10 a. m. ths
goods are at your house at 10 a. m. II
not, you are telephoned and an apology
is offered.
Our grocer realizes the Importance Of
being dependable.
He keeps his word. =,
He tells the truth.
He is punctual, prompt, clean and
agreeable.
His name is
Read this to your grocer and ask him
If you can write his name in that blank
space.
He is punctual, prompt, clean and
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03
From Another Point of VietO
~ c. r. Q.

Western Boulevard chat, after dark:
"There'd be a chance to pick bouquet
of flowers there if it wasn't for the
lights"
"If it wasn't for the lights you
wouldn't know there were flowers there
to pick"
Business Man: "How do you find col
lections?"
Another B. NJ: 81 believe that even
Time & Tide If they were in business,
would have to wait"
"The Hastings street incident last
Sunday. says T. M, proves that we are
peace loving nation"
A Kent county harnessmaker is miss
ing. OF him as yet, we understand, no
trace.
It showed Monday in Escanaba. We
are not ready to announce as yet, there
fore, that summer has struck its stride.
CT S-For the "Odd Name Contest
r. L. Polk & Co.'s Columbus, Ohio, city
directory offers Brooklyn Bridge and
Christmas Day.
F. w. F.
The author of those lines about win
ter's discomfort probably never expert
enced summer like this one.
We have it upon no less authority than
the chairman Of the knights Of Column
bus entertainment committee that Jonah
rode in the first submarine.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03

that one should
hron all day long
In the hot summer
sun.
However, there
should be sun
shine some time
In the day In
every room in the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03
The Keep Well Column

summing. Washing can only be done
at intervals. while summing Is usually
all easy daily process.
Sunlight IL the best means OF
keeping bedding sweet. II will take
the moth out of the clothes that
have been stored away. II will
freshen books which have been pack
&c away In damp places.
Sunlight will also tone up the
human system IL q person in the
summer time will get out OF doors
and bask in II daily-but In modera-
ton.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03
Realization.

Crawford-What do you think
would happen II we could see our.
selves as others see us7
Crabshaw--As far as the women
are concerned. they would probably
put on more clothes.-7Judge.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03
ALMANAC ONCE A MONOPOLY

The sale OF aImanacs was once a lucrative
monopoly. Queen Elizabeth granted the sole
right TO publish "almanacs and progpostications"
to the Stationers Company. and James I. extend.
ed the privilege to the Universities OF Oxford
and Cambridge, but for centuries only these
three bodies were permitted 10 issue printed cal.
endars. The monopoly ended when the claim
OF the king to the privilege Of granting or with.
holding permission TO Issue CALENDARS sur.
yisal perhaps, from days when kings asserted
their right to regulate all things including even
the times and seasons-wss definitely disproyed
ana proclaimed nonexistent. Now anybody can
say who's who anywhere.--London Chronicle
Montreal has the largest flour mill in the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03

First Catch Your Fish.
Ffsherman's Wife-Huh. That
FISH IL not 10 inches long!
Fisherman dndisnantly)-well, IL
he Amt I'll eat him.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03

First OF all the violet. with an eye
Blue as the midnight heavens; the
frail snowdrop..
Fixed like pale and melancholy
star;
The lanEuid hyacinth and wild prim-
And daisy trodden down like mod
esty.
The foxglove. in whose dropping bells
the bee
Makes her sweet music: the narcts-
aus the tangled wood
bines,
Liiaes, and towering lines. and
scented thornA
Bryan Waller Proctor (Barry Corn
wall).
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03
Bird Alley

Has any one In Columbus heard
OF Bird alley? Yep. this street Is In
Columbus and il inhabited only by
birds. choice canary birds. Bird al
ley is in the penitentiary. In the hos.
pital department. where rs canary
birds. neatly housed In artistic
cages. lend their warblings and song
TO cheer the inmates OF the walled
city. These birds are housed on the
second floor OF the hospital building
and occupy a row about 20 feet long
All breeds and colors are here rep
resented and. these summer morn
ings. the birds can be heard whist.
ling and warbling over this section
OF the prtsons--Columbus Dispatch.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03
Help Well Placed.

tAo war came on, last year, and
- for cotton practically closed,
the parents Of students attend
AGricaltuEai and Mechanical
- 4txa4 GO Of the greatest edu-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03

Clothes worn next to the skin
should be changed every day during
the warm days of summer time. I'm
derwcar worn during the day should
not be worn while sleeping. II binds
the body and prevents perfect relax
alton and rest.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03
SUNLIGHT

Sunlight is one OF the best family
physicians, but this does not mean
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03

The Indian population OF the Unit
ed States nj the end OF June last
year totaled 1880.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03

United States policewofnen have
formed q national organization.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03
Helping the Strong; Letting
the Weak Fight 1t Out Alone

Helping the Strong; Letting
the Weak Fight 1t Out Alone
Naturally the man or woman of weak
moral nature should be given greater OPP
portunity and help.
Practically It Is just the opposite.
The strong person seeks or makes the
opportunity for himself and does not
ned assistance, though he is the one who
usually has It.
Our various bureaus and charitable in
sl1tutions purport to do this very thing.
but they fan down lamentably.
The economic system at the base is at
1su1t, and it Is doubtful if all the allaying
q symptoms with soothing lotions can
4 % much
Il = hard for an empty sack to stand
upGieht" said Benjamin Franklin, and it
= equally hard for . human being to put
firth much initiative with a half-fed
body - his only means of support.
The comfortable citizen who. with his
su(tor- dinner cigar, sits in his library
ekalr and tells you emphatically that
snost At these fellows don't want to
wueir. Il partly right.
Thsy do not
y hut hs puts it down to perverseness
~ mind; m innate laxiness which was
bogn n him.
xS The aome honored citizen might have
HI tho Same inclinations had he been
Ioxn AZ a overworked, underfed mother,
III 6i6 childhU0d IN I'M ifi-ventilated
nont, eaten one or two scant meals
w Nv according 10 circumstances, knock
~ shout the streets picking up unholy
l -, been taken from school at the earli-
&0t - possible and, with almost no
I rEop0xa&ion. put ct any small job which
NGud bring in dollar or two week.
III loses one job after another through
nhutting down Of works, oversupply of
Z lboe. ne6nciency and often sickness, and,
% last hs dts in the park waiting for
Uunsthing 10 turn up, until he is told to
nacve On"
IA England he can sit and sleep and
sunke his home there, because there is
80 ION" 10 move to. Here there is a
vngue place, somewhere, which is sup
Sposed 70 Be waiting for him.
Than perhaps he steals to fill an aching
Suid and then-we take care of him
good and proper"
Hs Il locked up where he cannot steal
\ anymore and FED.
II i he had been fed before he might not
haye stolen and q great deal of time,
money and degradation been spared the
{ ci&y.
II there II q way by which the distri-
I button Of wealth might be shifted from
To unearned incomes of the idle rich
] = opportunity and living wage for the
poor. great percentage of crime would
coase, and the large amount of money
& nd for "repressive measures" might be
ppt where it would do some good.
Repression has never done much to-
ward civilization.
i simply drives the criminal from pill
i 1nr 70 post and the post is often far worse
~ society than the pillar.
~ Human beings will revert to the animal
~ Of their nature If that side is not
lciently satisfed and society must
In With this fact.
81 Qpportunity for work and a Twins
& ~ Tor al Is our best solution for the
H. problem.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03
THE INEVITABLE

well. you cant say I ran after you" said "a
irate wife. Neither does q mouse trap run
after the mice. but II catches them Just the
same!" replied the husband
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03

A single central station a German electric
company supplies current Coz light at l16 sur
sounding villa&Aa
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03

Montreal has the largest flour mill in the
British emDire: 1t turns out 5000 barrels a day
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03

We have it upon no less authority thar
the chairman of the knights Of Colum.
bus entertainment committee that Jonah
rode in the first submarine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-27

in every county in the state has direct
charge of the exhibits, under the SUI
pervision of A. G. Hurd of Windsor.
Yesterday, the first of the four days
show, was devoted to judging vegeta-
bles and fruits. The biggest prize win
ner was Percy Teer of West Rutland,
who captured first in all the apple
classes.
Among the awards that went to ex-
hibitors from Windham county We're
the following: Lyman w. Thayer, West
Brattleboro, first quart of lima beans;
John Larner, Saxtons River, second
quart of wax beans; Herman H. Robb,
West Brattleboro, first pie pumpkin
Walter Smith, West Brattleboro, third
pie pumpkin and third table carrots;
Allen Heath, Newfane, first best TO
ears of pop corn.