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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-22

The fiercest war the world has
ever seen and in which Great Brit
ain is vitality interested has been IN
progress over eight months. and has
necessitated recruiting an enormous
army. The authorities tried to en-
force the strict physical require
ments, but have had to relax them
a little. also to extend the age limit
a few years. Men from IS to 80
years OF age are now eligible to join
Kitchener's army for the duration Of
the war.
Who says that the English have
no sense of humor! We hear the
tale Of strong. eligible young man
presenting himself for enlistment
and giving his age at Is. The re-
cruiting sergeant looked at him
longingIy for a few moments and
then said. Say. take q walk around
the park. Maybe you'I b older
when you get back" And sure
enough when he returned he was
49, The speaker from the tail Of the
cart in Hyde park who related thfse
incident yesterday was promptly
hecklcd by one of the audience who
said. "Oh, bur that's wrong"
Many people think the authorities
have only themselves to thank for
the lack Of enthusiasm some men
have displayed. Many English
people still fail to grasp the tremen-
dous Importance OF the life and
death struggle In Europe. That
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-22
The Value of Enthusiasm
~ n. AoDINoToN ORucE
sAuthor Of The Ri1Ase q Psysonality.-

Do you remember how you felt when you
were youngi Do you remember the strength
that seemed to be In you, the hopefulness with
which you looked forward to the future, the
certainty you had in your ability to achieve
whatever you undertook?
In . word. when you were young you were
ENTHUSIASTIC. Are you enthusiastic today!
II you are not. beg OF you to strive earnest
ly to win back the vanished gift.
1t Is in truth gift, and one OF the most prec
ious gifts Nature bestows on man.
Too many allow 1t to slip from their grasp
under the adverse influences Of the first years
Of adult effort. The discovery that success is
not to be achieved at q single leap chills their
souls They lose interest in their work. interest
in their fellow beings. interest in themselves.
And with the fading OF enthusiasm comes in
creasing loss OF power. Physically ~ well as
mentally one deteriorates. This Ia inevitable.
since every mood, every state of mind. has
direct influence the functions of the body.
Enthusiasm. the most pleasurable OF all
mental states excepting only love. stimulates AL
the bodily processes. Its replacement by cold
ness, harshness, dulness, deadens them
All really great men-all men who have been
the benefactors Of the race. the Darwins, the
Newtons the Edisons-have been enthusiasts
their lives long. And their lives have been long
BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN ENTHUSL
ASTS.
One has only to study the annals Of genius
TO appreciate the truth Of this.
Frail of constitution many a man Of genius
has been. ct that same man. vitalized by his
enthusiastic interest in the tasks he set himself.
has found 1t possible TO work far into the night.
and to work on. and on, and on, through Wig
orous old age.
Had he allowed his interest, his enthusiasm,
to die out. he himself would have persisted, or
would have lapsed into . condition Of unachiev-
ing mediocrity.
1t 10 precisely because most of us allow the
hard knocks OF experience to chill the ardor Of
our youth, that We fail TO attain the dreams Of
youth.
What we ought TO do is to insist to ourselves
that few failures count for nothing; that while
we have life. we have power to accomplish; and
that, no matter how many obstacles Fate may
place before Us, We can and will In the end
wrest victory from defeat
Set yourself q definite goal Choose some vo-
cation In which you know you can take q real
interest And cultivate an ever Increasing In.
terest In II the longer you apply yourself to IT,
That Ia the secret OF retaining the enthusiasm
Of youth. II is in large part the secret of sue.
cess In life.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-22
From Another
Point of ViesU

Gov. Slaton took that means of show
ing the rest of the country that justice
didn't march right through Georgia.
They are convinced in Walkerville that
a German blew up that overall factory.
Probably because of the fact he spared
the brewery.
Every day Is dark and dreary
Though we know the sun Ii shining;
Though perhaps we should be CHEEKY,
We're repining.
Get up mornings bright and bleary,
Come down here and sit and squibble;
II this poem makes you weary,
Ish kabibble.
We have looked up the matter for you,
Phyllis, and have ascertained that in the
event Of tie vote on the new bridge it
would be draw.
CAD enters this one in the odd-name
contest: Fred o. Dessert, meats, $50
Riopelle-st.
We note that Proctor Knott Owens
pleadings of his many friends and be-
pleadings OF hsi many friends and be-
come candidate.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-22

Evidence Of the backwardness Of Englishmen
In the cultivation of fruit and vegetables Is
borne by Fuller. who. writing In 1860, says:
Gardening was nrst brought into England for
profit about 20 years ago; before which we
fetched most OF our cherries from Holland, ap-
pies from France. and had hardly mess OF ripe
peas but from Holland. which were dainties tor
ladies, they came 20 far. and cost 20 dear. Since
gardening hath crept out Of Holland to Sand
wich. Kent and thence 70 Surrey, where, though
they have given - an acre and upwards, they
have made their rent lived comfortably. ana eel
mAny people On Works-Loodou Chron1oao.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-22
Farm Indebtedness

A little more than three-nfths OF
the farms In the United States are
operated BY their owners. and .
little less than twonfths BY ten
ants. Al 70 farms operated BY ten
ants. the census makes no attempt
to learn whether or not they are
mortgaged: but, - 10 farms oper.
ated BY owners. II reports onethird
mortgaged and twothirds free from
incumbrance. Probably among
farms operated BY tenants the ratio
Of those free to. those mortgaged IL
not widely different.
A. to about threeQuarters OF the
farms operated By owners and
mortsaged. the census reports the
amount Of the mortgage debt-the
aggregate being roughly one and
thrsequarter billion dollars. or q
per cent Of the value Of lands and
buildings.
II. - seems fairly likely, about
the same ratio Of indebtedness ap-
plies to the other farms that are
operated BY owners and mortgaged.
then We have farm lands and build
tngs valued at twenty-five and 4
third billion dollars operated by
owners. and mortgased to nine per
cent Of the total value.
Farm lands and buildings valued
roughly at twelve and q half billion
dollars are operated by tenants and
managers. No report concerning
the incumbrance on them 10 avail.
able. II We wish to assume that
they are mortgaged TO about the
same extent - farm lands and
buildings operated BY owners, then
We may take tho total farm-mort-
gage indebtedness ~ something
over three billion dollars; but that
IL assuming in . pretty free-and-
easy manner.
So far - census figures show.
mortgage debt relatively to value
has decreased In 20 years; and the
first glance at the census tables
shows clearly that mortgaged farms
are no indication whatever Of agri-
cultural depression. Iowa has q
greater proportion Of mortgaged
farms operated By owners than
any other state, and Iowa II per.
haps the most nourishing agricul-
tural state In the union.
The proportion Of mortsaged
farms In twice a. high In W1scon-
sin a. In New Hampshire; three
times ~ high In Illinois ~ In West
Virginia: 10 times - high In North
Dakota a. In New Mexico-which
certainly does not mean that farm.
err are twice ~ prosperous In New
Hampshire - In Wisconsin,. and 20
on. In many cases q farm mort.
gage, exactly like . railroad mort
gage, means prosperity and expan-
sion.
As to the million and more farms
for which the census furnishes ng-
ures. the mortgage debt II but little
over Q quarter Of the value Of lands
and buildings. The average value
of the mortgagsd farm II. In round
numbers. $500: the mortgage II
S1,7oo; the owners equity. $500.
Probably exactness 10 not to be
claimed for these census figures;
but Il 10 . fair assumption that
they show approximately the situa-
tion.-Saturday Evening Post.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-22
BITS OF INFORMATION

Kansas r. now the wealthiest state, Ia pro
portion to population
The Greek army will form an automobile
battalion with 400 motor trucks.
German. expsrimenters have found that o..
plosions can be caused In gas works by sparks
from telephones. M
Switzerland really has a navy. She has just
bought twenty-five large motorboats. armed
with Quck-fring gums, 20 pstrol Lake Con-
stance.
The old steel gallows In use for many JEAN
In the county Jail at Allegheny Pa. after being
draped In colored silks and garIAnded with Now.
ers. has been converted into . swing tor school
chfldroA-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-22
USED TO 1T.

Il hope my daughters playing
doesn't disturb You" said the man
who had just bought q new piano.
Not in the least" replied his
next-door neighbor. Il work in a
boiler factory all day.'-New York
world.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-22
y Are Children Growing
n Right Says Italy To Us

HI discovered today where some of
& Aappisst children live.
r ~ ! Mack car and when you get
~" 30 few blocks up side street
Go there il no asphalt and conse-
INV no speed maniacs driving auto
heks are plenty Of vacant lots where
1olions and daisies are growing in
l0sion, and there are piles of sand,
r. u the kind bought by the cubic yard
n neatly piled in an especially con-
od spot in an immaculate back yard,
1tsyeal piles with old bits of discarded
11re and crockery handy by.
4Ehe children are not overburdened
IA clothes and no one tells them not
asfl the few they have on; they are
n11ss and stickingless and the damp
= - covered with the prints of tiny
~ make wonderful castles and the
xjrls bake cakes on the broken
IA gather the dandelions and daisies
49, them into sticky bouquets and
lp the castles or cakes as the case
p 4 : stick Of candy which goes
onds. sach one taking a good long
~ un1nolested by stupid, big
M spsn, from two years up, to
W ~ Ne STAIRS Of life.
- 1nythins there Il to climb
M - anything there IL Ia
tAey nsvw fen.
- ~ heelthisst
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-22

An elderly farmer drove into town
one day and hitchsd his team to .
telegraph post.
"Here!" exclaimed . buriy police
man. you can't hitch there!"
Cant hitch!" shouted 0he irate
farmer. Wen. Why have you GOT .
eisn ~ Tine for hitchia'r "-Asvo-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-22
Giass Governor Has Faced
H Biz Test and Met 1t Well

= s. the things men do under fire
IN test them and show what men
u1ade Of.
= aoesn't require IS much courage to
x God Save the King" in London as
i16Go IA Berlin.
~ easiest thing in the world for a
y onicial to do is to 60 with the ma
||rlS q the preponderance Of sentiment,
w majority is not always right,
1ISror: neither is the preponderance
I1Ij ntiment always rihgtly placed. par
N when the subject is one that is
iSStsd 70 local feeling and exposed to
o u justice duIled by prejudice.
~ ~ xoveruor Of Georgia, JOHN M.
on (hy III means let Us print his
u capital letters), had been .
IN re would have let Leo N.
% ] ~ 70 the gallcws.
~ had decided that Frank should
the hand Of the state Of Georgia,
TIA have Ind the approval Of the
number Of people Of the common
p1Id have Insured him another
6 c(sce, easily, while the action he
I'M result IN hard fight for his
40 Sets It again 1t Al.
II
% 1akca went against public senti-
2 Md the mob.
- ku6sd 70 yield 70 political greed
ait It to b used - : measuring
& "a the scales Of justice.
fussd 70 b party to lynching
S ~.
ns ahig enough American to real
nv - governor Of the state Of
( 4 Wa his duty to step in and
III people from bloodthirst and
~ possibility Of their sending an
man to death.
~ done more than save Leo N.
~ saved Georgia.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-22
TORTURE

Il think I'll have to do little
bridge work on your upper Jaw" re-
marked the dentist amiably.
''Is II going to hurt any more than
the subway work you did on my low
er Jaw" asked the victim with a
shudder Of apprehension.--New York
World.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-22
RECOGNIZED

II saw my boyhood chum today,
the one that has become q million
aire"
Ibid he recognize YOU"
81 guess SO. He turned . corner
when he saw me coming"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-22
Signs of old Age

you watching
old
fiat
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-22
G III i PAGE

liveliest lot of babies we have seen.
They are learning to take care OF them
selves and at the same time are making
themselves strong and fearless.
No one tells them to STOP" Don't"
BE careful"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-22

few minutes These not the signs Of old but Of overwork
4 N e
the sight June bride her finest sused with blushe.
radiant with hope trembling With waiting to feel the pressure
husbands throbbfng
cares by the vision she sees this sight doesn't make happy
the bride all snicins ovelness
GOOD NIGHT!
This cAoss-sstns
Evening journal., 1915-06-10
WALLACE SIDE Steps
The DEL MAR LEAGUE

Bobby Wallace. star pitcher Of the
Delaware College baseball team. who
signed with the Traction Company
team Of the Delaware Maryland
League. will not play in the league.
Wallace announced today that he had
signed a contract TO play with the
Newport. New Hampshire team Of the
Twin State League and will leave for
Newport next Tuesday.
Wallace has made a wonderful rec
ord pitching for Delaware this year.
He pitched five innings for the Var
sity against the Alumni yesterday af-
tefnoon. When tho game started
Wallace had gone thirty-nine innings
without giving a base on balls and
Jimmy Huston, the first man who hap
pened 10 face him. walked.
Buck Hoch. who shared the Della
ware College pitching honors with
Wallace. will play with the Newark
club and will probably pitch at Eli
Mills on Saturday against that team.
Harry Il. Mckinney, who has been
pitching great ball for the Bancroft
team of the Wilmington League
has signed with the New Castle clul
of the Delaware Maryland League.
Evening journal., 1915-06-10
SILvERTOWN TIRES
MAkE RECORD.

The important part that was played
by Silverton tires in the 50O-mile
Speedway Race, indianapolis. May 81,
the greatest race on record, is shown
by the following positions of the
drivers at the finish
J., DePalma. Silvertown tires. Mer-
cedes car; ?, Resta, Silvertown tires.
Peugeot car: 3. Anderson. Silvertown
tires, Stutz car; 4, Cooper. Silvertown
tires, Stutz car: s, O'Donnell. Sill
vertown tires. Duessenberg car; q,
Burman, Silvertown tires. Peugeot
car; Z. Wilcox. Silvertown tires. Stutz
car: s, Alley, Silvertown tires. Duess-
enbcrg; 9, Carlson, Silyertown tires,
Maxwell car; 20. VanRallte, Silver
town tires, Sunbeam car.
All the cars that finished in addi-
tion to the first ten were equipped
with Sivertowns.
A leading race driver stated after
the big contest that so per cent. of
the credit for the fast time was due
10 Silvertown tires % per cent to
the condition Of the track and IS per
cent. to increased motor efficiency.
All Silvertown tires in the race
were bought and paid for by the driv-
ers. No free tires or money prizes
were offered.
Evening journal., 1915-06-10
SAFETY signals ON
new packard Cars
With Improvement Com
pany is Satisfied Sales Will
Smash All Records

Packard adopts Sparton Safety
Signal as regular equipment" read
the telegram received by The Sparks.
Wilmington Company at their eastern
Office. New York
Before deciding TO equip the 1916
output of Packard cars with Sparton
Safety Signals they gave the signals
the most exhaustive tests that their
own engineers could devise Others
were put through the same tests. but
the Sparton was finally chosen. One
of the big reasons for the choice Of
SpartOn Safety Signal by the Pack
ard Motor Car Company was the fact
that, like the Packard. the SpartOn is
not produced by assembled parts. II
is manufactured practically complete
i'm The Sparks-Withngton factory at
Jackson Mich. the largest and best
equipped factory in the world devoted
exclusively to the manufacture of
safety signals.
The Sparton Safety Signals on the
big. armOred Packard trucks used in
in the war are. no doubt. being put to
the extreme test and height of useful
ness The Sparton has a long. pene-
trating call for distances. a quick.
commanding smash note for en-
ergencies.
Evening journal., 1915-06-10
MOUNTAIN climbing
AT COLORADO SPRINGS

Climbing above the clouds to the
top of Americas most famous noun
tain will be the sensation afforded
to tourists this summer by new mo-
tor bus line running from Colorado
Springs to the summit of Pixies Peak
The buses will be operated in COM
petition with the old cog railway. a
new highway having been built from
Cascade to the peak.
For this service. which will be in
augurated on July 10, the White Com
pany of Cleveland is building twelve
l2-passenger motor buses and three
7-passenger touring cars.
The new highway is II miles long
and 20 feet wide with no grades ex-
ceeding 10 per cent. AT the summit
the road attains an elevation Of a.
lO9 feet, the highest highway in
North America. Only one other road
on this hemisphere exceeds its alti-
tude and that road crossing the Andes
Mountains in Bolivio at an eleva-
tion of 1900 seet is also the route
of White bus line.
Evening journal., 1915-06-10
AUTO FORCES OUT
Horse IN CITY Service

"At the rate of recent increase. it
will not be long before every city
government in the country will have
discarded horses entirely" says Frank
j.. Edwards of the KisselKar.
In the hundred or so municipali
ties that have installed KisselKar
trucks nearly every department OF
city government is represented.
Trucks are used to mount fire appar-
atus, to flush and to sprinkle streets,
TO hustle prisoners, to render first
aid to the i'll and injured, to pick up
waste, to haul road and building ma
terial. to carry meters and supplies
for the water department. to deliver
books for the public library aud for
about every other municipal purpose.
In all these branches Of work they
show marked economy over horses
and very much more efficiency"
Evening journal., 1915-06-10
PENLYN MEAl is TO
WIN HOCKESSIN CAME

Penlyn Hall will practice tomOr-
row morning. The local team is par
ticularly anxious to get a good work
out to be i'm shape for the Hockessin
game on Saturday. The same team
will be used Saturday which has been
successful against Port Penn, New
Castle and PCnnsgrove in the last
three games. with one exception. Ryan
who has been with OyerbrOok. has
been signed TO cover the shortstOp
position regularly. This will move
White back to second. the position
he likes best The new player has
had a wide experience and will un-
doubtcdly make the inield "a great
team working combination. Crawford
will remain on first for the present
with Mckay al the bat corner.
The outfield win be composed Of
O'Neill. Merrill. NJ. Minker and Rob
inson. The first three worked last
week against Port Penn and put up a
great game. both in the field and
with the stick.
Robinson. who was kept out OF Sat
urday's contest by a sprained wrist.
is in shape again and will be on hand
Saturday Palmatory, one of the High
School squad. put up a neat fielding
game at Port Penn and hit the ball
hard. On account of his good show
ing he has been added to the squad.
Snyder will be on the mound Sat
uray. He is in good shape and has
his curves breaking well. He is also
hitting the ball hard and timely. Cap
tain Pierson. his old battery mate,
will be on the job again. He has been
/ holding his pitchers up and pegging
TO the bases, like big-leaguer.
Evening journal., 1915-06-10
Reduce Price OF
new KNIGHT CAR
Company Announces That
the Figure Will Be
Below $1,000

What undoubtedly will prove TO be
ono of the sensations of the year in
automobile circles is promised in the
near future by Charles Y. Knights,
inventor of the famous knight motor.
One of Americas leading automo-
bile manufacturers is about to pro-
duce a knight motored car to sell at
a figure below $1,000 according to
Mr. knight.
"The price of this newest creation
i'm motor cars will serve as COM
pletc surprise 10 those at all familiar
with the Knight motor" says Mr.
knight. Its price feature, together
with the fact that II is TO he quality
car throughout. will unquestionahly
open the eyes of the public. | am
free to admit that so much quality at
so low a price is possible only by big
productive methods.
81 have been close student Of
motor cars for years. both in this
country and abroad and have watch
ed with interest the various stages of
development through which they have
gone. Each year has brought forth
some radical change in design or
construction. until the car of today
bears but a slight resemblance to its
predecessors of few years ago.
But while thousands of improve
ments have been made in the out
ward appearance Of the car, and the
interior mechanism has been simpli-
fed i'm all directions, the motor itself
has remained practically unchanged
Evening journal., 1915-06-10
LARGEST Shipment
OF Cars TOMORROW
0ne-third OF a Million Dol
lars Worth TO Leave
Overland Plant

What is probably the largest single
shipment of automobiles ever made is
10 leave the big Toledo factory Of
the Willys-Oyerland Company tomor-
row.
The entire shipment, which has a
total valuation considerably in eX-
cess of one-third of million dol
lars, is consigned to the G.. T. Sill
yer Motor Company, Overland dis
tributors for greater New York and
the metropolitan district.
The longest through" freight
train known in the history of rail
roading will be required to carry
the automobiles. II will consist of
more than 1876 freight cars and from
end to end will be more than a mile
and quarter in length. Two of the
largest modem "Mogul" engines will
be used to haul the train.
The tremendous shipment is indi-
cative of the growing demand for
cars which the Overland Company is
striving to meet. During the week
ending May %. shipments were made
of 1906 cars from the Toledo plant.
During the present week il is proba-
bic that this number will be exceed
ed by at least 100
Reports from the company state
that orders now on hand for immedi-
ate shipment are approximately H.
600 in excess of shipments This is
in spite of the fact that many depart
ments of the factory are working
both night and day in an effort to
make the supply meet the demand
More than $500 men are now being
employed at tho Overland factory.
Local Agent Busy.
The Overland 1916 is making a bic
hit in Wilmington. The Moore Auto
mobile Company. local representa-
tives, are busily engaged demonstrat.
ing the car and making sales.
The following sales we're reported
yesterday Overland 1916 touring car
to Mrs. Ella Dilworth. Belvedere
Apartments; Overland 1916 touring
cal, to Alexander Guthrie, Hockessin
and a Trumbull roadster, to William
| Kirk, No. 1916 Gilpin avenue.