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The Detroit times., 1915-12-13

"The prison problem" declared
Dr.. William A. White, of Washing
ton, in a recen. address TO a Boston
audience, lis essentially a mental
problem.
Assuredly DR.. White Is right, but
the general public, and a good many
prison officials, as yet inadequately
appreciate the profound truth sum
med up In these few words.
Varied as are the immediate
causes which lead men TO commit
acts bringing upon them the penalty
Of a term In prison. their criminality
is always the result of some wrong
mode OF thinking.
And II they are TO be induced TO
abandon their criminal ways, so that
upon their release from Prison they
can be trusted to lead non-criminal
lives, this can be effected only by
subjecting them, while in prison. TO
influences which shall correct their
wrong modes of thinking.
Their prison life. that is TO say,
must be educational. To be truly
educational, II must In the frs,
place involve real effort TO get at
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13
calling for. correction by other thar
purely educational means

calling for. correction by other than
purely educational means.
Also an examination Of this sort
Is Of value as a weeding-out process
to ascertain what prisoners should
be segregated for custodial, rather
than educational, treatment. The
Lopelessly detective criminal must
not be left to hamper the reforma-
ton OF the great majority. who need
only be trained in healthy habits OF
thought.
AS to this training itself, the work
new being done by Warden Osborne,
of Sing Sing prison, should serve as
an inspiration to prison oficials
everywhere.
In sundry details the Osborne sys-
TENS may be faulty. but 1t is based
on a principle that is absolutely
sound.
This Is the principle that in most
cases environment is the decisive
factor In making or unmaking a
mans mentality and character.
Adopt toward him an attitude and
give him surroundings that will in
crease his selfrespect, that will stim-
uiate him to productive activity. and
that will awaken in him an interest
In things external to himself. Do
this, and In time he is almost sure
10 develop right habits Of thinking
and acting.
The prison problem. let me re-
peat. is, az DR.. White says, essential
ly mental problem. The modern
prison should be above everything
else an educational institution.
Not to coerce and repress men.
but to persuade and develop them
that should be the prison ideal.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13
DUMPING NOT FEARED.

We are as well Informed as any amateur
economist as to when the war IN Europe VIII
know scores OF thousands OF European WORKERS
have been killed, and that other scores OF
thousands have been so manned that they can
never figure In the competitive industries
man with poor eyesight or minus limb can
not card pin or weave. We know that the
productive capacity OF Industrial Europe naa
diminished In far greater proportion than mas
the demand for It's products. STOCKS OF gooHs
in which we are most intimately interested -
textile-in all belligerent Europe must DC
exhausted. There can't be any truth IN the
statement that European countries are reaoy 10
dump upon us, at the immediate close OF the
war great volume Of textile products. Such
a dumping can't cone from England or we
would have felt II long since.
II is practically impossible In this country to-
day 10 hire textile machinery on a commission
basis: II In impossible 20 secure used or second
hand machinery; within a month we have been
told by cotton yarn producers that business Is
In such condition that any one who can make
yarn can sell It.; have been told by wool
yarn spinners that they will not consider new
business for months to come, and we know that
old wooden mills that were actually down and
out are at present busily employed. II there
ever was time when England could dump stuff
on us. now is that time, because we need the
merchandise. and there is nothing In the lack OF
shipping facilities that would prevent the goods
from coming here, II England had them TO spare.
But she hasn't, and, will not have. II cant be
that Germany is ready and willing to defuge us
With stocks Of textile products. She hasn't any
cotton, and she hasn't any wool TO spare. and
the Same fl true Of other beHIgerent manufao
turing nations.
We know from experience In this country that
whenever a textile producing section In badly
upset by depression or labor trouble II takes
a long while before the organization can again
be put together to produce prontably How
much longer is II going 10 take the European
manufacturers to organize their forces after the
war, nrst TO supply their own wants, and second
to build up their own stocks, and later TO take
care of the easiest procurable export business7
II will be long before they will hunt for q
chance to battle in this country with our own
enAcient anufacturers.-American Wool and
Cotton Reporter.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13
Pointed Paragraphs
But 1t never kills . law to execute

nut ~ never kiiib = law 10 execute
IL.
A bibulous tailor may be able to
mend everything but his ways.
Experience teaches US things we
would rather not know.
It's hard to forgive a man who
lets US do him an injury.
n fool Is happy In his folly he
should worry. Very Few wise men
are as lucky.
Reform either makes the world q
little better or else more uncom.
fortable-or both.
Lies are popular because plenty OF
people would rather believe them
than the truth.
Girls shouldn't throw kisses: irs
almost impossible for q girl to hii
the thing she aims at.
The average man 10 miserable be.
cause he spends lot Of his time in
making himself think he Ii.
Ulsters and roll top desks cover
lot OF oversights that are none oil
the public's business anyway.
Marrying a man to reform him Ia
like making good omelet out Of q
bad egg. Maybe II can be done.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13
WHY COOKS ARE MAD
~ Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright, 1915, by Frank Crane)

All cooks are mad, said the French
man.
The statement jolts one bit, as is
probably the intention,
Pressed for specifications to sustain
his charge, the Frenchman adduced:
I. That cooks are notoriously of vio-
lent temper and given to rash deeds. as
the kings famous chef who committed
suicide because dish was criticized.
2. That cooks habitually handle sharp
knives, which are deadly weapons, and
carve fowl, flesh, and fish, which sug-
gests mayhem.
8. That cooks are given to talking
to themselves, muttering suspiciously as
they 60 about their work.
A. That cooks do not eat. They do
not sit down to meals like normal beings,
but pick and taste and absorb nutriment,
all of which tends to arrangement.
8. And that the work of cooks is hum
drum in the extreme, confining, and
usually in overheated quarters. No one
would be cook except he were little
crazy.
There is no doubt about it., went on the
Frenchman. Our country is nation Of
cooks. That is why we have so many
men of genius, which as we. all know is
to madness near allied.
France also is the epicure in crime.
Not that we have more criminals, but
that our perverts sho& more originality
than those of other countries. England
has her Sherlock Holmes, but yes, whilst
we have our trsene Lupin. We had also
Madame Humbert. Also the prisoners Of
the time of Louis the fourteenth. Paris
is likewise the world center OF black
magic. You have read Huysmann?
America has no cooks. Hence your
sanity. You eat at lunch counters, pie
in one hand and cup of coffee in the
other. You have cafeterias, those un-
speakable places where you feed your.
selves like animals.
You do not eat. You bolt. So you
have indigestion, and indigestion creates
invention, big business, fevered activity:
An your greatness is but symptom OF
your disordered stomach.
You have no decent foods. Your flour
is denatured-a Frenchman loathes
your white, lifeless stuff. Your rice--a
Chinaman would not eat it. Your meats
are weeks dead, cold storaged, with no
flavor. Your butter is bad, false. dis
0uised with salt. Your sauces-you have
none. You can stomach your pile OF
wheat cakes only when they are deluged
with molasses. You can gorge your
table dhote messes only when you have
fred your appetite with cocktails. You
do not drink wines; you cannot under
stand them, you comprehend only high
balls and gin rickeys.
That is why you are sane people.
When you become civilized and learn to
eat, then you also will go mad, as Europe
has gone mad, and proceed to slaughter
your sons, burn up your cities, and
trample down your wheatfields with
splendid battalions.
And the Frenchman ought to know,
for he is chef himself.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13

time, almost instinctively cautious.
'It is me-" was the response, in which
Peter recognized the voice, and perhaps
the grammar of the landlord.
"Come in," said Peter.
Whereupon the door flew open and a
moment later Peters anatomy was land
ed upon, viciously, by the landlord, who,
in violation of international law, if there
is any such thing, postponed his declara-
ton of war until after he had changed
Peters map.
Then the landlord told Peter that he
had remained in the bathtub longer than
boarding house law allows when the
meter is in good working order and the
heater is on.
Peter might have tipped the landlord
into the murky waters Of the tub and
summarized him with the piece of lum-
Der that is always around for holding the
boarding house bathroom window up or
down, according to which way it is found
to move with the least effort.
But he didn't, deciding he would put
his case up to the jury, which gave Peter
fifty dollar start toward the acquire
ment of home and tub of his own.
The case interests us because we have
met the boarding house with one bath
tub for IL boarders.
And we have met the one boarder in
IL who imagines they had the tub put
in for his personal and particular bene-
| fit.
Having slipped on bath robe that
was not, as we recall, either made to
measure or Just out of the store, with
our crash towel in one hand and the soap
in the other, this fellow has kept us skip
ping and dodging up and down the hall
for hours at time.
Either that or we have been forced
to stand with the door of our room ajar
to permit at frequent intervals of hasty
survey of the corridor, which would re-
suit, at each survey, in the discovery that
seven or eight others of mixed sexes had
similarly placed themselves for station
of vantage for the impending grand rush.
The same kind of hasty survey. made
eventually by the monopolist of the one
tub, might at times have had the effect
of keeping him in there longer than he
really cared to be. but no one but him.
self was to blame for the situation.
If we had been on the Jury it would
have been a mighty hard thing for us to
have found against the defendant
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13
A Poem, q Day


AbVNh IN WVNs0Hs
Afar. In cleft Of the mSrHttin VAL
Through many a mile OF forest isle
II winds To the ancient mill.
The dun deer pauses beside . pool
While I stand and gaze. through the
leafy maxe
In the dew OF early morn.
The water murmurs around the root
Where I cast the silken line
Borne down the stream. meath bank
OF green.
A strickland the prize 10 mine.
Above the rapids q silver birch
Where sounds all day q roundelay.
The psaeody's song Of charm.
Out of the rocky glen I came.
II sang all day. like q THRUSH in May.
As II boiled DER the shingly scrse.
'Tis not the size of the nsh you catch
Or the number In the crsel:
The sage OF fun. when the day Ia
Is the sest OF the evening meal
Around the IRE OF cracking ar.
The M me cor Content % OF T. ' day ' Well spent
10 pay for the muscles sore.
Afar from the haunts OF toiling. man.
And hustle Of busy street
! rest at night In northlane light.
On q couch OF balsam sweet
Above In the vault Of heaven vast,
Spangled with orbs agleam.
That watch my sleep. In woodland
deep.
As I nsh again In a dream
It's not the siss OF the fish you catch
But the peaceful forest hour: N
Ills the mountain wine and breath OF
pine.
Restores the wasted power
Waterman s. c. Russell.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13

Sun and the Moon and thought they
were married folks-Mr. and Mrs.
Sun In fact.
Some folks said that the Moon
was the most important because
the moon shone at night when 4,
was dark. while the sun only
shone In the daytime when II was
light.
However, they gave the Sun the
best Of the deal by naming the FIRST
day OF the week. Sunday, after him
Mon is short for Moon so they
called the second day OF the week
Monday in honor Of Mrs. Sun.
Tomorrow well tell you how Tues.
day got his name.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13

Here's a picture OF the Sun and
Moon. with a few stars and bit OF
the Earth. all up in the air at the
same time. thrown in. Maybe they
don't look like 'em much, but that
isn't the point.
We are setting out 10 tell YOU
how the days Of the week got their
names-Sunday, Monday. Tuesday,
Wednesday. etc, and were giving
you Sunday and Monday today be-
cause Sunday was yesterday and
Monday is today.
Thousands OF years ago when
people were even more foolish than
they are today they worshiped the
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13

place of "onceup-
on-a-ttme" things,
but the common
washrag still re-
mains to menace
health.
In many house
holds the entire
family still use
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13

the same washrag and 1t affords
constant opportunity for the trans
ference OF disease germs from one
person to another.
The washrag as an enemy OF
health should be classed with the
common drinking cup and many ho-
tells, realizing this before the house
wife has even given II thought, now
supply guests with individual steril-
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13
GOLDBACKs WITH US AGAIN.

II may be wrong" said Wall street man
who has cashed lot OF profits in the street
lately, but nnd the goldback bill is with us
again, and II increasing In quantity A couple
Of years ago. when asked my broker for 81 900
IN cash. got a majority OF greenbacks, includ-.
ing the hundreds and fifties, but last week. when
withdrew $4,000 from my account, received
but three $50 bills OF the greenback variety.
And am not the only one who has noticed t.
know the other currency In as safe az the
United States. but IL looks like real prosperity 20
see the gold tens. twenties, 1fties and hundre6%
wall Street Journal
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13
I've Had Been On This Jury
Might Have Been Different

3ly - the circuit court for the
ek Wayne has returned q verdict
Nkon tie boarder II taking . bath
lnmdlord u not within his rights II
6tands 1t the door Of the bathroom
y ! stop watch and calls ''Timew
ooe1ns Peter Lang, boarder, was TAX
70 both, or, to be exact. had TAKEN
~.
fR had just emerged from the tub,
V with his eyes full of soap and
about for the towel rack, when
= RAP st the bathroom door.
az nulsed Peter.
- II hoorder in one
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13

lied washrags In sealed packets.
In most homes the washrag after
being used is imperfectly rinsed out
and then hung TO dry on a towel
rack or over the radiator. where
dust and dirt can easily lodge on II.
For health's sake, each individual
should have his own washrag. Aft
or using II should be thoroughly
washed out In clear, hot water. II
should then be hung up to dry
where II will get both fresh air and
sur and not on top OF or close
against the washrags OF other mem
bers OF the family.
A thousand germs perish for
every one that grows-but that one
usually makes ALFRED good use of
IFS opportunities.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13
or Let Father Do u.

Goods OF the University Of Mime
sofa have drawn up . set Of specin-
cations for sending male callers
home By 10:30. In this regard thu
dean Of women, Miss Margaret
Sweeney, recently said: Hang up .
framed copy OF the rules In some
conspicuous place, girls. Then draw
attention to the regulations with
some timely remark. II al else
fails, speaks up openly and say:
Time 70 up. boya'"
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13

What was the result OF the
nood?" asked the Sunday school
teacher.
Mud" replied the bright young
ster.
Mamma" said little Siegfried, al
saw blacksmith making a mule to-
day"
Are you quite sure you did,"
asked the skeptical mother. -.
"Of course am" replied Sieg-
fried. He was Just finishing him
by mailing on. one Of his behind feet"
A schoolboy Of seven was asked to
write short composition on the OF,
and after long struggle he produc-
cd the following;
IAN OK does not taste a. good as
he can draw bigger load than a
oyster. and can run twice as fast"
Don't you mind, Tommy" said
the visitor to q little fellow who had
just been chastised
II didn't" replied Tommy. That's
why got lickin'."
How do you like my new hat.
dearT asked a mother OF her i've
year-oId daughter.
"Oh. like II all right, except the
color and the trimming and the
shape" replied the small critic.
How many sones have we?"
asked the teacher Of 4 small pupil
-Four" was the reply.
Name them" said the teacher.
"The frigerated. the borrid. the
temperance, and the intemperance,"
was the answer.
Have you an ear for music ?"
asked a caller OF small Clara.
why, of course have" replied
the little miss. only yesterday ]
heard n man two or three blocks
away playing q tune on q grind Or.
gan!"
'Ts your mamma at homer asked
caller Of nvc-year-old Lola, who
answered the bell.
mo, ma-am." answered the small
miss. "She went out to get some
time"
ITO get some time!" echoed the
caller,
"Yes, ma'am." replied ;Iola- "She
said she was going over to one OF
the neIghbors for . minute"
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13
Ne Can Forget the Kick
OF the Tired Man Who
Has to Walk a Block

a i \ to be hoped that the aldermen, in
oolns the skip-stop plan inaugurated
x goodward-ave. by the Detroit Unit
xailwsy, responded to more than the
aint Of the man who was peeved
n0se he was compelled to walk q
hnt this individual was heard from,
1t undoubtedly, is our conclusion after
Ing some Of the Endorsements of the
r1top n the last issue Of Electric
NV Service, one Of which we "took. .
no Of these were "I'll-meet-you-
SWays Endorsements containing the
ntion that cars skipping q corner
o yoine IN one direction should stop
MT corner on the trip going the other
ri ether words these Endorsements
1l . - We interpret them:
81 ~ plan puts It upon US to walk two
1n every day, but il you win agree
npFu1nise and make US walk only
8 Rick, w win be for it.
k, tired, lazy, tender-footed, fool
& he Il dying of 50 much faster than
nan IA the country, principally be.
p ~ Il denying his body the exercise
II Ouaht to have.
8 3 generous Of us to say that he is
VS o6 when, In fact, he is committing
= simply permitting himself to
1e Up and blow away rs result of
~ when he ought to walk and as a
Of lack Of stimulation for the
Iha ~ bis body which eventually be-
D stagnant and poison him to death.
6oxU not interested in the fact that
ND. y. r. went to the useless trouble
(xpense Of painting several hundred
~ poGt1 which Il was to have placed
S0fenats the slip stops.
I6is seems to be one of the railway
7pany's chief reasons for lamenting
ko action Of the council in putting the
- oat Of business.
I! yo are not sure, however. that the
kInsn gave enough time for suffi-
ut trial Of the idea before taking ac-
M against II.
W. are not opposed to-, resembling
= fAe resolution after the w- Christ
- season and the giving 49, the skip
- 1t least two weeks test.
y that test demonstrates that the run
14 time Of the street cars can be cut
TN, with no more inconvenience to the
lvidual than the walking Of one or
10 city blocks, the plan ought to be
: poEtsd by the council.
4 The present schedule calls for shave
nt eoeh end of the line.
y Those were great times back in the
|eyD Of rapid transit.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13
The Keep Well Column
WASH RAGS.

The common towel has been
pretty well relegated to the hiding
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13
From Another Point of NieD
BIZ C. T. S,

How do you account for the luck of the
fellow with a wee, small voice, who
seems always to squat far down in his
chair, over in a corner by himself, and
yells "Keee-NO?"
Xmas Suggestion For Pa.
Sign on Grand River-ave.: rolls en-
larged, all sizes, 10 cents"
Preparedness.
If Santa's whiskers are of cotton bat
ting, have the garden hose attached to
the faucet in the kitchen sink.
Out in Kansas they have just buried a
man who weighed 427 pounds. Which
probably barred the preacher from the
use of that old-timer: 1--WE now commit
our brother to his narrow home"
Our old friend, the doc" says a fellow
came in last week and told him he had
tried every advertised "cure" for head
ache. We asked doc" what he did for
the fellow, and he said he told him to 90
and consult bone specialist.
You never can tell. They raided a
pro-German weekly in Chicago called
''The Irish Voice"
On her motor bike, a-straddle,
We've met Miss Parenthesis;
You should know her when you see her
For she's turned to look like this:
The Animal Welfare League, with the
horses in mind, is responsible for the
fact that no milk will be delivered this
| winter before a. m. But how about the
effect Of this on that other animal. the
cat?
While We were over at the corner groc-
cry one OF our neighbors busted in. He
was in a state of wild excitement: Tt's
enough TO make man commit murder"
he exclaimed. "And believe me- he
went on, when get back home I'm go
ing to start something. Give me a sack
of charcoal"
Cleveland's mayor seems to have made
himself decidedly unpopular. They are
booming him over there for a vice-presi-
dental nomination.
Using radioactive phenomena for the
basis of their calculations, two British scen-
lists believe that the world is at least H..
100000 years old.
That can't be right. Hans Wagner
has been playing professional baseball
that long.
And, besides, how can any scientist
Judge of the age of the world before he
has seen our city hall.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13

What was the result OF the
nood?" asked the Sunday school
teacher.
Mud" replied the bright young
ster.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13

How do you account for the luck of the
fellow with wee, small voice, who
seems always to squat far down in his
chair, over in corner by himself, and
yells "Keee-NOw
The Detroit times., 1915-12-13

The Animal Welfare League, with the
horses in mind, is responsible for the
fact that no milk will be delivered this
winter before a. m. But how about the
effect of this on that other animal, the
cat?
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1915-07-30
SPECIAL LOW EMPRESS RATES
Concessions Granted Spokane Inter-
state Fair Should Stimulate
Exhibitors

Special low express rates on all
exhibits for the Spokane Interstate
Fair and Live Stock Show are an
nounced by all express companies.
The concessions granted this year
make 1t possible for exhibitors to get
exhibits to the fair and return for
little cost.
The rates announced or fresh
fruit and vegetables, and other farm
products are one way full tariff, the
exhibits to be returned to the shipper
free of charge when accompanied by
a certificate from the secretary of
the fair stating that the exhibit is
being returned to original owner
All animals sent by express will be
returned to point of shipment at first
class rates, while poultry and pigeons
will be returned for one-half of first
class rate.
The various express companies
will maintain during the week of the
fair, September l 3 to Is, a combina-
ton office at the fair grounds as
they have done in the past, to which
deliveries will be made twice daily
and which will be in charge of an
authorized express agent.