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The Detroit times., 1915-07-01
When Shall We Re-EStQbish
The Freedom of Self Employment?
BY HERBERT QUICK.

l;ev ed that when we exercised the
right TO rebel and take up arms
against the government. we had done
SO once for all. We had won what
we called freedom. We were voters.
We we're supposed to make our own
laws. Such being the case. we were
done with revclts and revolutions
and rebellions.
We lad exercised the option. and
IL was thing of the past for US. II
was for us like casting in a game Of
chess--once done, IL could not be re-
pea;ed. Mexicans and Freachmen
and Russians might rebel and take
up arms for freedom. but not Ameri.
cans. Having obtained freedom. tn
mults and riots and internecine war
were over for us. We had come OF
age
began 10 wonder long ago wheth-
er or net we could expect to con.
time q law-abiding nation. think II
was about the time of the infamous
Idaho bull-pen episode that this won
der grew 10 grave doubt
A few years after that met a
graduate of a great university-he
has q doctors degree-who was and
still r. working in the field OF labor
and It's relations with capital. He
told mt that he had carefully studied
the cases OF Meyer. Haywood and
Pettibone and their relation, to the
killing OF Gov. Steunenberg. Il sup
pose" said I. though I knew nothins
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01
WHY TRAVEL CURES.
~ n. ApoiNcToN BRUCE,
Author OF The Riddle OF Personality"
Psychology and Parenthood." etc.

You are nervous and run down." said the
doctor to the patient You ought TO take .
trip somewhere. What you need most OF all ID
a change Of scene"
To thousands OF persons these words have
been spoken. and time and again this simple
prescription OF travel has worked like , charm
II has cured insomnia OF long standihg II has
banshed the demon Of indigestion. Il has quiet
ed obscure aches and pains. Persistent fatigue
has under It's influence given way to feelings
Of renewed strength. calmness Of mind has
taken the place Of feversh restlessness
Marvelling at their complete restoration to
health those who have been helped attribute
their good fortune usually to some specific
virtue In the climate, the air. or the water OF
the place at which they have been sojourning
Their symptoms have been 30 acute and var.
led that, they argue, II 10 incredible TO suppose
the change OF scene alone could have cured
them.
Nevertheless, change of scene was really all
that they had needed. II was the true thera-
peutc agent In their case, and II was this By
reason OF the fact that II had been enough TO
TURN THEIR THOUGHTS INTO NEW CHAN.
NELS.
More specifically. BY providing them with nov.
e sights to think about and talk about. u bod
SELVES and By that very fact had caused the
disappearance OF the symptoms which had 20
long troubled them.
Also. in many cases. II had had the effect
Of Withdrawing the invalids from homo en-
vironment radiating suggestions that affected
them hasmfuIly ----..---
This does not necessarily mean that the home
environment was an "unsympathetic" one. On
the contrary, Il may have been too sympethetic.
the anxious solicitude of the sick persons rela-
tives confirming him in his disastrous habit Of
OCCUPYING HIS MIND WITH HIS BYMP
TOMS AND SENSATIONS.
This 10 the central truth 70 be remembered In
connection with disorder that travel cures-that
H. functional disorders of the nervous system.
No matter how they may have originated. u
10 concentration OF the attention upon their
symptoms that does most 10 keep such die
orders In full working order.
Get the patient thinking OF something elue.
occupy his mind with interesting ideas. and the
road Ia health n made easy
II IL the virtue Of travel that II does this very
thing The diversity Of sights and sounds which
;ravei provides. the novelty Of the experiences
II brings. the necessity for subjecting oneself
70 changed conditions Of life-all this helps
% break up the habit OF self-coucentratieu.
But travel II expensive. Not everybody can
afford to 60 abroad or mako prolonged stay
az tho sesshore or in the mountains. II there
no effective substitute within reach Of the
man with the slender bank accorntf
Most assuredIy there IN. The cultivation Of
some interesting hobby. the reading Of lively
stories, intercourse with friends, careful avoid
ance Of discussion Of symptoms-any measure
that will turn the mind to external things,
and keep u turned from thoughts 81 cell, ha6
curative value % nervous patients
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01
The Chemistry of Thought
~ on. FRANK GRAFT
Copyright. 1915. b. Prank =

When q gay pair Of hydrogcn atoms
seize an oxygen atom and begin to fox
trot about among the molecules. the
three of them together are water, dit
ferent looking thing entirely from the
gas each of them was before they
joined hands.
So when wood burns, the union OF the
oxygen and carbon makes fame, wholly
another thing than dull wood.
The chemistry of matter is interesting.
The product arising from the union Of
two thoughts is often quite distinct from
either Of the constituents.
For instance, nagging woman viii
hand her lord and master a thought
which makes him explode like powder
he goes of in . rage. Neither can un-
derstand. She looks on her remark -
innocent. He regards his mind a. guilt
less. It was the mixing of the two that
was deadly.
We often play hob with the truth, not
because truth is harmful in itself. but
because we do not understand the chem
istry Of ideas. 1t may be perfectly true
that l look fright, that am fat and
awkward, but when you insert that truth
into my mind and II unites with my
vanity and self-esteem, it produces
dangerous heat, so that fume and say
things.
1t is a wise person who understands
this kind of chemistry. 1t is clever
salesman, for example, who not only
knows the talking points" Of his goods
but also perceives the notions that his
customer already entertains, and gives
to him only the kind of talk that, COM
bining with those notions. will produce. =
desire to buy and not hostility.
It is a wise wife that can administer to
her husband those remarks that will
make him prize and love her. She
doubtless could tell him other things, just
as true, that would make him wish she
were in Guinea but what's the usef
It takes two 70 tell the truth, said
Thoreau. Anybody can hear . great
fact; but not everybody Is supplied with
the kind of ideas that can grasp II, digest,
and assimilate it.
More than half Of the opera, the play,
the sermon, the book, the landscape, Is
the collection of thoughts and feelings
you bring to them.
Love may mean two things to q man
and a woman as different as the minds
of the two persons.
What kindles me may leave you cold.
Religion may turn one man into fer0-
cious fanatic, and may make another
man gentle and kind.
Salt is like neither chlorine nor
sodium, and what you say to me be-
comes something that is neither what
Won aaid nor what I heard
All of us are handling ideas that may
become poisons or explosives. It's .
wonder we get along as well as we do.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01
What Is Wrong With Babies
That We Have to Make Play?

Have city children, through habits Of
repression and lack Of opportunity for
gotten how to play, or has the natural
instinct. which should be born in them
tas it is in the lambkin, which jumps
about ungracefully off all four legs at
once) grown feeble and inert through a
lack of vitality and JOY on the mothers
part?
These mothers who scrub floors and
bend over wash tubs in dark cellars to
within few days of the birth of their
babies, may net be able to infuse the life
giving spirit and care-free activity Of
youth in their offspring.
These mothers get up at four o'clock.
care for q brood, in crowded, unsanitary
quarters. get themselves presentable in
crude fashion for the street and reach
their employers homes. often five or
mere miles away, to begin their days
work at seven o'clock.
They are sent down cellar to wrestle
with a pile of sciled clothing. which
would daunt the courage of anyone who
was not driven to it by the goad of
necessity.
They work until four in the afternoon,
Tor later, according to the amount OF work,
their skill and the temper of their en-
ployer (who is not always sympathetical-
ly inclined), and then go home"
To what?
Sometimes q drunken husband and
crying children; sometimes to half sick
babies; always to work and hardship.
While th1r are batting with these
things, the new life which Il SOME day
to enrich or cucumber our land Is grow
ing to completion through the mysteri-
Gus forces of nature.
When the baby is born, it may be well
or it may not.
The greatest mortality among infants
is among the poor.
The mother may get well or she may
not.
One hundred thousand women year
die in childbirth in the United States,
and these are in great majority among
the poor who depend upon mid-wives to
help them through.
But we venture to say that these
babies, before and after birth, have not
the same opportunity to develop a
healthy, normal, animal desire for play
and exercise that others have in more
natural surroundings.
This may be one reason why Superin-
tendent James, of the recreation commits
sion is obliged to teach the children and
make them play"
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01

Once. when . person was accused
Of turbulence and violence, the Ques-
ton was asked, did he break the
law
II the answer given was Yes.
that man was universally deemed
S,jlty.
II the answer was NO. though
Re may have been violent even
though he may have taken life. the
answer was that he was innocent.
Then we were . ''law-abiding" peo-
pie. II was out pride. whatever the
Law Ell joined was right, and all good
citizens did IL. Whatever the Law
forbade. that was wrong. and all
good c,ti1ens refrained from II.
We believed In our Sir William
blackstone. who said that "the law
In q rule OF civil conduct prescribed
by the supreme authority In the state
commanding what IL right and pro-
hibfting what Is wrong"
Back of all that, we believed in
the right Of revolution. Our govern
ment was established on that right.
We always retained in the citizen
ship the claim of the right to fight
against tyranny a. did our forefatL
ers 1t Lexington and Concord; but
we denied that under our democratic
form Of government there was any
chance that we should ever be
obliged to exercise that most fateful
of all rights In other words. we be-
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01
A Poem q Day.
rROM ..rMr Drl.L nuoS.-

FRON ssrHH DHl.I. nU0S.~
They christsnsd my brother OF old
And . eatntly name he beaPo--
They gave him his place TO hold
a. the head 9f the bslfry st.irs
And the breedtag ksssrels cry.
Would I change with my brother a
league inland,
'snoai' ware shoaiD Not IL
ra: s va. never |. prizes. 70 pr.y,
When they made me guard OF the bay.
And moored me over the shcal--
rock. ! reel, and I roll
Ny four great hammers ply
Could csu ! spsak 2, be 'tiii At the
,shoai! Ware shoalo Not I!
The landward marks have failed.
The fog bank giides unEuessed,
The seaward lights are yelled.
The spent deep feigns her rest;
I lift TO the swsii---I cry!
Could wait In sloth on the
churchs OATH
tshoal! Ware shoalD Not I!
Al the careless end OF the night
! thrill 20 the nearing screw.
! turn In the nearing light
And I call to the drowsy crew.
And the mud bolts foul and blue
And the blind bow backs away.
viii they give me their thanks IL
they clear the banks?
tshosi. Ware shoaiD Not they!
Between the course and tho sand.
Fsttered and bound I hide.
Would change with my brother a
league inland,
(Shoai. Ware shosio Not r.
--Rudyard Kipling.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01

many others use the same port of
entry.
Hence the necessity Of keeping the
mouth in q hygienic condition from
the cradle to the grave.
The reason why most people neg
lect to call on the dentist In on &C.
count OF fear. Some are afraid ~
will hurt. others are afraid II will
cost too much. still others are afraid
that the dentist will mi" cavities
that do not exist and thus give him.
self . Job.
Yet no other organs play so i'm.
portant . part In regard to health a.
the mouth and teeth.
From the examination Of the
mouths Of children between the ages
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01
WORRY

SO We 90 on worrying because
Jones has an automobile, because
Mrs. Jones has a new gown and be-
cause we may have some trouble
scrapine together the money for
next months rent and food bill. Ar :.
we know all the time that worrying
won't ever get us the motor car. tina
gown or pay the rent; In fact. II
takes away whatever little 10Y there
might be in living.
We know that II impsirs our
health. destroys our efficiency and
scpils our chances of ever attaining
anything.
Yes. worry IL = great thing-for
doctors and uneertakers,
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01

Worry IL the great American
habit. As q national pasume base
baIl Is q poor second.
Our peculiar civilization makes IL
chronic. We are the champion wor-
riers of the universe.
The African Is happy; oriental
fstaIism prevents q dissatisfaction
with the Asiatic: the European. in
peace. 10 usually content.
But we worry because Jones next
door has an automobile Our
brethren of the other continents
would merely accept Jones as q
superior being and let II 80 at that
We don't
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01
BY Webster.

personally about the case. that you
lave no doubt ~ to their guilt!"
Well said he. Il have no doubt
they did II. A. TO guilt. that's an.
other matter. That was war. you
know"
Still later. I talked with q noted
writer. who had made . speciality OF
those cases. I asked him the same
question. His answer was still more
astounding than that OF the doctor OF
philosophy. Il hadn't been on the
ground three days" said he. before
I made up my mind that II they
weren't guilty. they ought to be-"
And now comes . minister OF the
gospel. who has been % wrought
upon by the pitiful condition OF the
miners Of Colorado that he justifies
their revolt against the authorities,
because. rs he says. there was moth
ing but revolt left for them. Laws
for their protection had been ignor.
ed They had no alternative but re-
volt or bondage
These things are more full OF por-
tent to US than the prospect OF war
with q great foreign power. The war
may not come. but this condition II
here. We shall survive the war II
II comes. and attain peace in q few
months or years; but this thing OF
which I sreak will be with us until
the disease is cured
What disease? The disease of the
moral. physical. educational and eco
nomic dependence Of employees on
employers.
Labor" says the Rev. Mr.. Caddis.
does not believe that 3. has any
chance TO get justice through the
laws"
These conditions cannot last, II
the republic Is to last They are not
the fault OF capital. They are not
the fault OF labor. They result from
ancient mistakes In the consequences
OF which both labor and capital are
enfangled as In some dreadful laby-
rinth.
The mistake Is that when we
thought we had won freedom we
were In error We won political
freedom. but not economic freedom.
We still left opportunity for self-em-
ployment In the hands OF private In.
terests. When those private inter.
ests had acquired all the good lands
OF the nation. in city. country, min
eral deposit and forest, the pinch
came. Tramps appeared. Unemploy-
ment developed. Employers began
to have too much power over en-
ployes. Competition at FIRST and
then monopoly let to the inevitable
abuse Of that power.
We shall never reconquer the
status Of being a law-abiding people
until we re-sstablish that freedom
OF self-employment which existed
when land was easily obtained. Both
capital and labor may az well rec
ognize that fact FIRST d. last. Until
we do re-establish freedom of self.
employment we shall forge deeper
and deeper into the revolutionary pc.
Rod upon which we have entered.
For such views a. have mentioned.
entertained. not only By the WORKING
masses. but by respectable and intel.
lectual citizens. show that Il In ex.
actly such a period.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01
From Another
Point of Vie,U

New York city is advertising itself as
a summer resort. As last resort!
Eggs exported to Australia are report
ed to have been shipped back to this
country and put on the market. There
you are if you like them once over.
A third marriage is considered unlucky
in India. Over here the first one is often
looked upon as unfortunate.
The saddest words e'er yet put down
Are: Cleveland's gone away from town.
Ever hear the story. Proc, about the
fellow who was thrown down stairs three
times? No? Well, the third time he pick
ed himself up he said to himself: by
George, have it; it must be they don't
want me up there
The busiest "b" we know of belongs in
base ball. with its box and bags, base hits,
bingles. bases on balls, hunts, balks, bone
heads, boomers and battles for the UNI
pire.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01
AN ARITHMETICAL PROBLEM

In a Western state famous for raising muller,
q resident died possessed Of II mules. In his
viii he disposed Of them ~ follows:
One-half 10 the eldest son, onethird 10 the
next and one-ninth to the youngest. But when
the administrator came to divide the IL into
halves, thirds and ninths ne found II was I'm
possible with live mules; 90, mules not being
very valuable. ne unhitched one OF his own and
put with the others when he proceeded 10 di.
vide the animals N follows:
0ne-half or nine. 70 the eldest: onethird, or
elk. to the next son. and one-ninth. or two, to
the youngest Adding MP nine, six and two.
~ fpnnl that Il made IL. 20 he hitched up his
eva mule ana vent home rsjoicfns-Atianta
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01

Architect--Now where would you
prefer the drawing room, SIR"
Mr.. Newlyrich-'Look here. young
man. I've let you put up . smokin'
room. when I don't smoke: q music
room. when I couldn't play . mouth
organ; q nursery. when I amt got
no nurse: and q pantry. when 7
dent pant; but I'm soin' 10 put the
kibosh on the DRAWN room. when I
couldn't even draw straight line"
Top Notch.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01

portals pass not
only the FOODS
which nourish and
sustain life, but
also the moro
deadly germs. tu-
berculosis. pneu-
monia. diphtheria.
typhoid fever and
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01

Uneasy Conscience
A jovial Negro was arraigned In
the county court. Brooklyn. on a mi.
nor charge.
Smith," asked the court. did you
ever commit crime before?"
The Negro pondered for moment.
well. yo' honah," he answered, slow.
ly. "Ah can't 'zactly say, but All
done got married one time"
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01

A teacher, in giving examples Of
the use Of the hyphen. quoted the
word "bird-cake" and then asked one
of the scholars:
"Now, then. tell me why we put a
hyphen in 'bird-cage. p"
For the bird to sit on was the
unexpected reply.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01

a Sure Ciew
Have you collected that bill OF
Smiths"
Have I collected IL, I called at
the house and found that seven
Smiths lived there. Six declared
they owed nothing, and the seventh
kicked me out Of the house"
That's the one. Go back and get
the money"
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01
Mouth Is Gateway to Health or Disease
Dangers ofNeglecfing TO Keep II Clean

Of nine and ~ from nearly all parts
Of the civilized world II has been
shown that more than 80 per cent
have defective teeth, and that defec-
tive teeth are more than double all
other physical defects.
a filthy mouth breeds disease.
Every time you eat with unclean
teeth. the decaying bits OF food from
the previous meal contaminate the
food you eat.
There Il no more excuse for allow.
ing child TO go TO school with q
dirty mouth than dirty face. It's
not only an Injustice TO the indi-
vidual. but to all the children with
whom he comes In contact II In an
injustice 10 others 10 Icontaminate
the atmosphere they are compelled
10 breathe.
n every city. town and village In
America started Health FIRST"
campaign there would soon be better
sanitation. better foods, more intel
ordered play. long childhood
and wide-open gates Of the senses.
all making for better childhood and
better men and women.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01

A Dimcuit Trial

Yes" said the meeklooking man.
I've no doubt you've had some great
hunting experiences in your travels
abroad"
Il have. indeed"
Buffalo hunting"
Yes"
And bear hunting"
"Of course"
We'll, you just come round and
let my wife take you house hunting
and bargain hunting with her. Then
you'll begin TO know what real ex.
element is
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01

The mouth is the great gateway
In health or disease. Through its
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01

Too many men don't even try TO
make anything when they white.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01

6erth Sane! It Is
- . Break the Law
~ ~ Fourth Of July. to keep
% opaxtment has declared
rourth laws Of Detroit will
jetly: but the police cannot
neee ~ can they stop every
rtIn - ~ man who fires
% into his friend. and the
s joGSo1sioa Of : contra
li1|U <nlls a1nd skaters q few
- Vim -
e1nnot b stopped by the
undsr the laws ban
lkofr plsasurs n = noisy.
~ en- stop them
60 must become .
2..!sl y. ~sSch over ms
53.!E Il a. ~ N ana cnecA
u
xt.-;..r r.,a;..,
~ ~. -. rourth
= ~ way to no
h 80 day statistics
~ caeualty list Ia !
4 = no ~ TIRE II Euroue.
go -. IN death. and
1oeiv~s
nv. $500. 49,,
Z 30 49, -, - -. 49, go
y -
J. 1890. -. r..
IN 49, 700 .h,.-..s . s;as.
||I3 rs
A. NJ. 80 Move"en' nAo
~ casualty INST was cut to
4
Da sxippsd the country; in 1912
|S1 - - oo6.
~ ms. II has gradually risen.
4 ~ produced by the sane
Sritatioa has been lessened by
W - I'd story.
lsiured II the United States-a far
~ a. ~-~-S~ 49, MA - -, -
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01

= lhArs's no sense in It.
~ n,Gn - woman, boy or girl, who
NJ the Fourth by noisily lodging
ps germ in HIS or her system is
~ neither himself, herself or the
4 Gl0Ss r. fun while it lasts. but it is a
u uncertain sort of fun, which
~ pleasure largely from its
II HI 70 do what ordinarily they
- - do. and II petty danger,
~ times. become serious,
|||l = ~ act, Il II all the sweeter.
NJ ~ saini
3 , Quistss. more restful, less
~ more in keeping with
r1Flt q ths day, to 90 to
~ z1nesicanisation day
o ~ 49, exeursion, or .
IT. Nm Il Il to tie :
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-09
Kitten Saves Girl From Death.
BY S. c. Halcomb.

Out in California kitten saved a
little twelve year.old girl from prob.
able death. The girl and the kitten
went for a walk. After short time
the kitty returned alone and kept
walking up and down in front OF the
girls mother crying pitifully. 1t was
trying to attract the attention OF the
mother and every time it thought it
succeeded II would walk off and not
seeing the mother follow, would re.
turn and cry all the harder.
Finally the mother noticed the per.
Torrance and decided to follow the
little creature the next time II re-
peated the affair, as she thought 1t
strange 1t should act so.
The kitten led the way to the end
Of a recreation pier, where the child
was found hanging head downward
from a large spike in a pile. She had
fallen from the pier and her clothing
had caught on the spike.
Her mother Immediately rescued
her, but she was barely conscious.
Had she remained in the position five
minutas longer she would have been
dead. 1t is needless to say how much
the kitten was treasured ever after.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-09
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