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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-27
THE LAW OF THE TABLE
~ DR.. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)

These are the ten commandments OF
the table. They are not for the feast at
which guests are present, nor for the
formal dinner, but more especially for
the family
|. BRING WITH rot A CHEERFUL
MIND. Dismiss your tempers and clear
yourself of all doldrums and angers. A
serene soul is the best aid TO digestion.
Depend upon exercise and take no slim
ulant to give you an appetite.
3. DON'T READ. For the hour Of
eating devote yourself to the family
Meal time ought to be the sacrament OF
love. Keep books and papers away. To
immense yourself in reading at the table
Is selfish.
3. CONVERSE. Every one ought to
table is the best time for the practice
of it. Let your subjects be light and
agreeable. Do not bring up serious,
troubling, or offensive topics. Don't
argue Don't criticize. Save your funny
stories for this hour. when they do more
coed than at any other time. Don't in
dulge in a silent grudge.
4. DON'T HURRY. Eat slowly. Re-
deem the grossness of feeding by the
play of mind and heart. Be human.
5. LET YOUR CHILDREN BE DISCI-
PLINED. Teach them good manners and
set them an example. Eat as you would
if there were guests IL child is rude,
or interrupts. or offends in any way
against good breeding, quietly have him
90 TO the kitchen Let him know that
he can eat with the family only on con-
dition that he is polite.
6. NEVER REPROVE A SERVANT
NOR A CHILD AT THE TABLE. Wait
until the meal is over. Never say cut
ting things Avoid sarcasm.
7. NEGLECT NO ONE AT THE
TABLE. Greet kindly every one present.
Encourage each one to share in the con-
versation. Let not the parents monopol-
ize the talk Aim to increase every ones self
respect
s. LAUGH as much a. possible. One good
laugh 10 worth many medicines. And SING. II
YOU can II YOU have p tableful OF children. let
them often sing during the waits OF meatime
O. AVOID Safety. Arise from every re-
past with appetite not quite satisfied. Drink
little
10 SAY GRACE II is a most civilizing and
wholesome custom Even better than saying
grace II is to sing II.
The table is the famys opportunity With
little pains and some reasonable and courteous
ritual YOU may make breakfast. lunch. and din
ner sweeten the day. improve the household at
mosphere and be points OF spiritual well as
physical refrcshment
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-27

Alaska is the most misunderstood
and misrepresented section of the
United States. People generally. and
sincerely. believe that the name
Alaska is synonymous with snow
and ice and couple it accordingly
with ice cream freezers and cold
drinks. Yet the principal cities OF
Alaska along it's southern coast line
Juneau, Ketchikan. Cordova. Val
DIES and Seward-do not average as
cold in midwinter as New York and
ere seldom as cold "a Baltimore and
Washington during cold waves.
Alaska is one-ffth the size OF the
" hole United States and its pro-
digious area Of about 10000 square
miles, nearly three times the size Of
the German empire, spreads from
the temperate zone to the Arctic cir
Gle. Not one~quarter of II Is In the
latter. Below the circle lies a mag
nlficent belt OF fertile soil. II is es-
timated by government authorities
that the agricultural area OF Alas
ka's fertile valleys and plains. on
many OF which cattle can be win
tered without feeding. aggregates
3O.0 900 square miles. with a climate
Ike that of northern Europe-Nor-
way. Finland and Sweden. This land
is richer and more productive than
that OF any other country In the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-27
Misconceptions About Alaska

world. we'll watered, fairly well tim
hered. and 800 acres are open free
to the settler II he wishes TO take
up a homestead.
In the great central valley or
Alaska the coolest days OF winter
are not az cold as reported from
time to time in the prairie states Of
the United States, like Nebraska,
Montana and North Dakota. Stock
raisers and farmers are going into
Alaska on every steamer from Seat
tie to look the country over They
are equipped with the special gov
eminent reports on Alaska that can
be had without charge by writing to
the department OF agriculture and
to the department OF the interior at
Washington or from any member OF
congress. Visitors to Alaska are sur.
prised al what they find when they
reach the interior Nor do they need
TO suffer hardship In making the
trip. for frst-class steamships To the
principal ports. with unusually rea.
sonable rates. are running ont from
Seattle nearly every day and rail
road and automobile lines 10 the
interior are readily available Nor
In II necessary to go far. for every
valley leading from the coast is
waiting for the husbandman. John
A. Sleicher in Ieslie's.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-27
By gibson GARDNER.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 27.-AI
about Washington-and doubtless
the same is true in many parts OF
the United States-the trees hang
full of fruit, apples, peaches. plums.
etc, which are not picked and will
not be picked. II does not pay. A
man sent a carload OF peaches and
his broker wired bill for SIS dehcit
for freight and brokerage. The fruit
did not pay the cost OF sending il.
Yet every city has it's homes
some poor homes and others no: so
poor-where fruit Is not eaten and
where it would be welcome. What
Is the answer?
put the matter up TO Secretary OF
Agriculture David +. Houston.
Yes. he said, Il took ride IN
an automobile only the other day
tHTOueH the WOuutIlui II VII lNtSOb
west of here. out by Harper's Ferry
and Leesburg | saw the trees with
the fruit on them unsold and unpick
ed. The answer Is cooperative mar
keting. The farmers must do for
the apple and peach and other crops
what the citrus farmers OF Calitor.
mia have done for the citrus crop
They must standardize the produce
and organize for It's marketing. They
must have their warehouses
and act as a unit In dealing for its
sale and finding where the crop is
needed and sending II there That
is the work on which my office is
engaged at present and is one OF the
things in which | am most deeply in.
terested.'
Anybody interested In knowing
what Col. T. Roosevelt intends TO do
in the next presidential campaign
may have the answer And this is
made on dependable authority lie
is going fishing.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-27
Pointed Paragraphs

Your wife as we'll as your sins
will find you out.
Lots OF city farmers make a spe-
cialty of sowing wild oats.
And a lot OF people would rather
believe a lie than the nude truth.
Many man who isn't a liar
doesn't tell all the truth he knows.
IL one doesn't believe that hon
esty is the best policy one should
try II.
When the sun shines lay aside a
little OF your enthusiasm for a rainy
day.
II takes a conscientious man 10
enjoy his work IL the remuneration
is small.
II is difficult to convince the head
OF the house that two heads are bet
ter than one.
Labor Is the foundation of many
a big fortune-but not necessarily
OF the laborer's.
Beware OF the friendly chap who
pats you on the back. The chances
are that he Is trying TO Jingle the
coins in your pocket
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-27
EARLIEST LOCKS

The earliest locks known 10 man were the
Chinese make Although il is impossible TO tell
the exact date Of those still extant, they are
wonderfully well made, and as strong any
manufactured N europe up To the middle Of the
eighteenth century. The Chinese locksmith Of
today uses exactly the same kind Of tools that
his forefathers had for they are very simple
and primitive. He carries all his implements
in two cabinets sitting and working at
the other When he has finished all the work
available in one neighborhood he fastens the two
cabinets 10 bamboo rod and sings IL over his
shoulder. He tramps through the towns bur
dened In this way and stops when he is called
much a scissors grinder umbrella member
does In our Countrywide World Magazine.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-27

enced in getting it beyond the Missis-
Isippi.
We think the reason lies in the fact
that the women of the west had the. true
pioneer spirit and stood shoulder to
shoulder with the men while they cut
and hewed and dug, showing their splen-
did courage and womanhood in helping
to conquer the wilderness.
The men have not forgotten. and
woman has taken a different stand than
in the east where the conventions and
trappings of luxury and civilization have
partly destroyed her..
Aside from the vicious influences
which are working against her, the men
of her own kind have come to diStruSt
her ability and she is paying the price.
The feminist movement is a revolt
against this.
The woman of the sixties who thought
il charm TO be delicate and fragile, to
scream at a mouse and faint at the
slightest cause, is no more, but our men
folk are slow at adjusting themselves to
the change.
Instead of greeting it with delight,
these same men seem to see something
strange and dangerous lurking behind it.
They are used to the old order and fear
the new.
Let them study the Kansas record
where women have taken part in the
government for many years. and ponder.
No homes have gone to smash; no
children have been neglected, and the
state, as whole, has made such
progress that it deserves a careful study
that we may benefit by its example.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-27
TWo Meals a Day TO Tighten Work

ing, neon and night might entail
certain proportion Of wasted time,
material and energy. however and
by whoever expended SO score
of them have adopted the schedule
OF two meals a day--brcakfast and
late afternoon dinner.
II is significant that this iconoclas-
tic experiment should have had its
inception In Penn Van In New
York the ubiquitous restaurant has
rendered father ana the boys do
mestically independent. but In Penn
Yam mother still possesses the whip
hand-and she has won the DOCTORS
consent With both strategy and
science in her favor Il really appears
as II she had overcome the enemy's
tactical numerical and moral advan-
tage. Penn Van seems inevitably 10
be pointing the way 10 the two-meal
habit-New York Tribune
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-27

The eternal conflict between the
SEXES has broken out In Penn Van
In a new and highly dangerous form.
Hitherto the revolt of the partially
subjugated though superior half OF
mankind has manifested Itself In
poor cooking. in the delegation OF
duty. in carelessness or indiffer-
cnce Of various sorts, but never In
a curtailmcnt Of the sacred trilogy
uf meals. Whatever the quality of
their contents or service, man has
until now. In this hemisphere at
least. had IFS three meals day.
though they might be half cooked
or va,ncd over or bought at me
dciicategsen store.
Rut IL Penn Van. according 10 re.
port. {; has occurred TO an unusual
~ insuborlinate and imaginative
group 60 housewives. that cooking.
serving and washing dishes, morn
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-27
Uncle Sam Wants to Help
Discouraged Fruit Growers

done so. All steamships In the coast
wise trade are Obliged 10 be Ameri-
can registered. They always have
and they always will-uutll they rot
fly the American flag and the sea
mans bill does not affect their
status one iota The other four
vessels OF the Dollar feet are in
what is known as the off-shore trade
They are tramps which go anywhere
a profitable charter is offered These
vessels are coolie manned always
have been coolie manned and always
have sailed under an alien flag
! When German raiders. however
were loose, two OF these ships
sought the protection OF the Amer
lean flag as the head OF the com.
pany announced for the time being
only" The German raiders having
ceased their raids. our flag was
OF the Dollar feet and one of these
two coolie-manned, fOreign-built
boats changed back 10 foreign flag
leaving one vessel only OF the of
shore fleet under the Stars and
Stripes. The Dollar line will cone
under the stars and Stripes or leave
them just as II profits their owners
and nobody need b. alarmed about
the effect OF the seaman's bill in
driving them from under the flag
As to the Pacific Mail Steamship
Co. the facts are equally illuminat-
ing. This company is railrOad-Own
cd, and. being such. is not allowed
by law To pass its steamers through
the Panama canal Observing that
foreign lines were liable 10 take the
Panama canal business away from
them, the Pacific Mail transferred
ownership TO a subsidiary OF the In
ternational Mercantile Marine and
announced that ar least two OF it's
FIVE vessels are 10 - used in the
New York to San Francisco run via
the canal. These. OF course, must
be under the American flag Great
efforts have been made TO make II
appear that this transfer OF owner.
ship was caused by the seaman's bill
driving the Pacific Mail. out OF bus.
mess" The fact is that the trans
fer of the Pacific Mail was brought
about not by the seaman's bill but
because this company. being rail.
road-owned found that II could not
use the canal until il did transfer
ownership
The Withdrawal OF the trans Paci-
fic coolie-manned liners OF this com
pany will leave the way uncontested
for the establishment OF the proros-
ed government-owned merchant ma.
rine on the Pacific. as desired by
President Wilson
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-27
From Another Point of Vie,D
BY c. T. s.

General r. A. Pryor, of New York, is
active at IS, says news item. It's about
time he was getting move on.
William Markell. of White Bear, Mimi,
is 90 years old and remembers seeing La
fayette in 1925. In which connection
may we ask. what has become of the man
who saw Lincoln shot?
A Milwaukee wife wants a divorce
from her husband, who will not speak to
her, but who daily writes her long letters.
We are not familiar with the case, but we
have sneaking suspicion that the wife
cannot write.
A scientific note says that hens should
be killed at the age of two and half
years, as their laying days are then over.
For our own part, we seem to be partlcu-
larly unfortunate in getting one that has
been long maintained in idleness.
According to the official executioneer
in France, twelve lessons are required to
teach one to guillotine. In this case, a
dozen heads would seem to be considered
better than one.
They're going to give DOME Bush tes-
timonial. See that you are credited with
an assist.
Don't plead, please, that you are also
a little short.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-27
Ostrich Raising Suffers Decline

for and uaplJckcd An Oudsthosrn
farmer Is quoted rs saying that the
large export Of lucc'ns, or alfalfa.
will result Zoe starvation TO thou
sands OF cStrichc7 IN that diytr'ct.
American CO -ul T. a Wakefield
at Por, ElHbc'L SAYS the
prodigiDua charge IN yalCcs nave
been hard blow. bu ~ believe
thar great bonoGt VIII result %
South Africa n the farmers begin 3,
cultivate toe soil. Tho country now
imports s;9.oOo ono in food products
annually.
The world Is surely changing when
the ostrich plume begins 20 fade and
tho ostrich farmer mas, turn ag-i.
culturist or ytarye.- Seattle Times.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-27

Nothing has Nit the toOogEan az
has the ostrich during the past few
months. In South Africa, which at
one time exported ostrich feathers
10 .the value OF $4,000 200 wear.
the industry IL at the lowest ebb.
As throwing light on conditions.
the Jsusenville Chronicle" records
that the local poundmastcr asks per
mission TO refuse ostriches. The
Grahamstown journal" notes that
fulLRrown Ostrich. impounded and
sold at auction. brought 6 cents.
Along SUNDAY river from Jansen
vile 20 Blaawkrantz and Uitkomst,
there are numbers OF dead ostriches
lying about. while birds OF very
good class roam the veldt uncarcd
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-27

Much that is not true has been
printed during recent weeks about
the effect OF the seaman's bill In
driving the American flag from the
seas" Following are the facts ir
regard 10 the two principal steam
ship lines which recently have taken
action supposedly in this direction
The Dollar line of steamers, own
ed by Robert Dollar. consists Of a
feet OF seven steamers. Three OF
these are in the coastwise trade. car
rying lumber and OF necessity flying
the American flag. and always have
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-27
A Poem a Day
" HEN 4 BEHOLD SOME RUN Oh
THE PAST.


THE PAST.
Wnen l behold some ruin of the past.
Like Ia the Parthenon, remote, SUI
lime
Its shafts marmoreal stained with
tears OF time.
Its friexes rent. It's glory dying fast;
NJ heart a. sad. my spirit stands
aghast.
And all the woes OF all the plan
gent years.
And at the weight OF human griefs
and fears
Fall. like cloud. upon world Ger
east
The seas are bitter. man has wept so
much,
His bread Is salt with sorrow; wave
and wind
Moan like harp that feels mas
ter's touch:
Broad earth IL sown with graves
OF humankind
When this | ponder then sigh the
more
For Christs sweet comforting on
heavens shore.
james ~ Dollard, In Toronto
Register Extension.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-27
HOPE Burns ETERNAL.

Mrs McCauber-Here Is a notice saying that
If the bii IL not paid the gas will be shut off
Mr. McCauber-Let EN- shut il off, Who
cares?
But what will We do?'
Put in electric light"
But In time bills for them will come in"
"Oh. we'll, perhaps something else will be in
vented By that time New York Weekly.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-27
DICTATED. BUT NOT READ"

Issued by . local tailor THE season Is
near and ! have the honor TO inform the Pub
lie that We do all kinds OF Repairing and Press.
ing on Ladies Gents, with perfection az mod
crate price.
All you have 10 do Is 10 try me AID well
Concince your self Remember TO Patronice
nome trad "-Boston Globe
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-27
CANADA,S FIRST COLONIST.

The name Of Louis Hebert Is 10 be honored
in perpetuity by the city OF quebec. Hebert
came TO this country in 1904 with the De
Monts expedition and was the first colonist TO
settle In Canada The site OF the monument
donated by the city Of Quebec, is In the square
in front OF the city hall which Hebert helped
20 clear.-Montreai Star
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-27
Well May We Look West, to
Kansas, For Our Example

When we think of Kansas we have
visions Of acre upon acre of tall yellow
corn.
We see q fiat prairie which is a natural
farm land for hundreds of miles.
We see a hard working and prosperous
people who are helping to feed the world.
We see strong men and women who
have worked together through the ter
/ rible heat of summer and made the most
prolific farms in the world, but we may
not realize the full significance of this
splendid achievement Of labor
Here are a few statistics about this
state whose prosperity at harvest time
concerns US all so closely:
Kansas women have voted on all
municipal affairs since 1887 and have had
lull suffrage since 1918.
Kansas has but per cent of illiteracy.
Kansas has a death rate of only 10
10 1000.
Kansas has prison population of only
s74O, of whom 40 per cent were non-resl-
dents of the state.
Kansas bank deposits have increased
III the last ten years from $100,000,000
~ $3.50, 0O0. 900.
Kansas state tax three years ago
amounted 10 less than .036 an acre, on
the average.
The bond indebtedness of Kansas is
- than ten cents each for every person
% the state.
s Twenty Eight counties did not have
jsil prisoner during all of 1914.
Forty-eight counties did not send a
p6rson to the penitentiary that year.
Ssventy-eight counties did not have an
insane patient last year.
Twelve counties have not called a jury
~ trial Of criminal case in years.
Twenty counties do not have prisoner
III the penitentiary.
Eighteen counties have no poor farms.
Kansas had but Ia children paupers
cared for by the state in 1914.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-27
DEADLOCK AND wEDLOCK.

The composition has made II deadlock in
stead of wedlock Shall ! stop the press"
Nov; let II 20 az that. Maybe the compost.
tor was right. He is married and we are two
bachelors. Why should set ourselves up in
Judgment over him."-Louisville Courier Journal
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-27
FATHERS BABY. wILLIE'S LADY

But my daughters too young to marry.
young man She's Just barely miss"
She may seem that way TO YOU sir. but she
is hit with me" Judge
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-27

These are wonderful figures and should
make us pause in our every day rush, to
consider.
In the first place it is the greatest plea
Tor the back to the soip movement
which could be imagined.
Kansas is primarily an agricultural
state and there is small danger of peo-
NE in that mass of growing grain, going
hungry.
Hunger il the parent of crime and dis
ease.
What man with an empty stomach can
~ expected to regard the niceties of our
laws which distinguish SO clearly be-
tween mine and thine.
Another thing, which was not men
toned before, is that Kansas is prohibi-
! hon state and all prison experts agree
that about 70 per cent of crime comes
through drink.
There is direct relation between
drink and hunger.
Nine times out Of ten the man without
food to sustain him, will pay his last
dime for drink and with some reason.
Il warns and strengthens him for a
short time and gives him false courage
which he can easily mistake for the real
thing.
Poverty, drink and crime are so CORE
lated that II is almost impossible to sep
.srsts them.
i There Ii strong sentiment in the
I, wsst Tor equal suffrage.
Not much difficulty has been expert
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-27

There Ii . strong sentiment in the
IWsst Tor equal suffrage.
4 Not much difficulty has been expert
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-27

General r. A. Pryor, of New York, is
active at IS, says news item It's about
time he was getting move on.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-16
REGULAR
/ A n DIG AP
GOLF MEET
GOOD SPORT BY CONTESTING
MEMBERS WHO MADE cREOITA-
BILE SCORES. ANOTHER MATCH
WILL BE PLAYED SOON.

The first regular handicap golf
matches played recently at the Coun-
try Club, resulted in some good games,
with creditable scores made by the
contestants. II. d. McCullom out of the
q entries won first, with net score
of "A. Governor Cruce and B. II. Dib-
rell tied for second, with a net of 70,
and Mr.. Smith third, with net of n.
President Maxwell stated this morn
ing that he was going to arrange an
other match in the near future, using
the same handicap as that recently
used.
Dornick Hills is developing some
good players, and the regulars are out
every day the weather will permit,
perfecting themselves in the ancient
and honorable game. Mr.. Maxwell is
gratifed with the result of his effort
in giving the city this magnificent
club. and takes keen delight in seeing
the members take so kindly to his pet
hobby.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-16
JOIN ARDM0RE
AUTOMOBILE
ASSOCIATION
MEMBERS WANTED BY THE DOZ-
EN-. EVERY OWNER OF A MA
CHINE is WAGlNG AN ACTIVE
CAMPAIGN.

Get your application blank and get
busy, Is the slogan of the active men,
bers of the Ardmore Automobile AS
sociation now. and they are making
a most vigorous campaign to enroll ev-
cry man or woman in the city who
owns or controls car.
The meeting that was to have oc-
Cured tonight, has been indefinitely
postponed until the active members
can have time to circulate the appli-
cation blanks among auto owners, af-
ter which a meeting will be held, and
the temporary organization made per-
manent, officers chosen. and the by
laws and constitution adopted.
The association will be a big factor
i'm promoting good roads in this coun-
ty. and every man who uses a machine
is deeply interested in the new or
ganization. Ample notice will be Civ
en- of the time and place of the next
meeting In the meantime. enroll your
name and become an active booster for
the association and good roads.