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The Detroit times., 1915-07-07
WHY ITALY FIGHTS
BY HERBERT QUICK.

, creasing anger and repulsion. In
Mr.. Herrick's opinion. the chances Of
Italy's throwing herself into the war
were enormously increased by this
deed of "terribleness.
There is evidence from Italian
sources which indicate that this
skilled writer and observer is right.
1 Gabrielle dAnnunzio. the great Ital-
ian poet. II will be remembered, went
about Italy like a fame OF FIRE just
before the final severance OF rela-
tons between his country and Aus.
tris. demanding war. A poor woman
in the town OF Bari wrote d'Annun-
rio as follows:
II am a representative OF ali the
poor mothers in my town. We all
give with Joy our children TO the
country, az for her alone we brought
them into the world. Thou who are
great. shout again. shout loud against
hir who wishes us TO be eternally
slaves. We do not know what ad
vantage Italy may gain from war
We wish TO avenge Belgium. 10
ayenge the victims OF the Lusitania.
and all the innocent people who
have been so brutally killed
Sccn Sediments in the hearts OF
the women and the soldiers OF Italy
will mean more In the day OF battle
than any arguments about the recti-
fcation of frontiers. or ITALY lrri-
denta"
Belgium, The Lusitania' These
arise whenever Germany's cause is
Under discussion. and make IL diffi-
cult for her friends and easy for
those who oppose her. German ter
ribleness" has gone too far. II has
cmbroiled her in a momentous con
troversy with America. and has
sharpened millions Of swords against
her. What does she gain by II? Not
so much. I suspect. az she loses.
She did not understand how much
the people OF the world are welded
,o those old rules OF warfare which
are called international law.
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The PrecOciOus Live Long
~ n. AooiNoToN BRUCE.
Author OF The Riddle OF Personality.
Psychology and Parenthood,' etc.

..t 10 easv enough 10 say Don't worry,
friend remarked 10 me the other day but
ing? How get the selfcontrol necessary 10
calmness OF mind?"
These are questions that have been asked oy
many people, and they may be varousiy an
swered There are many methods neipiui !"
the conquest OF worry A.,
One OF the best is a method devised by the
eminent Swiss neurologist DR.. Paui DUBOIS, anu
first employed by him In the case OF m.y
officer suffering from Dad H''ach VI "e"'e'
thenia. r,s.
This officer. when he went TO DR.: DUBOIS:
could not sleep. had chronic indigestion ana
was afflicted with severe muscular pains. Also
he felt so weak that the least eAertoh qui'o
FRUSTRATED him.
Under a two months treatment Of rest and
dieting he improved to such an extent tnat
he was anxious to return TO garrison duty. Dr.
Dubois gave his consent on one condition
You are a queer fellow said he. You
have been steadily improving but J notice l
tioning any admission that this or that symp-
tom has abated
DO you know what this meansf II means
that you are pessmist. that you are disposed
always to perceive the dark size OF tnings' ana
ignore what n pleasant
with such a disposition you can make your
self III every night. for every day things are
certain TO occur that will annoy you. Then
you will brood over them. and bring on another
attack Of neuraf thenia
eat present you are well II you are to stay
well, there IL something you must 90
81 want you To promise me that every night.
before you go to bed. you will sum up the
events OF the day. Imagine you hold . scales
in your hand. Put into one side OF II the things
that have troubled you. Then put into the
other side of II the things that have been favor.
able to you.
"You Will find, II you are honest with your.
SELF that these outweght the others.
your illness has been entirely the result OF
your worrying habit. Overcome that. and you
will have no relapse. And have indicated to
you the way to overcome It."
II was six years before Dir. Dubois and his
patient met again Said the latter:
Thanks to you. doctor. I am always well
now. I seem to bear a charmed life. The ad.
vice you gave me has certainly kept me In the
best of health. And II has not hindered my
promotion. for you behold me q lieutenant
colonel"
Surely no simpler method Of conquering worry
could be recommended. II In so simple that
everybody can use II. And warmly urge its
use by all burdened with q tendency TO brood
and to doubt and to fear. ~
Little By little they viii learn to look on lifes
handicaps philosophically In proportion 40 they
DO this they will also find unexpected improve.
msnt In their health and sfflcisncy
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Pointed Paragraphs
A fresh youth--a spoiled man.

A fresh youth--a spoiled man.
II wishes were horses. beggars
would want airships.
A man Is out OF spirits when there
isn't drop in the house.
Our best friends are apt TO ap-
pear bad--in amateur theatricals.
Even a politician objects TO being
shaved with razor that has a pull
Some people grumble because
they can find nothing 10 grumbie
about
All men are equal the day they
are born and the day they are
buried.
When looking for lodgings a man
must either inquire within or go
without.
It's easier 10 point than 10 plod.
That's why the world Is full OF hu.
man guideposts.
Give the average young woman
the ballot and she would gladly
swap IL for a matinee ticket.
BY the time man has reached
the age where he knows things. he
is old enough to refrain from boast.
Ing Of IL.
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A Poem a Day.
AT TmE GRAVE OF RON.

AT THE GRAVE OF POE.
springs SLOW and slsmor over Bal
Aboye The green Gods acre where
The sunlight. amber as some tabled
And the ethereal blue of vernai
He who so long since solved the
great surmt,e,
AMI happy now tunes an immortal
HE who could tune mortal Tyre
With the rspt ISRAELI.
And the celestial choir.
As white as snow the marble of his
tomb
Against the climbing ivy on the
No cypress bough. with its unhal-
lowed gloom.
Here nings It's somber shade
Even the church tower, turreted
Speaks not OF dolor. and the slender
spines
or arhor vitae tell Of life. no;
death.
The life that quickeneth
His immemorial lines
Yet he was phantom haunted eld-
ritch things
Peopled the silent chambers OF his
brain
Forevermore the winnow OF dark
wings
Beat round abou, him. as when au-
Is hurtied by wild gusts against,
the pane.
Weird wraiihs companloned him. bur
none the less
Amid tho forms OF ghoul and ghost
Figures were wont TO roam
OF light and loveliness.
His was the masters magic; every
lie touched. gave forth throb OF
melodys
No music. wriled whereof he was not
lord.
Whether he sang some city by the
or some strange palace built in
HE NOV" the spell of imms,erial
Into hts fabric, cen the midnight
bird
And Entorgo;ten word
Rreathed through hts charmed
rhymes
He walked with shadows. and yet
who shall say
We are not all "a shadows. we who
fare
Toward one dim bourn along MES
fatcful way,
sharing the gricfs and Joys once
his 10 share
Who passed erewhile to that fair
Otherwhere
Bey cnd tho poignancy Of hhss or
vice.
There hangs tho irnmlt.xsbie pa
thos OF dead years.
High hopes bedewef with tears.
Clinton Scotland.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-07
Deadly Guncotton

Efforts are being made to prevent
cotton from being imported into Ger
many, as II II an indispensable asset
TO high explosives. Guncotton is
used In enormous quantities for
charging torpedoes and mines. It's
base II raw cotton or even cotton
waste such as II used In cleaning
machinery. This 10 soaked for sew
eral hours In baths of nitrate and
sulphuric acid. and II II then passed
between massive steel rollers. These
expel every trace Of acid which has
not been absorbed by the cotton.
Through continual soakings In water
the acid-charged cotton II reduced
TO mass resembling paper pulp. and
II IL then ready to be nodded into
various shapes and Sizes.
Intense shock or heat explodes
suncotton. and It's power can be
gagged from the fact that 1t In the
force which blows great holes In
ships through the agency OF mines
and torpedoes. The advantages OF
guncotton for military purposes are
that II can stay for any length Of
time In water without injury; Its ex-
plosions are unattended by smoke;
and II ignites at temperature half
that required to explode sunpowder.
London TitBits.
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Of surgical

sometimes the cause OF surgical
treatment.
The common causes Of ingrowing
toenails are improper footwear. and
an improper method Of cutting the
toenails also IL a frequent cause.
IL the toenaiI 10 cut too short es-
peciaily AZ the angles. while At the
same time the shoe In too short or
too narrow, the skin on the toe is
forced over the nail. Consequently
by the further growth of the nail.
the flesh 10 pushed still further over
until . point 10 reached where In.
fammation II set up.
Here 70 the proper way 70 cut toe
The Detroit times., 1915-07-07

The record will show that Italy
went into the war to get more land.
The study which We all must make
now OF the northern frontier Of Italy
will 60 far to explain why she feels
that those lands are important to
her There is a great salient Of Aus
TRAN territory cutting far down into
Italy which was placed there when
Italy was weak for the express pur-
pose of keeping her at the mercy OF
Austria
II is as II q huge triangle OF Ger
man territory extended into France.
from two sides Of which armies
might be hurled into Frances heart
on the outbreak of q war. In times
OF peace. such q frontier Is OF no
consequence: but now. when every
European country which is not in
the war stands armed on the borders
nations look to their defenses.
Italy needs to have her borders so
rectified as TO free her from the Aus
TRAN menace on the north. and the
threat of whoever controls the east
coast of the Adriatic.
But I do not believe that territory
Is all that entered into the senti-
ments OF the people of Italy when
she drew the sword Germany start
ed out to make herself terrible. to
strike panic into the hearts of all
possible opponents. There was some
reason for believing that the tactics
of "terribleness" would be helpful in
her great struggie-and perhaps In
some degree they have been. Ger
man "terribleness" may have held
back the Balkan states. and II may
have deferred Italy until now; but
gradually, 1t has become a weapon
which has turned In the German
hand.
Robert Herrick. the novelist. was
in Italy when the war broke out. and
a week before the declaration came
be wrote an account of the manner
in which the thoughts OF the com
mon people OF Italy had been affect
ed by the Lusitania horror. Up TO
that time. he states. there could BE-
observed very little sentiment fer
war among the masses. From that
time the horror of the Lusitania trag-
edy. and the drowning Of so many
helpless people. not only men, but
women and babies. filed the senti-
mental hearts Of the Italians with in
The Detroit times., 1915-07-07
How to Go to Sleep.
~ On. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1918. by Frank Crane)

You should get ready for sleep as care
fully as you get ready to 60 to work. You
should get your body ready and your
spirit ready. As follows:
Certain physical factors are important.
First, you ought to be tired; but Just
weary enough to be sleepy. not enough
to be nervous.
Have plenty of sweet fresh air. Open
wide the windows. That night air is
bad for you is an ignorant superstition.
II you can't sleep outdoors, come as near
to it as you can.
Secure quiet as perfect as possible.
Also darkness and the absence of bad
odors.
Some sleep better after eating: some
do not; some find it good TO take q
bath before going to bed. to others this
is wakeful. Experiment and see what
suits you best.
Go to bed regularly at about the same
hour every night. Habit is powerful
aid
Avoid coffee, tea, and alcohol. They
are no friends to sleep.
IL you wake in the night and cannot
sleep again, get up, take off all your
clothing, and give your body a good air.
bath before you seek slumber again.
This is Ben Franklin's recipe.)
Prepare your mind, as well as your
body.
Whatever intensely interests you is
fatal to sleepness. Therefore as you
lay off your coat and trousers and shirt,
so lay of your cares, worries, and en-
thusiasms. Undress your mind.
The memory of some humiliation, the
ranking in you on account of something
you have heard said about you, family
discord, the making of some favored plan,
apprehension, shame, remorse, anticipa-
ton. all these drive sleep away.
The best way to avoid these is to have
several sleepy topics that you use regu-
larly as sleep-wooers, topics that mildly
divert but not excite you.
Give yourself up to your imagination,
and let il work as fitfully as II will. Avoid
memory. Get away from distinct recol-
lections; fly to indefinite fancies.
Let the will lie dormant. Try not to
want anything, not to decide or plan.
Passions of any kind cravings, and all
heats. whether of body or mind, are
against sleep.
II is greatly to your advantage If you
can get into the habit OF thinking about
God. Thoughts of the Infinite are very
restful and easily drift you into faraway
dreams. OF course this implies that you
can entertain thoughts OF Deity as
friendly and peaceful. If your creed IS
a panic one, and fear breeding, do not
think of it at night.
Perhaps the most important advice s: Don
let yourself care whether you steep .. n.y. W, go
10 Yourself that IL doesn't matter: that you can
ua there and rest even IL slumber does not
come Then you will slip away and not kno"
when. .,-.
Don't think OF yourself. your surroundings
or YOUR condition let your thoughts escape
from yourself -.
So shall you sleep full OF rest from head
10 feet"
The Detroit times., 1915-07-07
Inqrowing ToenaiLs---iL-Fitting Shoes and
Improper Cutting of Nails Cause

nails II you would prevent ingrow.
ing toenaiIs. Cut the toenail In con-
cave form. the outer angle project.
ing beyond the toe. Then IL there
IL tendency for the flesh To grow
over the nail the flesh should be
pushed back from the nail and fast.
ened In position with a strip Of oxide
OF zinc plaster A gauze packing
should be inserted under the edge
OF the nail A saturated solution Of
boric acid will serve a. an antisep-
tic dressing.
Wrinkles come because the under
lying muscles fold the skin so con.
tinuously that II becomes adjusted
TO the new position, or the fat and
water absorb from the space just
below the skin 30 that II no longer
Its: or the natural elasticity OF the
skin is lost
Partial cure may be effected by
getting fat and thus filling up the
spaces. or preventing the muscles
contractions or By senue massage.
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very serious. But
like many other
Ills. IL taken In
time they may be
easily remedied.
Or neglected and
allowed TO grow
worse from day
to day they are
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Real Difference

pop, what's a monologue7"
"A monologue Is a conversation
between husband and wife"
"T thought that was a dialogue
"No. a dialogue In where two per
sons are Observation-Disclosures Post
The Detroit times., 1915-07-07
What Has Become of the Old
Fashioned Excursion SOuse?


What has become of the man on the
rcursion boat who used to pull flask
1T whisky from his hip pocket and pass
n sr0und the circle!
~ Have you missed him?
10 you miss him?
Fcr. Ia the words of Joe Bedore,
1he hahn dere no more"
i wasn't so very long ago that
u XnOthers who took their children on the
pats which leave Detroit in the morning
Snnd return in the evening kept their off,
$1eing close beside them, for fear they
puA Sc and hear things which would
je and shock them.
IA those days, officers and deck-hands
pk : sharp lookout for loud celebrators
80 were careless of tone and word,
neent Of breath; whose sleepy eyes
~ not made 50 by the wind, and whose
oteady gait was not caused by the mo-
on IL the boat
Ehese man were not edifying spec
e1oy tor children
Ihep were especially crude when they
{ turbulent. and tried to pick fights
1 their neighbour. a they sometimes
M 1tt1o they cared for the rights of
s hit they were very jealous of
l. |oNh claims to liberty and license
xcn don't zee any of these fellows,
o6nyS, on the excursion boats.
ildrsn run al over the ship, play on
NV DICK and in every cabin, and return
their unworried parents with gladness
I thar eyes instead of that troubled ex-
essicn which says: 1--WE seen some
EIing.r
There are no more fights, and the Off
Es have peaceful time
There il one thing, and only one, which
- responsible for this altered condition
StAo fact that no liquor is sold on these
4 boats.
n the days when each boat had its
4 ~. there was trouble.
But the bars are abolished, and the
u tnan who wants to do his drinking on the
river must do 1t on private craft.
Il OF course, there is little to prevent a
kgaan from smuggling flask aboard; but
no half-pint doesn't last long. and when
The Detroit times., 1915-07-07

Some one has said that Time is
money" but somehow mans
friends appreciate the money ne
spends with them more than the
time.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-07
EDITORIAL PAGE

heavenly hours with the breeze from tn
clover fields waiting over us and tn
tinkle of the COW bells would be IA
enough away to lull us in our slumbers
Our own little garden in the back yart
was providing Strawberries, peas and let
tuce in sufficient quantity for small
family with Lilliputian appetites. and the
milk man brought us milk of the bottled
variety, but we wanted it from big tin
pan, selected from a row of pans. with
cream that would roll back like soft
leather off of the top.
So we went. This was farm in Oak
land county, very pretty and of fairly
good soil.
But for some reason the farmers of
that locality never have a yield Of any
thing until late in the season.
They never get around" to planting
until it is time TO reap.
The peas were not in blossom. the ber-
ries were small and hard, the old potatoes
were sprouted and watery at the heart
and the milk was condensed.
The cows of this farmer, five in num-
Der, had been sent to another farm, some
six miles away, where the pasture was
better and the milk was all sold to a
creamery.
We ate our breakfast of muddy coffee
with condensed milk, an accompaniment
to fried pork and potatoes. and our
hearts did not sing in our bosoms.
For dinner there were no green vege-
tables.
Boiled meat and potatoes. with large
assortment of pies. cookies, doughnuts
and cakes. upon which the country house
wife sets more store than upon anything
else in the culinary line, were in order.
The eggs were not gathered every day
and they might be fresh or might be at
that uncertain stage where the yolk and
the white part company.
There were no cows in the meadow
with tinkling bells; there were no sheep
or lambs in the fields: there were fields
of wheat, oats and hay: and acres of po-
tatoes not yet showing above the ground.
Though the farmer has progressed in
many lines; though he has an auto and
his wife and daughters dress, more OF
less, a la mode; though he has tele-
phone and electric lights and a motor
boat, he has not discovered the goodness:
and health that lie at his door in the
timely growth of green stuff and the
health giving properties of fresh milk
and eggs.
In this locality he and his family are
afflicted, more than. need be, by all sorts
of ailments, and we cannot but feel that
it is because of his and his wife's ignor-
ance of food values and the proper cook
ing of food.
Another thing which is particularly
distasteful to him is fresh air in his
sleeping rooms.
With health knocking at his door and
begging to enter. he relentlessly, through
ignorance and lack Of forehandness, locks
it out.
You shall not enter here" he says
my grandfather and great grandfather
lived this way, and so will /"
The Detroit times., 1915-07-07

Ingrowing toenails are not only
painful. but sometimes
The Detroit times., 1915-07-07

AS bad OF as y think y
are, there's a whole lot Of poor
devils would like Z change
places with y"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-08-26
KITCHEN SYSTEM.
How to Equip the Kitchen Properly
and Eliminate Confusion.


How to Equip the Kitchen Properly
and Eliminate Confusion.
Have you ever gone into home OF
visited in one where the household
was in a hubbub? Everything seem
ed quiet until an hour before meal
time and then there came a terrible
gale that blew from parlor to kitchen.
You probably wondered at first as to
the reason for this. But when you
visited the kitchen the difficulty ex-
planned itself The kitchen had been
neglected-in short, ii lacked many Of
| its proper tools. 1t was not standard
1 lied, and this neglect was shown in
| the utter confusion and disorder.
| There are number of fuels for
cooking such as wood, coal, gas, kero-
sene and electricity. Each individual
housekeeper must decide for herself
which fuel she prefers, but she should
have two well equipped stoves if she
can afford it. If she has but one it
certainly should be properly equipped.
Among the articles to be kept near
luc SioNt are lHe ltdhtltle, lue Sdil
box, the pepper shaker the -four dredg
or, the pot covers, the large cast iron
frying pan. the small wrought iron fry
ing pan, matchbox. dripping pan, grid
die and stove cloths.
Among the dishes to be kept near
the table are pitchers, tea canister |
coffeepot, measuring cups, potato |
masher, biscuit cutter, lemon squeezer, |
rolling pin and chopning bowl. You
may provide yourself with all these
things and waste much time when ii |
comes to the actual cooking and bak-
ing. If your kitchen is large have
two tables. One can be wooden, COW
cred with an oilcloth top, and the 9th
or you can fold and unfold and move
to any part of the room you like
In the large kitchen drawer keep
knife box outfit You will need all
these utensils in cooking and you can
not take the time to wash them as
you go along These are three knives,
three forks, one dozen aluminium
spoons, cake turner apple corer, vege-
table knife and knife sharpener. Then
you should have plenty of dishes in
which to set food until you are ready
to use it. BE sure to have contain
ers for cooked food and supplies, such \
as a bread box, cake box and jars.
The miscellaneous things are not to !
be neglected. A clock, scissors, ice !
pick, garbage can and coffee can all
have their places In the kitchen. Many !
IF these utensils appear as nonessen- ]
.ials. but they are all helps 1
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-08-26
TIE Journal Is RIGHT

The Manchester Journal has a word
TO say for the local correspondents and
pays them the following deserved
complement: IF there are any more
painstaking workers for the good Of
their respective towns than the corre-
spondents for local papers from such
towns we would like to become
acquainted with them. Those who do
that labor for the average weekly
paper have mainly their trouble for
their pains however, as there are very
few weekly papers that are able to
pay their correspondents and the only
compensation that they receive for
helping to keep their towns on the
map are more likely to be kicks for
some few mistakes that creep In
The Journal is right,
town correspondents are doing large
service for their home towns by send
ing in week by week the happenings,
which go TO make up community life.
The editors appreciate their work and
hose who have once lived in these
owns and moved away feel like the
own correspondent has sent them
personal weekly letter. While it is
human to kick, the home folks like to
zee their names in print and find out
What their neighbors have been doing
.ong life to the town correspondent
Bradford Opinion.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-08-26

With prophetic pen the editor of tho
Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin, on the
day before CarranEa threw his mon
key wrench into the machinery Of the
Latin American conference, wrote
this.
1T Is interesting 10 speculate on
how far Carranza would have been
able to get II he had not been foster
al by the policy o. the government at
Washington. II will be interesting TO
notice how he conducts himself toward
The government ST Washington now
thar the situation in Mexico has be-
come SO serious as TO call for some
thing in the nature Of Intervention.