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snakes my neau. Il guess u HuuuIcu
is about the limit, says |.
"But great Scott!' says Adams, grip
pin his hands desperate. "1've simply
got to"
Then he breaks off and stares again
towards the door. Next he steps across
the room soft and jerks it open, revealin
the classy Nivens standin' there with his
head on one side.
"Ha!" snarls Ham. Listening, eh?"
aOh yes, sir, says Nivens. Naturally.
sir
"Why naturally?' says Adams.
"I'm rather interested, that's all, sir,
says Nivens.
"Oh, you are, are your sneers Ham
"Come in here"
LIE amt at all bashful about acceptin
the invitation, nor our starin' at him
don't seem to get him bit fused. In
fact, he's about the coolest appearin
member of our little trio. Maybe some
of that is due to the dead white of his face
and the black hair smoothed back so slick
A cucumbery sort of person, Nivens. He
has sort of narrow face, taken bow on.
but sideways it shows up clean cut and
almost distinguished. Them deep-set
black eyes of his give him a kind of mys-
terious look, too.
"Now," says Ham Adams, squarin off
before him with his jaw set rugged, "per-
haps you will tell us why you were stretch
ing your ear outsider"
"Wouldn't it be better, sir, if / ex-
planned privately" suggests Nivens,
glancin' at me.
"Oh, him!' says Adams. "Never mind
him.
"Very well, sir" says Nivens. Il
wanted to know if you were able to raise
any cash. l haven't mentioned it before,
but there's matter of fifteen months
wages between us, sir, and"
"Yes, yes, know" cuts in Ham. 3But
you understand my circumstances. That
will come in time"
I'm afraid shall have to ask for set
tlement very soon, sir, says Nivens.
"Eh?' gasps Adams. @Why, see here,
Nivens; you've been with me for fve-six
years, isn't it?"
"Going on seven, sir" says Nivens.
"And during all that time, suggests
Ham, "Ive paid you thousands of dol
lars
"Ive tried to earn it all, SIR" says
Nivens.
$50 you have,' admits Ham. al sup
pose | should have said so before. As a
valet you're wonder. You've got a lot
Of sense, too. So why insist now on
my doing the impossibles You know
very well | can't lay my hands on a
dollar
"But there's your friend MIR. Ellins,"
says Nivens.
Ham Adams looks over at me. Il say"
says he, won't Bob stand for more than
a hundred? Are you sure?'
"He only sent that in ease you was
sick, says I.
"You see?' says Ham, turnin' to
Nivens. "We've got to worry along the
best we can until things brighten up.
| may have to sell off some of these
things"
A cold near-smile f1ckers across Nivens'
thin lips.
@You hadn't thought of taking a
position, had you, sir?" he asks in
sinuatin'.
"Position!a echoes Ham. aMe? Why,
| never did any kind of work-don't
Evening star., 1915-12-19

believe in bein' easy with the boss. So,
when he breezes into the private Office in
the middle of the afternoon, just gives
him the grin, friendly and indulgent
like.
@Well, Torchy,' he calls over to me,
shave | missed any one?'
Depends on how it strikes you, says
[. "Mr. Hamilton Adams has near burned
out the switchboard tryin' to get you on
the phone. Called up four times"
"Ham, eh?' says he, shruggin' his shoul-
ders careless. "Then can hardly say |
regret being late. 1 trust he left no mes
sage
"This amt your lucky day." says |.
"He did. Wants to see you very special.
Wants you to look him up"
"At the club, l suppose?" says Mr..
Robert.
"No, at his rooms says l.
"The deuce he does" says Mr.. Robert.
"Why doesn't he come here, if it's so
urgent?"
"He didn't say exactly says I, "but
from hints he dropped take it he can't
get out. Sick, maybe.
"Humph!" says Mr.. Robert, rubbin'
his chin thoughtful @If that is the case"
Then he stops and stares puzzled into the
front Of the roll-top, where the noon
mail is sorted and stacked in the wire
baskets.
l don't hear anything more from him
for two or three minutes, when he signals
me over and pulls up chair.
"Ah-er-about Ham Adams, now, he
begins.
"Say, Mr.. Robert, says l, "you amt
never goin to wish him onto me, are you?
Why, him and me wouldn't get along a
little Bit
II must concede," says he, "that Mr..
Adams has not winning personality.
Yet there are redeeming features. He
plays an excellent game of billiards, his
taste in the matter of vintage wines is un-
erring, and in at least two rather vital
scrimmages which had with the regatta
committee he was on my side. And, while
l feel that l have more than repaid any
balance due Well, | can't utterly ignore
him now. But as for hunting him up this
afternoon" Mr.. Robert mods at the
stacks of letters.
"Oh, all right says l. "What's his
number"
Mr.. Robert writes it on card.
"You may as well understand my po-
sition, says he. II have already invested
some twenty-five hundred dollars in Mr..
Adams uncertain prospects. must stop
somewhere. OF course, if he's i'll or in
desperate straits Well, here is another
hundred which you may offer or not,
as you find best. am relying you see,
on your somewhat remarkable facility
for rescuing truth from the bottom of
the well or any other foolish hiding
place."
"Meanin', l expect says 1, athat
you're after sort of general report,
eh?"
"Quite So" says Mr. Robert. aYou
see, it's business errand, in a way You
go as a probing committee of one, with
full powers.
"It's tough assignment, says I, abut
I'll do my best
FOR I'd seen enough of Ham Adams to
know he want the kind to open up
easy One of these bull-necked husks,
Mr. Adams is, with all the pleasin' man
ners Of Jail warden. Honest, in all the
times he's been into the Corrugated Cen
ngn I,
The Detroit times., 1915-12-08
AFTER-CARE OF INSANE
~ n. AopINeToN BRUCE


as TO bring on another mental break
down.
They may have resumed unhy-
gieDic, even vicious, habits. They
may have undertaken work beyond
their ability. hence productive of
mind-enfeebling anxiety and worry
Their home surroundings may be
such as to cause unbearable mental
strain.
This last is perhaps the common
est cause OF relapses In functional
mental diseases. Accordingly IL is
Of the utmost importance for the rel
atives Of former mental patient to
modify his or her environment so as
10 remove as much as possible all
sources OF irritation or distress.
Environmental influences. in fact,
may have been the chief cause OF
the original breakdown. For which
reason, as an aid in the prevention of
ins anity In general. everybody ought
TO know just what factors in home
life are most dangerous to mental
health.
This knowledge 1t now is possible
TO gain. together with knowledge as
TO the particular changes in the en-
vironment necessary in the after
The Detroit times., 1915-12-08

The thing sums up this way
Every so often the president of the
United States has to write message to
congress.
1t is the official as we'll as the party
duty of this officer to keep his ear open
the better politician he Is the better
his hearing and understanding, and the
nearer election it is. the more time ne
spends at the receiver.
Then he boilS the talk down to issues,
discusses them with party leaders and
with the members of his cabinet. which
may be as reactionary as common opinion
has put it down to be, and finally COM
promises with his own convictions.
Immediately following publication OF
the message, however, the members OF
congress begin hearing from home.
And it is our honest opinion that con-
gress is going to hear that the presidents
program for preparedness is not popular
with the rank and file of the country's
people.
The message is too half-hearted in its
preparedness scheme to convince the
country that Woodrow Wilson has his
whole heart and soul in its recommends
tons.
1t reads as if he felt HE HAD TO DO
IT.
1t isn't exactly like Woodrow Wilson
to ignore the support there is in this
country for an international court.
1t isn't exactly like him to ignore a
growing sentiment for the disarmament
of nations.
We are afraid the Wilson ear has been
exposed bit too much to a cry for which
the munition makers, sordid capital and
bossed press are responsible.
We are afraid President Wilson has
taken to trimming bit, and that he has
permitted himself to get within reach OF
the vocal influence" and that in his
middle-of-the-road position he has toe
much in mind the coming year and party
preparedness.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-08
Habit the Basis of Character.

Obedience and selfcontrol are the two essen
tails in the training of children, according 10
Dr. L. w. Elias, speaker at the recent conven,
ton of the southern medical association.
Obedience and selfcontrol are habits to form
which exactly the same methods must be used
each time" says Dr. Elias. THE keynote OF
obedience Is consistency" he adds. THE fun
damental principle in the training OF babes Is
regularity.
There never was better lesson In child
culture than the one condensed In his remarks.
mother somtimes apologies for child's
screaming or mot minding" by saying it is a
habit. and the explanation seems to satisfy
her perfectly. Thus she confesses her own fail
ure.
The mind Of child is like blank book upon
which a mother can write obedience. and all
the other good qualities, provided, as DR.. Elias
suggests, that her demands are not contradic
tory, and not confusing.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-08
BY Altman,

care OF any individual case Of mental
trouble.
In many states of the union there
exist mental hygiene societies. whose
special business II Is TO promote ma
tional sanity through popular educa-
ton.
In some states social workers are
available for personal investigation
of the home surroundings OF dis
charged patients, or of persons in
whom relatives fear insanity may be
impending.
Therefore, IL you are anxious about
your health OF mind. or about the
mental health OF some member OF
your family, and II you will write to
me in the care of this newspaper. |
shall be glad 10 inform yCu of the
nearest source for helpful and ex-
pert advice.
II is always easier to prevent in
sanity than to cure H. Cure itself
is no guarantee against a recurrence
IL unfavorable conditions OF person
al habit or OF the environment are
allowed to remain unchanged.
Do not hesitate 10 write me IL you
are anxious about yourself or about
some relative or friend. Enclose a
stamped and addr. ssed envelope,
and I will tell YOU where you should
apply for information that may mean
the preservation of sanity OF mind.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-08

want to call your attention today
to a little appreciated phase Of the
insanity problcn.-namely. the spe-
cial problem presented by the care
OF the man or woman who has been
discharged from a hospital for the
insane as cured or sufficiently i'm
proved to be SCI at liberty.
Experience has shown that large
proportion Of cases OF mental dis
ease are durable. These are cases
in which the brain Is functionally
rather than oreanically disordered.
Organic disease OF the brain is as
yet beyond the physicians best rem
edial efforts.
Whereas brain weakness that Is
merely functional Is always suscept-
ibie OF cure.
Unfortunately, however, expert.
ence has also shown that Of the cur
able cases a large proportion soon
or late gravitate back to the hospital
after they have been discharged
from treatment. The recurrence OF
mental trouble Is not because the
treatment has failed really TO benefit
them. II Is because. after having
cured or greatly improved. the pa
tents mode of life has been such
The Detroit times., 1915-12-08
"Sickly SentimentsiIsr,."
70 the Editor OF The Times:

70 the Editor Of The Times:
Some people who make careful
plans for preparedness for defense
Of their own homes. banks and
places Of business are fighting down
the preparedness plan TO defend our
country. but wherein is the differ
ence? A man would not hesitate to
shoot burglar IL il we're necessary.
and the law approves this. II II Is
right TO protect ones possessions at
the point OF 4 pistol. why is It not
right to protect ones country at the
point OF the sword? II We prepare
the best defenses for our home and
shop why noj buy the latest and
most approved devices to protect our
country Some people talk in sickly
sentimental fashion and say that
they do not like TO let foreign ma.
tiors think that we mistrust them,
but why such great delicacy about
the feelings OF Turk or Hindoo or
German or EugIishman when we
fail TO exercise any such delicacy In
dealing with our own American citi.
zens? Why DO we boldly bar the
door against our own American
brother and leave our door wide
open for Turk? Many OF us seem
TO be void Of reason ana common
! sense.
There Is saving that Far away
fowl have always fair feathers"
Are We such slmpletons as to be de-
luded Ivy mere distance? TIC the fool
ish Distance lends enchantment,'
but wiser men are willing 10 touch
without the slamor OF distance to
be wilder and dazzle them. Why do
we keep a revolver 10 protect our
selves agains: brother American
and yet We will throw away our re-
yolver thu moment We see Turk or
a Chinese for fear those dear for
cigners might he offended or sus-
pect that We thought them capable
OF harning u5l The dear innocent
dove-like Turk; why should We sus-
pect him? Why do we pour the
walls OF our wrath and suspicion and
the contents o. our shotgun at an
offending American and keen only
mercy, compassion and courtesies
for the Turk? We are inconsistent
and unjust. Why do we build col
leges 10 educate the Chinese when
thousands OF our own Americans In
the mountains cannot read or write
and never heard OF God or Christ ?
| II IL our sickIy sentimenta'ism.
MARGARET r. McAULEY.
No. s39 Brooklyn-ave.
Detroit. Dec. 6. 1915.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-08
Photograph Needles

The phonograph makers urge the
public never to use a needle more
than once. The reason for this Is
shown by microscopical examina-
tions made for the Scientific Amer
lean by J. B. Taylor.
These show that after once play
ing a Pinch record the point OF
the needle Is like an engraving tool.
No serious harm will be done II ii
be swung back and used again on
the same record. as is often done
In dancing. But a record can be
ruined forever by playing il with a
needle that has been used before
on another record. for the sharp
shoulders OF the needle will not At
the grooves OF the record. but will
scrape or plough these into hicks
on alternate sides.
Mr.. Taylor calculates there is a
weight OF four ounces on the point.
and the average area OF the bearing
surface OF the point Is $4,000 OF a
square inch: therefore II Is carry
ing a weight Of 5000 pounds to the
square inch. In playing four rec.
ords II travels 2.92s feet-that Is,
the records travel under II, which
amounts to the same thing-at an
average speed OF 1872 miles an hour
(c.73 miles an hour the maximum,
81 miles an hour tho minimum
nv this time steel has been worn
OF its point TO a depth OF 1900 Of an
inch. leaving II with point like a
chisel.
Diamond and sapphire points are
all right on the Photographs that
have up-and down grooves-the Ed
son and Pathe. for instance-but
they cannot be used on those that
have lateral-cut grooves--the Victor
and Columbia. for instance
they do not AZ the slot. n too small
they wiggle from side 10 side. Civ
ing false tones: II too large they
Jam and quickly wear out the edges
OF the grooves.
Steel needles are sufficiently soft
to wear from an approximate TO an
exact ~ In the first few revolu.
lions OF playing a piece. and yet suf.
hciently hard TO play the whole OF
one or two records without wearing
down 20 too extensive a shoulder
bearing. OF too long base bearing
fN proper tone,rendering New
York World.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-08
Oil Fatal to Birds

Extensive areas OF floating oil on
the coast OF Scotland have caused
the death Of enormous numbers OF
guillemots. razorbills and pufYins, and
considerable number OF elder
ducks. Lady Erskine reports to the
Scottish Naturalist that en- June ~
at Kingsbarns the rocks were COW
cred with n thick. brown oil, some
seven inches deep in the crevices.
Dead birds wese lying all along high
water mark. and large numbers In q
dazed condition. and. with their
feathers matted together with oil.
we're sitting shout. Some elders
we're also founi in similar pitiable
plight.
The oil Is supposed to have come
from scme tanker that was sunk BY
q submarine.-New York World.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-08
LABOR AFTER THE WAR.

Political and social upheavals In the belliger
ent nations. after the war. have been treeiy pre-
dicted Something of that sort may easily occur
one thing seems certain. that the higher cost
OF living. and the increased taxes sure to follow
for a long time. will lead to resolute demand
by the working classes that the Increased wages
which they have been getting In wartime DC con.
timed or even be made larger still. We In this
country shall doubtless face that as well IA Ger
many and England. Already II Is sense of
the role which the 1aboring men are going to
play which lends importance to what their
snokesmen are saying now.--New York Evening
Post.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-08
Pointed Paragraphs

And some people who are always
prepared for the worst remind us
Of mourners at funeral.
The prose version OF the nursery
rhyme may be that when Jack fell
down Jill sued for alimony.
Many girl has found herself in
the spinster class because she was
too clever at the wrong time.
The average man thinks that ~
the devil IL ever caught he'll turn
on. to be a woman In disguise.
Time improves most things, ex-
cept women; they. Of course, have
been perfect from the beginning.
Advice Is about the only thing
the average man will give freely
without money and without price.
When girl gives a young man
the marble heart he Is justified In
giving her the stony stare forever
after.
Nothing makes an angry wife so
frantic az the refusal OF her hus-
pand TO hand her line OF back
talk
And II YOU have more money than
YOU know what 10 do With. any OF
your fool friends will be glad TO
advise YOU.
Time isn't much money when The
three ball merchant refuses 10 I'D.
vance more than 80 cents on your
chronometer.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-08
A Poem a Day
SWEET CIDER.

SWEET CIDER.
when the Lord made man for labor
and furnished the excuse a..
He provided little aples and niled
them up with juice
when Eve got tired OF ioahng. as a
Her intuition told her that an APP
Plies very good.
So she took the laughing apples and
she put them in a press:
And every drop that fell contained
smile and n caress
"Ho. Adam" Eve called gayly. quit
your loanng and wake upr'
And she handed him the cider in
big tin cup.
Then old Adam saw the folly OF his
former Idle life.
And he thanked the kindly fortune
that had given him wife
with sense OF fitness pleasing 20
the Lord who made them both
And had wanted them 10 labor And
TO labor. nothing 10th
They started in contented. and both
very much alive
Since they knew the Lord intended
that man should work and
And every time their muscles achrd
their hearts were lifted up
BY the thought % apple cider in
big tin cup.
IA hate 20 think kindly. loving
Lord would Ger condemn
Dear Eve and mate 10 idleness--'twas
not the thing for them,
He knew that strong endeavor sweet
ened lives. just like the frost
Will give 20 fruit flavor rich that
otherwise Is lost
And when ! think % what they did.
and OF their great reward.
7 thank dear Eve and Adam and
humbiy thank the Lord,
I know that us by labor that the
soul is lifted up
And ife's sweets arc like the cider
In tho big tin cup
--Grif Alexander.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-08
Let the People
Rule-and Write
What Cory Preparedness" Forsets.

What Cory Preparedness" Forgets.
To the Editor Of The Times:
Those who would prepare" our
nation for departing from It's pacific
rClicics. a la Europe's national de-
Tense extravaganza OF ~ years.
forget
ta) To mention that expenditure
OF $1,000, 100000. or i9.4 per cent of
our entire national appropriations,
for armament. during IA years fol
lowing the Spanish-American war
an expenditure which has annually
enlarged with each year since 1912.
reaching the enormous sum OF $S7S.-
000.0 900 for 1915.
tbl To speak OF the expenditure
increase OF 20i per cent. upon our
highly efficient. well-paid army. dur
ing 40 years following 1872. when
the average increase for Austria.
hungary, France, Germany. Great
Britain. Italy. Russia, and the Unit.
cd States. during the same period
was l4s per cent. "Defenseless'
America has led the Christian pow.
ers. due TO Europe's "preparedn ess''
policies. by So per cent In army
efficiency increase for national de-
tense, Mr. Ammunitionss Maker,
while Europe prepared for slaugh-
ter.
tc) To refer To the expenditure
increase Of 54l per cent upon our
navy during the same period fol.
lowing Roosevelt's sugar trust war,
for defense against Europe's pre-.
paredness. Europe and America s
average expenditure increase during
the period was 422 per cent.
While Europe was breaking Its
back with preparedness" taxation,
America was forced TO secure ade
Quate defense. Now. with Europe
breaking its neck. II possible. as .
result OF pseudo preparedness apos.
ties OF the old order attempt to turn
America into q cannon.fodder fac,
tory for munitions profit In order
TO accomplish this private-proflt de,
Tense, truth must be distorted. sup
pressed. and, II possible. banished
10 ethical China. by sanctimonious
preparedness -
The ideals OF America expressed
in adequate national defense. be-
come peace at any price" conquest
policies in disguise are exalted. with
ont success. and the actual facts
regarding our defense situation are
jndiciously ignored. by gore-hunters
| and profit-seekers.
c. +. PARSONS. r. d. VI. A.
American Peace Society.
Detroit. Dec. s, 1915.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-08
from Another Point of NieU
By c. T. S.

Col. Roosevelt says Wilson is Byzan-
tine logothete The Democrat who fail
ed to get the postoffice would have given
good deal if he could have thought of
that.
A college team in California has signed a
Negro pitcher with record OF having never
been scored on. It looks dark for the other
college teams. W. NJ l.
Yes, w. NJ. L.; black as pitch.
The picture taker careth not,
Nor fears a face will break it,
So longs the coin looks good TO him,
He has the face to take it,
Few have received the iron cross COM
pared to the number of us who have re-
ceived the double one
Smallpox is said to have been carried
to a family in Minneapolis in bakery
cake. When the baker has smallpox, it
seems, one can eat his cake and have it.
We have been looking for word
Or two to rhyme with Xmas;
But have concluded finally
That it can't be done.
Some good news for the vets: A
French scientist declares the oceans will
never go dry.
Furthermore, the number of scoffers
at the Ford ship considered, the real SEN
timent for peace appears to be all at sea.
w hGse ere times when fat goose finds
c11r = keep abreast.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-08

idea is that we are in danger of an in
vasion and of having our coast shot up
and New York, San Francisco and FL
Paso taken simultaneously-why not
PREPARE?
The few men the message recommends
for a standing army, and the COMPARE
lively few ships that are recommended,
wouldn't stop an invasion from Wipdsor
or. hardly, crap game in Detroit.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-08

afnlct mhnhlnu, -
preventable.
n a person will
daily observexh ne
following hesrh
rules the body
will be able 90 re-
sist attacks by
the germs that
cause the disease:
The Detroit times., 1915-12-08
OFFICE AMID TREES.

Kansas City appears TO be the birthplace Of
an idea which every student OF city problems
will hope may grow and prevail On a high
hill-most OF Kansas City is on one high hill
or snother-a mile and a half from the bust.
ness center OF town, stands a new office build
ing exposed on all four sides to the fresh air
of heaven and surrounded by grass and trees
II might be q sapatorium a college building
but II In an insurance office. why not" says
the man who built H. II do most az my bust
ness by mail and telephone. Why house my.
self and my assistants In a downtown office
building in the canyons Of a modern city7"-
Milwaukee Journal
The Detroit times., 1915-12-08

Always breathe fresh air
fresh air that IL pure air, not a
fresh supply Of impure air.
Fat nourtshins food and drink
plenty of pure water.
s-Maks sure that everything you
The Detroit times., 1915-12-08

Next Easter VIII fall on April %.
onlf once again in this century will
u be so late. 1919. when the date
will be April %. the latest that Is
possible.