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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-25
The Country Banker

clerk knows literally everything
about ribbons. one vice-president Of
a metropolitan bank everything
about foreign exchange. md the
humble president of railroad
knows all about hard hearted bank
ers.
The city man does not meet men.
He learns the name Of his FIRST
neighbor above by reading OF his
suicide or divorce in his newspaper.
Henry Grady cut short New York
career and packed up for rural Geor-
gia because no one in his fat was
able 70 tell him about the little gil
the under;akers had called for No
one in the block knew more than
that she was n little girl.
The country doctor. the country
parson. the country lawyer perhaps
lead those who know their fellow.
men. but place must be made also
for the country banker True, he
does not see men and women In the
tensest moments OF domestic life
That Is reserved for the country
doctor. and. In lesser degree. the
minister. Like the lawyer. too. he
IL limited to men for the most part
In his dealings. Women seldom
borrow. and only infrequenny re
quire the services OF q lawyer.
But modern economics have arm.
cd the. lender with questions. and
the entire business life of the com
munity Iasses in review before him.
Business Is done on borrowings
and the man as well as the trans
action. passes under the inQuisitivs
eye OF the leader In the country
bank. II the farmer wants new
machinery. the banker learns the
cost OF farm machinery. tho differ
cnt grades. the different manufac
turers, the uses. the savings az
compared with the less modern
methods. The astute lender also
discovers how much wheat the Dor
rover has. what the production r.
per acre, what other assets the Dor
rover has. and why 1t Is that he IL
out OF ready cash. In time the gro
Ger. the lawyer. the doctor, the
smith and the station agent will
knock at his door with the story Of
their lives and ambitions.--ChicagC
Tribune.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-25
Pointed Paragraphs

When money is tight man should
keep sober.
Not every beach costume 10 a
bathing suit.
Poetry may bring returns-n Q
stamp is inclosed with II.
When the ofIiceholder loses his
grip he does less handshaking.
A small boys ideal hero L. big
boy who runs away from school.
II takes . selfmade man a life
time to correct his bad grammar.
The man who likes 70 hear him
self talk Is atou. ne only one who
cares to listen.
The great trouble with some mer
who were heroes yesterday Is thai
they are forgotten today.
Occasionally q man takes q day on
to celebrate the anniversary OF hi.
birth. but a woman usually takes q
year OF.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-25
Keeping Your Feet WelE--Eints for Fat Folk
lone Common Cause of Ingr0yn TOenails

motion cf,raising the heel requires
less effort.
IL person WILL notice. a runner
when running unconsciously toes In.
This is natures way OF taking ad-
vantage OF the shorter and more
springy part OF the foot. Toeing out
Is only a habit ald can be corrected
IL q person will give his mind TO It..
Many cases OF foot trouble come
from wearing stockings or socks
that are too short and too small.
These prevent the foot from spread
ing when the weight Is put upon II
and cause the toes to curl and
cramp. This is a frequent cause OF
ingrown toenails.
People who suffer from acidity OF
the mouth caused Ey an acid stom.
ach should confne themselves to a
diet largely composed OF such foods
as celery. cabbage. potatoes. prunes,
turnips. apples. milk. beans. peas
and corn. Use meats and pastries
only In small quantities.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-25
Rural Delivery Criticised.
% the Editor Of The Times:

In the Times Of June 18th. under
the heading. Uncle Sam Is Extend
ing His Business and Lowering
Rates" you say, Uncle Sans III.
tie old postoffice department contin.
ues TO plug away increasing the
efficiency Of its service, doing more
things and doing them better than
ever before Now. Mr.. Editor, will
you allow me little space in regard
to the increasing efficiency Of Its
service"
In the writer's neighborhood are
eight farm houses. The owners Of
these houses and farms are all good
farmers and up to June 10 and Tor
Is years or more before that, have
had free rural mall delivery at their
homes. A few days before June IL
we got notice that we would have
To move our mail boxes TO the -Four
corners. east or west. as we might
be- located from the corners, or we
would not get any mail. making Il
necessary for these people to trayc
from IA TO 1-2 mile and some oi
them more, for their mail. Now
then. Mr.. Editor, Is that increasing
the efficiency of the service" VIII,
should our neighbor over yonder ir
sight have his mail brought TO his
door? Eight Of us have to go from
Ia to IL mile or more for ours. II
that IL increasing efhciency." we
don't know what inehictency would
mean. And we are kicking. Dt
you blame us?
suppose there are thousands o'
other farmers In the same TX that
we are and this under . Democratic
administration, that believes or pre-
tends to believe that the people
should rule. Our motto Is The
greatest good TO the greatest mum
Der and tree rural mail delivery to
every house on every road In the
country" I said we are kicking and
we are going to keep on kicking
and II II In necessary TO get what
know belongs 20 us, will help to put
Mr.. 'Burleson out Of tho postomcs
department next year.
AMI WHITNEY.
Quincy. Mich. June II, 1915.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-25

Although of recent years aviation has made
such tremendous strides, the feats OF present
day aviators cannot be compared with those OF
natures flyers--the birds.
In speed. endurance. lifting and sighting pow
err, birds beat avistors every time. common
swallow, for instance, can travel In tine All ~
the rate OF 100 miles an hour. and the vulturs
when swooping on It's prey cuts through the
atmosphere at nearly $50 miles IN hour
Then. again. birds can fly for - hours ct
stretch without descending. even In boisterou.
weather After eight or nine hours continual
flying an aviator 10 wearied both mentally and
bodily and, II he has had strong winds to night,
he IA often In state Of collapse. No Tier
could carry out long flights across sea and land
like cuckooe, for instance. who, any naturalist
viii tell you, often start from these shores and
find their way TO Africa
Al height Of 10000 feet the earth In detail
IA most difficult for IN aviator 70 see. and u -
only with strong glasses that he can discern
even large buildings and rivers. But, although
at high sItitudes. hawks and kites can Spy cny
lizards and field mice on the earth, for their
sighting powers are twenty times stronger than
those Of aviatOfs.-Tid Bits.
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standing. people who arc abnormally
fat generally toe out too far when
walking.
As the natural way TO walk Is
tarefooted one should. as far "a
possible In this modern day, wear
shoes and stockings that will permit
the foot TO move with its natural
action.
In walking one should see that
the spring of the foot Is on the outer
and shorter side OF the foot. for the
smaller bones Of the foot are more
elastic and in walking this way the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-25
The Anarchists Defense
~ On. FRANK CRANE
(Copyright. 1915. By vrank CrAne)

All this talk about anarchy In the
newspapers Is piftle, said my friend the
anarchist.
They assume At once that every an
archist il Q bomb-thr0wer and m ~
sasin. As q rule, violence Of any kind
is condemned by Us. The trouble Il that
we oppose violence by government %
well as by the individual.
Anarchy simply means absence Of
government. We don't believe in gov-
eminent by force at all; and for that We
have some mighty good reasons.
We have got our bad name from the
weak and lo0se-brained element that has
Fbeen drawn to US. You put 2 big idea
into two-cent brain and 1t II liable to
explode.
But for that matter, take Christianity.
1T il noble ideal, but what monstrosi.
ties have its professors committed tyr
annies, wars. prosecutions, cruolties.
You don't lay these things at the door
of Jesus. do you? No; you attribute
them to punk human nature.
Patriotism you call good thing. But
look what patriotism is doing in Europe
now! It is producing a concentrated
compound of all the crimes of which men
are capable. Do you blame patriotism
for that! Or, rather, don't you blame
the ignorance that sees only in organ
lied murder and destruction an outlet
for patriotism?
chist, any more than you would force
me to be a Christian or q patriot. But
have right to my ideas, ind the right
a. ~ IL 1~~v< holf s~u
pie who bring my theories into dis
repute.
You may think anarchy, or no law, i'm
possible or crazy. That is your privilege.
But how about the system you now
have? Is it anything to boast Of?
What has government by force done
that you should hang on to it? 1t has
established and by law protected the
most manifest frauds and wrongs. It
protects the present method Of the un-
just distribution of wealth. Under it
few wallow in dollars and the many
starve. 1t has filthy prisons. 1t settles
international questions by butchering
thousands instead of by rational adjust
ment. It proceeds altogether upon the
abominable presumption that force
makes right, that because q government
can suppress therefore it is just, and
that because our nation can lick another
consequently we must be Gods favorite.
Anarchy is simply the ultimate free
dom. 1t is the firing line of human eman-
cipation. 1t puts government in men in
stead of over men.
II is the purest, highest ideal.
| Of course, you're afraid to print this.
Your newspaper wouldn't dare.
| wonder!
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~ i lAl PAGE

an outward expression of an inward love
of the beautiful.
What is the beautiful?
No one has ever discovered.
Plato tried and came as near it as has
anyone since.
1t was fluctuating, never-attained
something which grows more perfect as
we grow nearer perfection in our ideals.
and diminishes as We recede.
From an ethical viewpoint it seems not
to depend upon education and study Of
aesthetics, the uneducated man often
having as high code of honor and
truth as has the possessor of col
lege degree, but, from concrete stand
point we will admit that we do outgrow
plaster paris busts Of wild Indians with
painted feathers, along with desire for
srayon portraits and heavily scrolled oak
furniture.
Our taste does change and we can fol-
low it all along the line from the wax
fruit under an oval glass, which once dec
Grated the parlor table to the simple
flower against background of nothing
ness" which is our present effort toward
the newly discovered art of the japanese.
So, Mr. Man, with your fragile load,
plod on. Sell as many cupids and wild
Indians as you can.
And you, passerby, need not smile!
Remember the wax fruit in your
grandmother's parlor and remember,
too, that we are all Americans and have
not yet reached excepting in spots) the
artistic culture of the countries who are
now taking a little rest from art and
numbering each other instead.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-25
Insanity Is Preventable
EY n. ADDlr 3ToN BRUCE,
Author of The Riddle OF Personality"
Psychology and Parenthood." etc.

One of the most depressing, Facts of our mod
ern American life Is the repidiiy with which
the population OF our hospitals for the insane
Is increasing.
Tweaty years ago these hospitals had fcwe.
than 75,CO0 patients. To-Day they have nearly
2O0oC0, an increase o. about zoo per cent, ~
confrasted with an increase Of not so per cent
lin the general population for the same period
And the care Of this great army OF unfortua
afes costs the people OF the Clited States $25,
100000 every year.
is that nearly all Of these immured behind the
walls Of the 400 American hospitals for the In
cane need never have lost t:eir reason
Contrary to the popular ,ociief, insanity Is
many people assume, an unacceptable disease Of
inheritance Heredity as a rule enters IN only
10 the extent that members II . family havinA
q history OF insanity may inherit special ter
dency to become mentally unbalanced unless
educated 10 avoid certain physical AID mental
conditions OF stress and strain
Among these conditicns--which constitute the
true cauacs of insaniiy--excessive Of in
foxicating drinks holds an important place.
Hospital authorities are agreed that at least
25 per cent OF the male insane and 10 per cent
Of the female owe their insanity TO the fact that
they have drunk too much.
Fifteen per cent OF the mc1 and per cen
CT the women have become insane as the after
math OF germ disease usually contracted In
immoral living.
No form OF insanity In more terrible or hop,
less than the kind resulting from this poisonous
germ disease which would b. virtually b,ottnd
out IL sex immortality were abolished.
Other germ Observation-Disclosures, typhoid few
e.. etc--acccunt for perhaps per cent. of al
insanity. More rigorous civic and personal by
giene, by diminishing the frequency of theEe
diseases. would decrease The Insanity to which
they occasionally give rise.
Thus. about so per cent. of the insanity 20
much In evidence today In duo to external and
|controllabie physical causes. The balance Il
made mp chiefly Of con:rclla5le phychica
causes-worry, grief. fear. Ill sapDointment-op
Grating In minds perhaps rredisposed by herej
ity TO react badly TO emotional excitement Of
any sort.
What people with such minds need In order
10 avoid insanity is training from early child
rood in selfcontroL
Such training is necessary 10 all OF us. II Il
doubly necessary II coii:e OF psychopathit
family. And the best authorities insist that Il
we profit from II so as HABITUALLY TIC
AVOID EXCESSES OF ANY SORT, We stand
in little danger Of becoming insane.
To the man, then, who fears he may los,
his mind because of a bad inheritance. l say:
Avoid over-indulgence III alcoholics. lead
clean life morally, cultivate ceimr"ss and r,ol
Grafton In all things II you do this. you ma;
safely dismiss all thought Of mental breakdown
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-25
TYPHOID INOCULATION

II Is stated In Nature that in answer to a
question as to typhoid In the army, asked in the
house OF commons OH February s, Mr. Terrant,
under secretary OF state for war. said: "Of the
321 cases Of typhoid in the present campaign
among British troops. 305 cases were in men
who were not inoculated within two years. In
the 421 cases there have been IS deaths. OF
these deaths 81 were men who had not been in
cuated with two years. Only one death oc-
CURED among patients who were inoculated, and
that man had been only inoculated once, instead
OF the proper number Of times-namely. twice "
Replying to criticisms against inoculants made
by Mr.. Chancellor in the house OF commons on
February 3. Or. Addison pointed out that In the
South African war there were $4,000 cases OF
typhoid more than army corps-whereas
in the great force now in France and Belgium.
and after six months. including three months
Of atrocious weather. there have only been 421
cases among the troops. The total losses In
South Africa were $4,000. OF which about H..
900 deaths were from diseases. and 5000 OF
these were from typhoid.-Scicnce.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-25
Let the People Ruie---And Write
Here's . Real eeauty Hint
} the Editor OF TIE Ttmes:

=
have a suggestion to make con-
corning the beauty helps" printed
In your paper. Instead OF the Betty
Browns and Billy Bourkes and 9TH
ers-handsome movies--might II not
be more truly helpful to have q few
articles on true values. and true
worth Of womanly virtues? The
photos given are always OF those
whom nature has made beautiful
while the most Of us are made plain
by nature. Plain people can be made
to look beautiful. at least TO their
friends. II the thoughts are contin-
ually directed toward higher stand
ard of development.
We have 40 many women OF the
highest type-why not put them In
print. or at least their motives. as a
guide rather than furthering this
idea OF vanity of which the majority
inherit a great supply from Mother
Eve. and will continue to do 40
throughout all time.
pFpti otahuo tOs ohss
would 1t be possible, do you think
to help this class through Its col
umns. The education Of the better
class includes all this, but II r. oil
the girl whose schooling ends with
the sixth. seventh or eighth grade
that I am thinking. They marry
and then the husbands and children
pay the penalty-poorly fed children
with safety pins for buttons: poorly
kept homes with disgruntled wife
because she has to work. A refined
woman can. I believe. keep . man up
to her standard. or nearly so, but q
refined man is helpless with sloven
Of woman.
MRS. T.. r. NJ.
Detroit, Mich, June %, 1915.
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The idea OF nonpartisanship in city

The idea OF nonpartisanship in city
elections shows signs OF spreading
% legislative and even state cleo
tons: in fact, Ii has spread there
The California legislature, at the In.
stance CT Gov. Johnson. has passed
law putting the whole state gov
eminent. including the governor. on
nonpartisan basis. Minnesota al
ready has a law for the nonpartisan
election of the legislature. and there
are nonpartisan laws in some cities.
The California law, which goes FUR.
ther than anything else yet enacted
must be voted upon by the people
under the referendum system In Ell.
fect In that state.
This law. IL ratified by the people,
will ohliterate parties 80 far as state
elections are concerned. Ii will be
reversion to the ideal OF the men
Who made the federal constitution.
who had no notion OF party govern
ment and expected the president and
vice-president to be chosen by
council of sages animated by no mo
tive except to and the best man.
That was The origin of the electoral
college; but Il did not work. and
the constitution was silently altered
in that respect without amendment
aud by commca consent.
In elections not national there Is
a somewha. different problem. Since
national Issues differ from state is
sues. the party system in states Is
subject 70 the disadvantage that a
man vic Ia Republican on national
questions must alco be Republican
on ctate questions. or lose his party
Affiliations. Yet party government
In states seems IS necessary as In
tie ration. II state and national
parties could be entirely separated,
II there could be Republican and
Democratic party In the nation. and
two parties with state views and
programs In the state. unconnected
with the national parties. 1t would
solve the difficulty; but that VIII
never be. The California experiment
goes to the other extreme. and seeks
| to obviste the absurdity of having
mans vote on state questions de-
termined by bis party Affiliations by
celebrating parties altogether ex
cept In national elections.
| In cities that has already been
done. Toledo was long ago non
partisan city. In Milwaukee there
Il now a nonpartisan law. The Mil
waukee Leader complains that II
has rerved only as convenient
m cans of fusing the Republican and
Democratic parties against the SO
cial.s.s. and that the fusion organi
zation is referred to as "the party
by i,s leaders. That puts Milwaukee
( in nearly the same situation New
York has reached without any non
partisan law, save that separating
city elections so far as possible from
state and federal elections. In cities
where there is an irreducible party
organization. such as the Socialist
PARTY in Milwaukee. and the Tam
many Democracy here. II Is as fal
az nonpartisanship. whether by stat
ute or otherwise. Is likely to go.
That the election OF legislatures
on national party lines Ia a plar
with riany defects is plain enough
Minnesota has enacted that her leg
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-25

II Diogenes were to return to the
world today with his lantern and
tub. this time in search OF the man
who knows most about his fellows.
would he spend his time on the city
street corners! Would he find the
man who knows men and human
affairs best in State street. or Wall
street. or Fifth avenue. or Univer-
sify avenue?
The bigness OF his surroundings
has been the city mans undoing.
Complexity means departments and
departments specialists. The ribbon
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-25
Ab0Hshing Parties

islature shall be elected without
PARTY divisions. The last legislature
who SO elected. and gave rise TO
much dissatisfaction by its enact
ments: but the Duluth Herald says
that the house was bad. but the
senate was good" and argues against
the repeal Of the nonpartisan law
Whatever may be said for the Min
nesota plan. 1t Is pretty sure that
the California plan goes too far; 1t
certainly does in including the gov
e-aor in It's operation.-New York
Times
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that their feet
must bear causes
them 20 spread
out Of shape.
Because Of the
diffic Guilty OF
walking and OF
maintaining .
balance when
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-25
FATTGUED GENERALS

When Papa Joffre" gets the idea. which II Is
said sometimes happens to him. that a general
Is "fatigued' he convokes council for O'Clock
In the afternoon. And these words suffice: Il
have had you come to write me a letter sayins
that the state OF your health obliges you Ia
resign your command"
But my general"
"Oh. we will not discuss H. ! have not the
time. II Is 3 o'clock The train leaves Or
Paris At $40 and you must not miss it!"-Ls
Cri de Paris.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-25
Rested Poorly.

pie for breakfast? No. thanks.
Last Sunday morning ] finished my
breakfast with a piece OF pie and
vas sorry"
why so?"
II had terrific dreams In church"
Baltimore SIN
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-25
From Another
Point of VielU

The theory that gunpowder used in
the war might be responsible for this
weather has also been exploded.
A Lake Erie fsherman's wife says her
husband allowed her 10 cents day for
cleaning fish. We can hope, at least.
that this is the minnow-mum scale.
It is claimed for a new machine In.
vented by Prof. Munsterberg that 1t will
detect a lie. No family will feel that
it can get along without two.
Detroit transfers are on strike, SEEM
ingly having gotten their back up.
There is the possibility. of course, that
the Michigan man VINO went to Kansas
and entered into the business of raising
skunks, did so merely as an alternative.
He might have been engaged here in sell
ing refrigerators on commission.
Chances are the running horse Dyna-
mite will not be permitted to start N
Windsor this year.
Why, particularly in the case Of Brush
ST.. do they call them safety zones in
stead of waiting rooms?
Most war vessels in Europe are sub
marines, in a way. Thcse that are not
actually submarines, arc undergoing re-
pairs.
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Heard In . Shop.

"You said this cloth wac a fast
color. ye, II faded In two weeks
after Il was made up"
well. ! don't think you ought TO
expect II to fade any faster than
that"
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Any kind of work II better than
ioshng: but 1t would seem that
lot of men are unable to appreciate
this fact.
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planked Steak7

Boarder Uackling a tough steak.
to boarding house keeper)-When
you undertook TO provide me with
be ard. madam. was unaware that
You meant to do 80 literally!
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As peopls grow cider and in many
cases fatter, the increased weight
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- shaye attained our present at
~ peace, when we consider the
L Iich We have assiduously in
) i oar youth, is a remarkable in
Y sths force Of the wave Of pro-
- carries us along in spite of
: ~ before it is to late, fight
pndsrtow which is always
~ y back.