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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-06

American labor today seems more
fortunate than ever before in its his
tory. Never have our workers pros
poets looked os good, and certainly
never have they been so enviable when
compared with the lot of similar class
81 in other countries.
on this Labor Day it is impossible
not to think of Europe. where nearly
every able bodied man is in the field,
or in a grave. or i'm a hospital or con-
centration camp, and where there is
no sign Of a return TO their normal
work and their homes-where, even
when the war is ended, those who sur
vive with vigor unimpaired Will have
10 bear the crushing burden Of nation
al war debts.
Even in peaceful countries the world
over. except the United States. there is
industrial depression and poverty.
We have been blessed with bounti-
ful crops. and the war itself has begun
to contribute powerfully to our pros
perity. "War orders" are on the
boom. and our purely domestic indus
tries are promising a continuance of
good times if the heavy military buy
ing should stop. The whole nation is
busy. There is plenty of money and
plenty Of work.
labor at last is at a premium. The
workmen have suddenly and rather
unexpectedly come into their own. or
dinarily 1t requires long continued eff
fort. and even bitter strikes TO make
important gains. Strikes recently have
seldom amounted to much. Employ
ers can't afofrd to have their fac
tories idle or their forces ~dlsorgan-
lied and rebellious, and so industrial
disputes have been settled more quick
~ and easily than ever before. Scores
OF strikes have been nipped IN the
bud by big concf ssions, and in many
cases employers nave taken the initia-
tive. The eight-hour day is rapidly
becoming the rule. The general level
OF wages is rising. Unions are being
recognized nor completely than ever
before. Capital ard labor are getting
along together better than usual. and
both are making money.
Such a profitable partnership meets
public approval and augurs well for
the future OF American labor-provid-
ed labor leaders are wise and don't
press their demands 10 an u~nreason-
able extreme. IL they keep their heads
and preserve moderation. without sac
nficing principles. the present era OF
prosperity may place American labor
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-06

as A. Knott language instructor IN
the university Of Chicago. that the
Windy City is TO set the future STAN
dard OF American speech. Some day,
instead Of conversing in so-called
English. or United. States, you will
talk Chicago. And after such man
ner, South Bend has missed another
chance 10 extend its world famed"
notoriety by getting in on The ground
floor. Will some professor Of Notre
Dame please wake up? And yet.
after all. 1t may be that there is some
logic in the ebullition of the Chica-
ocean.
At present. says Prof. Knott, we
have several distinct dialects-the
New England, the New York. the
southern, the middle western and the
western-but we have no generally
accepted standard of spoken English.
Literary persons may accept the Bos-
ton standard; New York control Of
the theatrical business has served TO
impress it's standard IN the country
through stage speech; but there is as
yet no authority Of usage M pro-
nounciation accepted by the whole
country.
There is a tendency" he says. "in
the middle west, particularly in Chi
eago. where men of all dialects are
coming together, to form a composite
dialect throughout this section. And
- - ra4--1- 49, H.. 4HsZ trnffNrY,7n1
composite dialect has been more uni
formly established. its standards of
pronunciation and grammar will be-
come the standard OF the common
place spoken language
1t will not be a system Of speech
imposed by any class of superior cul-
ture. Much of the language of the
farm, the slum and the workshop
will become a part of the dialect Of
the higher classes" 1t is the com
mon people that build a language,
rather than the cultured. The upper
classes simply tinker and carpenter
the living speech, and try to restrain
and regulate it, usually with poor sue
cess. Prof. Knott even thinks that
"ketch" and "perty'' and "rassle" and
many other forms for which cultured
children rebuke their ignorant par
ents are likely to be recognized as
good words some day.
1t seems natural enough that the
final merging of dialects should take
place in and around Chicago, where
east. west. north and south come to-
gether. and the melting pot of races
is always bubbling. But what a loss
of prestige for the proud old east!
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-06
CONVERSATIONS IN FICTION
Dorchester n. y. Herald)

Dorchester y. Y. Herald)
An English editor complains that
characters in novels do not talk like
actors in real life, and he holds up
Meredith as a conspicuous offender
in this matter. But we are inclined
to ask, What Of it? If characters
in fiction talk a great deal better
than characters in real life, we
ought to rejoice and be exceeding
glad, for great is our reward. Some
OF the conversations in more than
one Howells novel bore most of us,
for they are altogether too much like
the real thing to be agreeable.
We have heard that Meredith
talked quite as we'll as any of the
characters in his fiction, and we re-
member hearing once, as a reply to
a critic who had said that nobody on
earth ever talked like Oscar Wilde's
characters, that he was mistaken, for
Wilde himself talked in the drawing
rooms of London and Dublin. Proba-
bly, Mr.. Howe1ls is far more enter
tanning in his conversation than
some of his characters are in theirs.
1t has been said, in praise or dis
praise of Henry James, that his talk
is very much like his writing.
Realism in fiction has much to
comment it, for We want real char
a%cters, n not imaginary ones. as a
rule, but we ought not to object to
the way that these characters ex-
press themselves, provided they ex-
press themselves we'll Sydney Smith
shocked his hostess one time by tell
ing her that Daniel Webster, whom.
he had met at her table, was a hum
bug. Pressed for his reason, he repli-
eded that no man could possibly be
as great as Daniel Webster looked.
But Webster was and there have been
converSatIonaliSts who spoke quite
as we'll Is any character in fiction.
Some people have perfect genius
for finding fault at the wrong time
and V the wrong thing. Now, if
one heard a critic finding fault over
the poor quality of conversation in
many an American novel, one might
approve the criticism heartily. But
one ought not 10 approve the criti-
cism of hctional conversation on the
ground that it is too good, for there
are n too many things in this
world which are really too good. One
criticises Puritans. not on the ground
that they are too good, but because
when analysed, they are found TO be
less good than they try 10 make
people think thev are. Their good
ness, in the end, turns out to be
either squeamishness of ~cowardice OF
hypocrisy. But for real goodness,
whether in conversation or in life
there ought to be hearty praise, and
nothing but hearty praise.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-06
PRAISE WELL MERITED
THE Reef Meeting With Impair
alleled Approval On
All Sides.

Since the printing Of the coupon
Sunday emitting readers to copies OF
the latest fiction book to be selected
for distribution, those who have start
ed this gift collection Of 10 titles are
unanimous in declaring it one of the
best volumes they have ever owned.
The story is gripping. the charac-
tiers real. the plot is unique, and the
incidents all fresh. human and inter
esting. II is a book -hich will stand
reading over and over from time to
time.
Steady demand has been made upon
all the disturbing points for this book,
and although the number TO be hand
ed out is large, still it is limited, and
ali who would avoid the risk of dis
appointment should be sure and pre-
sent the coupon clipped from last Sun
days paper while the allotment lasts.
Some few copies of Sundays paper
are yet available and will be supplied
10 those who missed securing their
copy Sunday. so tina. none may be dis
appointed in the ownership of this
exceptional story.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-06
CAN'T sTRADDLE ALWAYS.

a prominent Japanese statesman is
quoted as saying: Japan feels that
she performed her part in the Euro
pean war when she elected Germany
from the Orient and Japan feels that
the war nearby is a closed incident
as far as she is concerned"
This is exactly the middle ground of
compromise that the subtle Jap likes
TO tread on ali occasions. But those
"in the know expect to see Japan pay
a stiff price fer that aforementioned
"ejectment." orce Russia is brought
to submission by Germany. Comrro-
misc in business may be all right; in
war it's a farce.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-06
MAKING SUBMARINES SAFE.

The raising Of the American subma-
riue "a at Honolulu has served as a
powerful reminder OF the defects Of
the old submarines. and especially Of
the old type OF submarine batteries.
At the same time have cOme reports
Of the new battery invented by Thomas
"A. Edison which is expected TO rem
edy the defect and provide our under
sea craft with the best and safest mo-
tive power possessed by any navy.
Hitherto all our submarines, and
apparently all foreign submarines, too,
have depended on lead batteries for
power when submerged. Those bat
teries have many defects. They do
not permit the boat to dive at an
angle greater than Is degrees. They
have 10 be overhauled at least once a
year. Worst OF all. the sulphuric acid
used I'm them has a tendency to eat
through the protecting walls. when,
coming In contact with salt water, it
generates the deadly chlorine gas
the poison gas" used by the German
army. Many crews have been asphyx-
lated with that gas. It is sometimes
developed. too. by electrolysis-the
effect OF an electric current on salt
water that leaks into the submarine
but seldom IN dangerous quantities.
Naval officers put the problem up
90 Mr.. Edison four years ago, and ask
ed him &c devise an efficient and per-
1ectly safe battery for submarines. He
set TO work at once. and after expert
ments said to number altogether o.
900, and the expenditure of nearly
$4,000. 900, he seems TO have per-
fectsd the battery required. He makes
no rash promises. 1t is known. how
ever. that one OF his new batteries
has been tried out at the Brooklyn
navy yard for more than a year, and
has survived tests equivalent to about
ten years service, with little evidence
of deterioration and none of the gen
eration Of chlorine gas. The battery
units are enclosed in solid nickel box
6. They allow the submarine to in
cline at a so degree angle. thus facil-
itating quick diving. They are lighter
ard smaller than the lead batteries,
and yet are believed to have greater
power, so as to increase substantially
the cruising radius Of the submarines
using them.
The nickel battery is being installed
in the new submarine LIS, the largest
one yet designed for our navy. It is
also being put in the E-2, replacing
the old batteries which developed
chlorine gas on a recent cruise. We
shall soon know whether the problem
has been solved. If it has, we are as
sureG an efficient fleet of submarines
without the peril that has hitherto al
ways attended their use, and have
already taken a big step toward a sat
is~factory a
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-06
a GREAT LAKES NAVY.

The Chicago Yacht club has a bril-
liant plan for the establishment of a
great naval reserve, and the mayor of
Chicago has entered into it enthu-
s~iastically. 1t is reported hat Mayor
Thompson and Commodore Pugh are
preparing to go to Washington and lay
it before the administration.
It is nothing less than the organiza-
ltion Of all the power boats on the
Great Lakes TO serve as a reserve
scouting fleet. The idea is to 5egin
with the Chicago Yacht club with its
zoo power boats, and eventually to
bring in all the rest of the yacht clubs
on the lakes. registering the boats and
enlisting their officers and crews. max
ing an auxiliary force OF about $780,
600 men. They would be trained. I'M
der regular naval officers, in the use
of rapid fire guns. wireless telegraphy.
tOrpedoes. with a view 10 their utili-
zation as an auxiliary branch of the
navy in case of war.
It sounds very well until one looks
up the Canadian treaty whose c%entena-
ny was celebrated recently. That treaty
provides that neither the United States
nor canada shall maintain any naval
force on the Great lakes except a
couple Of revenue cutters aud training
ships. The organization OF any such
extensive auxiliary would violate the
treaty
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-06
What The Papers Say

sympathy they may ever have felt
for Sweethearts or sweethearting.
The rule that all the world loves a
lover finds its exception in them.
tect themselves, they propose to pa
tect themselves, they propose to pa
troll the parks and put a stop to the
business of Cupid-that is, they will
if the chief of police will let them.
But this monumental specimen of
human perversity blithely responds to
their wen meaning offer with these
outrageous sentiments:
Il did my share of spoOning when
I was young, and I'm not so old yet.
No couple on earth ever went
through their courtship without
~'SpOOning,' and l can't see that it
makes any difference whether it's
done in the park in plain sight of a
few busy-bodies or in the house be-
hind closed doors or drawn cur
tains. None of my policemen shall
ever be given orders to stop spoon
ing"
Ladies. why not try the recall on
this official for nOnfeasance, and let
there is still recourse to an amend
ment to the federal constitution, and
if his proves futile there remains
the last resort Of amending the hu-
man constitution.
The orange and the grapefruit
have been successfully crossed, but
what the world awaits is the man
who can combine the cowslip and
the milk weed SO that everybody can
have a dairy in their backyard gar
den.-Macon (Ga.) News
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-06

Our national debt is only two-thirds
Of one per cent of our national wealth.
and only S11 per capita. It's already
the smallest debt in proportion to our
wealth and population of any i'm
pOrtant nation in the world. The only
reason why we have any debt at all
is hat it's useful as the basis of our
banking system. Even if it should
have TO be doubled or trebled because
of emergencies created by the war,
we'd still be in far better shape than
any other power, belligerent or neu-
trail.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-06
His Name Won Her.

Among those who were most struck
thereby was old Nine. Greyy, wife of
President GreVy, who, prior to marry
ing him, had been his cook.
S. f. d. asks if Old Hos will be
found among the entries in the work
horse paradt. We think, not. Our
idea is that our occasional contributor
is in n high school saddle class.
WE see the chickens are to have a
regular department at the fair.
OLD d. NJ. s., touring Canada. Of
fers this from the Toronto Globe as an
example of what our neighbors laugh
at:
A visiAr to Toronto yesterday had a
spare hour before train time, SO went
up to the Exhibition grounds to look
around. Having heard many favor
able comments about the interesting
war exhibit, he accosted an exceeding
ly tall and correspondingly dignified
bobby with the question, "Can you
tell me please, where the munitions
are?" With a perplexed look. he re-
piled, Munitions? Munitions? Is them
musical instruments? %
Back TO your Palm Beach,
If but for a day.
But don't lay your flannels
Too far away.
c. n. f.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-06
THE MELTING POT
GOMEZ TAKE POTLUCK WITH US.

anyone on the highway would be in
danger. Just so with the average car
dryer and for land sakes keep IN the
road-that is what it's for. When any
car goes out Of the track, unless to
pass others, they do il at their own
risk and the drivers should duly con
slider that anyone and everyone's lives
are in much danger eve minute when
going beyond any common sense. One
man is not everybody because he owns
q car.
OUR August death record was the
lowest for years, but there were
thousands who would have wished to
die had they thought August weather
was to be continued.
THE movement to put corset dealers
under civil service meets u approval.
The act of fitting a corset itself should
be a civil service.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-06
THE POONIN ISSUE IN
OKLAHOMA.

From st. Louis Post Dispatch.
Romance in Muskogee is threat
ened with club women armed with
night sticks. OF course. nobody
would think Of attempting To spoon"
they call it-with these mature
me formidable beings whose natures
have evidently outgrown whatsrer
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-06
THE PITIFUD BLEAT


MY hubby broke his promise
She walled and snivelled. Hully Gee!
You have my sympathy poor girl
For that same boomerang hit me.
Tho I didn't seek a lawyer
To break we twain in half.
Nor pull my rope and heller
Like a weaving yearling calf.
I'd had - sneaking notion
That 'twould happen don't you know
When I threw my Assoc round him
And took the beast in tow.
OF course he'd break it deartel
They simply can't be r
And only make a prom 2
For Joy of smashing it IN two.
Our hubies as a specie
Are-or think themselves-right clever
Their morals work both ways
And with a well-oiled lever.
They'll sing "Oh I'll be true TO thee"
And all that silly drool
And oh how glad they are TO think
They've charmed another fool.
But wouldn't they hit the alleys
And all the byways too,
If stranger eyes could see them
In the light we TOOL wives do.
f. L. T.
WE passed our week end INSTALL
ment of vacation at Diamond lake,
EW-A - A1AL ~ LAAC 21&AA[A y
from h vantage point of a spacious
vernadah at Sandy Beach, sumptu-
ously furnished with easy chairs,
porch swings, pillows and an occasion
al tinkling pitcher Of strictly option
liquid. The experience reminded us OF,
our first visits to this gem of the s.
NJ. lake system because, as Mike Mat
thews would say, they were so differ
ent. on those occasions we slept in
the haymOw and found our liquid re-
freshment in a brown jug. deity con
cealed in the corn crib. But the fish
ing was better then.
THERE are those, we are aware.
who view with something akin to con-
tempt the week end installment vaca-
ton, but having tried other kinds with
less than more satisfaction we are
strong for it.
IN the first instance you sleep in
your Owl bed and eat at your own
table most of the time. and that is a
consideration which makes vacations
of any kind almost negligible.
Ethics of Motoring.
(Cor. Brur Oak Acorn.)
Is ii a wonder that so many get hurt
thru riding autos? In the first place
many use very little sense or judgment
in driving their cars, but just because
1t is an automobile think they can and
must and do, too, run like the very -
Well, l came pretty near saying it and
there comes the report someone hurt
or killed. What would anyone or the
people at large say and think Of you
or me or anyone else if you got a new
carriage and drove the team as fast
as they could run from Honey Lake to
Burr Oak or to any other CT ilized
town. They would say no sense Why,
the officers would lock you up, the
humane society would bring you up
before Mr.. J. Z. and how long would
your rig last. And not alone that;
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-06
We Can Understand.

(Cor. Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette.)
The visitors took along baskets OF
eatables and the resulting combination
was thirty-two different articles OF
food and drink and when all had eaten
there remained Of the fragments
enough for another party and still
some left. Seldom are more happy
hours crowded into one day. IT was,
in short, a day without a flaw.
THE ~coIoneI's recent silence is pain
full if not ominOus.
RECENT events should be a warn
ing to men contemplating divorce to
check out their bank balances. IN
feeling courts have a habit Of laying
an enjoining hand on balances.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-06

Cablegrams announce that Kitchen
er. Joffre n French have again Wis
tied the western battle front and find
the morale of the troops TO be splen-
did. Same thing reported about the
Russian troops. too. SO we guess that
the morale doesn't cut much ice, al
ready vet
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-06

80 Miss Banoger played for you.
did she?" asked a friend OF the musi-
clan. You know she claims that she
can make the piano talk"
IF h a instrument spoke at ALL" de-
clared the musician peevishly. II bet
it woul say: Woman, you have play
ed me false Ladies' Home Jour
nal
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-06

That Monterey editor who says that
Mexico Will seize Texas. New Mexico.
Arizona. California, Oklahoma and
Mississippi has got US scooped but We
are glad he left out Indiana.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-06

Now hat Brigham Young's last re-
naming widow has died. the era Of
Mormon polygamy may be regarded
as definitely ended.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-06

permanently on a new. higher plane
Of comfort, influence and dignity.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-06

Yoa might as well trim your tongue
get ready for IL We have it on
the exquisite audacity OF Prof. Thorn
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-23
WARNING GIVEN
BY FIRE MARSHAL
CALLS ATTENTION TO REED OF EX-
AWNING FIUES BEFORE
WINTER CONES.

Austin. Texas. Sept. 23.-Statc Fire
Marshal :. w. lu.li>h today mailed ont
a circular letter 10 the MAYORS. fire
chiefs and fire mar~halS ~ Texas cities
urging them - take action against Un-
safe tluc> with the view " preventing
fires.
AS officials OF your city government
there ~ no one thin. that demands yuur
scri 1uS consideration more. from u pre-.
y%cntion standpoint. than tHc question NJ
unsafe iluc>.' wrote Fire Marshal Ing
liSh. Suggestion is made J., thc Iir.
Marshal that the warning against ru.
safe fluc~ he given wide publicity The
following folder ~ nv lo~cd iu the cir
cuiar letter:
Reports To The State Fire Marshal from
December 10. 1910 to September lr. 1913
show that 3.11G fires. or IT, per raut of
the total number that occurred IN dwell
lings. private BOARDING houses and other
like occupancic> were due L, unsafe fines.
Assuming that the same nrupnrfinn uf
fires reported cause unknown is dUr
to unsafe tlucS. The total number IN LOST
or 20 per cent of all sub fires
Unsafe tluc~ cause II lHrurr uuWhtr ui
fires are attributable. The >ldic~t thing
fires are attributable. The a~,IlcSt thing
about this fact that nh such fires are
prcvcntahlc. They occur ~ reason ~
carclcS~nc~S and Indifference that almost
amounts to criminal nreliucit &c. The >cl-
son when fire must W. had for warmth
aud comfort il almost here. Have yuu
eXamiLcd y0ur huc~? The rules sc ordi
nary prudence and business Sagacitv rn
quirc that everyone make 4 ccraful cv-
animation W. all fines I'LL His property nt
the %hcginnin" If each season before fire
is permitted ~ them.
This p%rccaution IN absolutely imncrn
tive III the beginning Of this season. and
more especially - III the Gulf Coast
country ana that portion Of the state
passed over hy the recent hurricane. The
high winds IF that storm left i'm their
wake 4 vcritabir chaos NJ unsafe nrc-
which. il not put in order viii cause the
fire demon. with hclli>h alcc. 10 : ollow
the storm AMI take " frnAi~h delight in
complrtc's deSte wing what thc wind
only damaged
Again We ask Have Won examined
vour fiucS and put them ~ good order?
" Won have not. 10 II now If Won M not.
and q fire occurs hv reason # vour ncali
gcnce DESTROYING valuable property of
vnur own and ncrhnne that 0f vorr
ueiehhorS ~ wen your conScicnrc viii