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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-15
A Rich WOman's Why

Miss Ellen B. Scripps, wealthy
woman who has built SlS0,OO0 play
ground, one of the finest in the world,
at La Jolla, CAL, tells why, thus:
II suppose Il was the outgrowth of an
innate interest in children-particularl
in those handicapped in life's game by
poverty. So, when l had to find some
way of disposing Of surplus Of this
worlds goods that had fallen into my
hands, il was natural to think Of and for
the class that had always appealed most
strongly to my sympathies-the little
homeless, motherless, joyless waits of
the community.
81 had seen such children in the mis-
called 'children's homes in the cities of
the east; the innocent victims of a
machine-made system; children in whose
white faces the eyes of child were dead
and, most pitiful of all, with the atti-
tude patient and unprotesting, silent and
unaccusing.' and / wanted sorely to re-
store to some of them something Of a
child's natural heritage-pure air and
sunshine in abundance, with an environ
ment of freedom of life and limb"
In this good California woman's words
is splendid, warm sermon for every
body.
The things really worth while in this
life, the paramount interests of individual
and nation, are the children.
To rob children of their playtime in
life is a crime against God and man, and
one of the best signs of our times is that,
all over the country, Fairgrounds for any
and all are becoming an important con-
Germ of municipal management.
1t would be grand thing for mankind
if SURPRISES oftener fell into hands such
as Miss Ellen Scripps'. Putting happiness
into the lives of those who haven't it is
laying up treasure in heaven.
II made poor children happy is a
strong plea for rich person to make be-
fore the Great Judge, who finally judges
us all by our deeds.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-15
Big Game in Borneo

A peculiar feature OF Borneo IL
that IL Is practically an immense
game preserve. The white inhab-
itants are government officials,
planters and business men and have
neither time no. inclination 10 do
any hunting. The result is that the
game with which the country
abounds is rarely disturbed. Ele-
plants and rhinoceroses are so
plentiful that they are a nuisance
to rubber and cocoanut estates by
destroying young trees. The tele-
graph line across the country Is out
Of commission third Of the time
because the elephants rub against
the posts and push them down. Two
kinds OF wild buffalo are found and
many kinds OF deer. As In all trop-
ical countries, wild pigs are every
where. Many are killed every year
In and around Sandakan. Crocodiles
are numerous near the mouths OF
rivers and snakes are plentiful. The
most common are the python. some
times % to 30 feet long. and the
cobra. The latter Is venomous. as Ia
also the swamp snake and the rain
bow-colored bamboo snake. The
carniverous animals are represented
by the honey bear, the black pan
Their and q small tiger. The black
scorpion. from six TO ten inches
long and broad In proportion, II seen
occasionally. Iguanas are common
as are also anteaters. sloths and
srmadIllos Oransoutans grow to a
height OF four feet six inches and
are husky. An export duty OF $2.77
each has been put on orang-utans,
dead or alive.--Commerce Reports.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-15

FAREWELL TO ms WIFE.


Fare thee well. and Y forever.
Even though unforgiving. never
'Gainst thee shall my heart rebel
Would tina, breas, were barred before
Where thy head SO oft hath lain.
While that placid sleep came DER
Which thou ne'sr cans, know
Would tina, breast. by thee glanced
Every Utmost thought could show,
Then thou woutdst at last discover
T was not well TO spurn IL 90.
Though the world for this commend
Though IL smile upon the blow.
Even its praises must offend thee,
Founded on another's woe.
Though my many faults defaced me.
Could no other arm be found
Than the one which once embraced
To inlet . cureless wound,
Yet. o yet myself deceive not;
Love may sink by slow decay.
But by sudden wrench. believe not
Hearts can thus be torn away:
Sun thine own It's life retaineth-
still must mine though bleeding
And the undying thought which pain
is--that Ne no more may meet
These are words Of deeper sorrow
Than the wall above the dead.
Both shall live, but every morrow
Wake us from a widowed bed.
And when thou wouidst solace gath
when our chnd's nrst accents dow;
Wilt thou teach her To- say father
Though his care she must forego'
when her little hands shall press
When her lip to thine is pressed;
Think of him whose prayer shall
Think OF him thy love had blessed!
Should her lineaments resemble
Those thou nevermore mayst see.
Then thy heart will softly tremble
With pulse yet true TO me
All my faults p.rchanee thou know
est.
All nv madness none can know.
All my hopes. where'er thou goest.
Wither. yet with thee they go.
Every feeling hath been shaken;
Pride. which no, world could DOW
Even my soul forsakes me now.
Blu, It's done. all words are Idle
Words from me are vAlner stiil.
But the thoughts We can not Bride
Force their way without the viii
Fare thee well.--thus disunlsed.
Torn from every nearer tie,
scared in heart. and lone, and phgnt-
ed
Mere than this I scarce can die
Byron.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-15

scratch or puncture. Often there
is no apparent cause. but In some
manner the germs that set mp the
inflammation have gained entrance.
The end OF the finger becomes hot
and throbs with sometimes almost
unbesrable pain. II the infamma-
ton is chiefly on the surface there
may be much redness. but IL mainly
OF tho deeper parts the skin may
be but little reddened or the surface
may be actually pale. There Is Of
ten considerable fever and the pain
Is much worse when the hand Is
allowed TO hang down.
Al the outset IL the nature OF the
trouble is determined. the progress
OF the felon may be cut short by
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-15
Vacant Houses

This is the season of the year when
thousands OF dwellings are vacant by
reason OF the summer pilgrimage 10
seashore and mountain. Complaints
are already coming In 10 the police
OF robberies. and in mary cases II
has been found that these are due
TO carelessness in failing 10 lock
doors and windows. Vacant houses
are very alluring 10 thieves. and pre-
sent an invitation which II Ia very
difficult TO resist. Householders.
however. may save themselves much
anxiety II they will only take the
trouble TO report their movements
TO the police. A simple announce
ment to the lieutenant of the police
district that a certain house will be
vacant during certain weeks or
months of the summer will insure
extra watchfulness on the part OF
the policeman who patrols that par
ticular beat.
The police have a regular system
for this sort OF thing, and IL they had
the cooperation OF the public, could
prevent many robberies. As II In,
the sight OF a light In house at
night has no special significance II
the officer in that locality Is unaware
OF the fact that the family has gone
away for the season. Where houses
are vacant for other causes the fact
is made known by the signboard OF
The real estate man. but even In
these cases care should be taken 10
see that the premises are always
carefully closed Ordinary attention
to these little warnings may prevent
much unavailing regret-Philadei
phia Inquirer
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-15

Where IRE the musical cries OF the
old.time street merchants? Many OF
US can remember when the call OK
the ltinerant peddler or huckster or
scissors grinder came through open
doors and windows like music. II
echoed family from the distance. and
grew in volume. and faded away
again like the chant Of q choir or
the rolling notes OF pipe organ. Or
II the call was shrill in tone, II
sounded like a bit Of bird song.
The calls were not always dis
tinctiy enunciated. But they were
established phrases and cadences
that everybody knew. and the &C
cent and information were always the
same. and there was always music
In them.
And now--you stir uneasily as a
harsh noise breaks the calm. A bray
ing sort Of "Hee-haw," brings you TO
the doorway to see what the internal
racket is about. It's human being
with a wagon load OF flowers. and
Spring flowers" is what he means
by his hideous .Hee-haw."
Instead OF the melodious Que
cIo'" of our childhood there In wild
shrek that makes us feel like burn.
ing our discarded garments rather
than selling or giving them to crea.
ture with such a voice. The Paper.
rags" man, once a welcome friend,
has become an offense. The scissors
grinder has lost the melody OF the
older generation. The vegetable man
and fruit man utter inarticulate
ear splitting cries that drive away
patrons instead of Turing them street.
ward to inspect the stock.
Maybe it's because our cities have
become so noisy. what with our troll
ley cars and motorcycles and roller
skates and everything, that street
vendors imagine they have TO out
shrek all the rest In self-defense.
But it's a mistake. A pleasant voice
is still q business asset, especially
when the voice In used for advcrtis-
ing purposes.--South Bend News
Times.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-15

And what all Of will see
in dead America
Oh didn't Europe! We what sadTHE
UNITED
Piles Of these will THIS
SUMNER.
Of them killed.
all baby
what balls do trenches Of Euopes
battefeIds.
The the
wreck the lives OF the babies he very
Maybe do something
babies piled
might
do the most good That's each OF decide.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-15
Pointed Paragraphs

Yesterday olunder may be- the
cause OF today's worry.
Prosperity begins TO pay the
freight as soon rs II is found out
Even On the sea OF matrimony
there are n LOT OF fool boat rockers.
The worst thing about friends Is
the ease with which they are con
verted into enemies.
A man seldom saves any money
after marriage unless he has wife
who will save IL for him.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-15
Play Is a Safety Valve
~ n. Aoo,NoToN BRUCE,
Author Of The Riddle OF Personality.
Psychology and Parenthood. ETC.

The great importance Of play. psychologists
nowadays tell us Is that II helps to prepare the
Young for the serious business of adult life.
This, undoubtedly Is true. and OF itself II
gives sufficient Justification for the public play
ground movement now sweeping through our
country
But It is far from summing up the whole psy-
chology OF play Especially does 1t fall to &C
count for the fact that the period OF play by
no mem ends with the ger Cd Of chiidhood a.'d
youth.
Many an adult contrives TO find as much en-.
,oyment in play a. he did when boy. Some
your golfing friends for example-play vigor-
ously and enthusiastically until far beyond mid
die life.
And thousands OF others. even though they do
not play the games OF youth derive keen en-
joyment from watching others play them. AS
spectators they enter into the spirit OF the
game even more ardently than the players
| themselves.
An afternoon spent on the "bleachers" at any
big baseball park will give ample confirmation
of the truth Of this.
Now IL cannot be argued that the middle
aged golfer, oarsman, cricke,er. or baseball
| fan" is preparing himself ror fork through HIS
| devotion 10 play He has left far behind him
the period Of preparation.
| But II can be argued-and this Is the real sig
nificance Of play in adult life-that by renewing
as participant or spectator, the Joys OF his boy
hood HE Is EASING THE TENSION IMPOSED
on HIM BY THE CARES AND RESPONSIBLE
TIES OF MANHOOD.
| Play in other words. IL useful not only a
developer OF power and skill, but as safety
valve.
| As such IL has legitimate and necessary
place In the life 81 fullgrovn men and women
And never before was play more necessary
TO the adult than n Is today. because Of the
steadily increasing stresses and complexities oil
modern civilization.
There must be some letdown. some relief
Thousands obtain II in unhealthy ways-through
| immortality, through drink, through gambling
In the end these ways only make matters worse
| for them.
| Weakening themselves by their designations
4 injuring their nervous system that they be
| come both less efficient and less resistant tC
/ the strains OF everyday ife they unwittingly
| hurl forward to disaster.
| Whereas in play, in the pastimes OF the grea
outdoors they could find wholesomely the out
let they crave And in addition they would gait
| fresh energy for the daily grind.
| Provided therefore. that he does not allow hi
the man who COLTS or takes real delight in
| game Of ball n among the wisest Of men.
lie is following course prescribed by Ma
ture TO help him maintain to q splendid ole
age his health and his efficiency.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-15
From Another Point of Vie,D
~ c. T. ..

Harry Thaw seems to have been sue
cessful at last in meeting the squirrel
test.
The water board figures are compiled
on the basis of 4.69 persons to the fam
ily. The sixty-nine one-hundredths stands,
we suppose, for father.
Another good thing about the betting
machines is, probably, that they neither
wear diamond studs in flashy silk shirts
nor blow 25-cent cigar smoke into the
faces of the losers.
Timothy Wheeler, Ohio young man,
has been charged with vagrancy by his
father because he sleeps until noon.
Timothy, in other words, appears dis
posed to spend his allotted time in the
hay.
A New York man facing a charge of
drunkenness in q divorce suit has the
damning fact against him that he at
tempted to kiss his mother-in-law.
A Detroit detective picked I'D a man
at the Windsor race track who had three
aliases.
One each, straight, place and show.
Maybe he takes his aliases along To
borrow money from EN-.
The ten countries with the largest populations
are, In the order named. China, India, Russia.
the United States. Germany. Japan, the United
Kingdom, Francs, italy and Austria.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-15
|''lIyoRlAL PACE

nauseated in similar manner, the people
of Detroit and Michigan will take such a
wallop at the liquor men that they'll all
close shop, simultaneously.
And it's not unlikely that they'll then
begin to wonder why!
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-15
VIII You Try TO Save a Baby?

with full OF hope
balls battenelds In the artists
the land OF the living
ball wnde bodies are being
ground pieces befor the blazing mouth.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-15

the felon. II be-
gins generally as
a painful swelling
OF one of the last
joints OF the fing-
ers on the palm
side.
a III o n z the
causes are a blow
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-15
THE INWARD SONG
~ On. FRANK CRANE
(Copyrighv. 1915. BY Frank Cranel
The poet speaks of those

Who carry music In their heart
Thro dusty lane and wrangling mart
Plying their daily task with buster feet
Because their secret souls holier strain
repeat.
II would be interesting to have the
statistics of what number, out of all the
human stream that pours into the city
every morning coming to their work, are
singing inwardly.
How many are thinking tunefully.
How many are moving rhythmically:
And how many are going, as dead drays
and carts. rumbling lifelessly to their
tasks?
1t is good that the greater part of the
world is in love. For love is the Song
of Songs. To the young lover Nature is
transformed. Some Ithuriel has touched
the deadly commonplace; all is miracu-
lous. The moon, the dead companion to
our earth, the pale and washed-out pill
grim of the sky. has been changed into
silver-fronted fairy whose beams thrill
him with heady enchantment. Every
breeze has its secret The woods. the
houses, all men and women are. notes of
that sweet harmony that fills him.
Orpheus with his lutte made trees,
And the mountain tops that freeze.
Bow their heads when he did sing.
Every man is an Orpheus. so he but
carry about in him an inward melody.
There is for him "a new heaven and q
new earth"
This world is an insolvable puzzle to
human reason. 1t is full of the most
amazing contradictions. No wonder
mems minds take refuge in stubborn
stoicism in agnosticism, in blank unfaith.
There is no intellectual faith, no ration
al creed, no logical belief. FAITH
COMES ONLY THROUGH MUSIC. It
is when the heart sings that the mind is
cleared Then the pieces of the infinite
chaos of things drop into order, confu-
sion ceases, they march, dance, coming
into radiant concord.
Marcus Aurelius. that curious anomaly
of the Roman world, perfect dreamer in
an age of iron, was rich in inner music.
The thought in him beamed like a ray Of
creative harmony over the disordered
crowd of men and events.
Welcome all that comes" he wrote,
"untoward though it may seem, for it
leads you to the goal. the health Of the
world order Nothing will happen to me
that is not in accord with nature"
None but so noble mind can see .
noble universe, q noble humanity, noble
God.
What a drop from such level 70 the
place of the mad sensualists and pleasure
mongers who only know
To seize on LIES dull Joys from strange
fear.
Les, losing them all's lost and none
remains
| What a whirl of cabaret music, what
motion and forced laughter, what wild
discord of hot viands, drugged drinks,
and myriad-tricked lubricity it takes to
galvanize us when our souls are dry and
cracked and tuneless!
Have you ever had the feeling of Haz-
lit? Give me-" he said, "the clear blue
sky over my head and the green turf
beneath my feet, winding road before
me, and a three-hours' march to dinner
and then to thinking! laugh, run,
leap, sing for JOY"
| Whoever does something that makes
the souls of men and women sing within
them does more to make this earth hab-
liable and this life tolerable than all the
army of them that widen our comforts
and increase our Injuries.
|
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-15
FelOn Most Painful of Minor
AiLmentS---ItS Causes and Cure

One OF the most painful minor
ailments TO which man is heir Is
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-15

In 1914 the total value OF all farm products
In the United States was approximately f10.
000. 000. 900. which IL 900 more than the
total for 1913. and breaks all records. The 1914
total 10 more than double the combined value of
farm products fifteen years ago.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-15

keeping the finger wet constantly
with equal parts OF alcohol and
water: at night keeping il moist
by covering with a piece OF oil silk
or rubber.
Tincture of iodine painted all over
the finger end also is good, and
the hand should be carried in a
sling in the daytime
TX after q hours the pain in.
creases. hot poultices should be ap-
Piled 10 the finger. changing them
as often as they cool
IL after IS hours the felon has
not begun TO get better the end OF
the finger should be lanced by a
surgeon 10 prevent death OF the
bone or an extension Of the imam
nation.
A sty is due to an infection of
the roo, Of an eye-lash or OF an
eye-lid gland. 1t Is not different
from a small boil. Eye strain is
one OF the contributing causes. In
clean lashes and lashes which
should be removed are another
cause.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-15

4 ~ d be3ieve, evidently, in governing
- ~ ~ ~aldsrmanic courtesy"
q u cearress, they call It ''log-rolling."
ISL Ih6t is III want thing that you don't
I 80 neh about and you want q thing
! don't care much about, we agree
~ fcR saeh others pet projects. and
lIir mid Tie people, the law, or any
- a. bit our own selfish ends.
'xnssday nights action was merely an
1ne3dont to show how the city is
~ N ~ liquor men.
1hcv co1trol the council to such an ex-
M MT TIE council dare not live up to
. otxjet farms Of the Warner Champion
70 ayQy election, they try to dictate
nv poopIe Of Detroit a. to the officers
1f ahoulA be elected.
4. my have controlled the Wayne county
11nnt3on IN the state legislature since
& nsGnory Of man runneth not to the
l1iizary.
yow they are looking for 16 prizes
&1nieh have been hung out-16 additional
1oon lIcsnses in = city which has more
1oons now than the legal limit, and
80 the disorderly and law-breaking
1oon continues to flourish, year after
gdfoof, assisted by police department
lIich rofuses TO complain against the ia
13god places and by q common council
= wary TO tread on q saloonkeeper who
III supposed TO have political influence.
| What are AID. Lodge, Owen and Keat-
- dotng IN that "aldermanic courtesy
Cndf
IN people Of Detroit have come to
fk "a them a. the dependable minority,
last-ditch fighters against the dis
suitable element which has so many of
e = aldermen for its spokesmen.
1hGir vote may be explained by their
~ that the saloonkeeper whose license
110a handed beck to him, Tuesday even
- M Z just grievance; but the testi.
u ~ against the saloon seems too goot
Y ~ 6vorthruwn by the word of such ar
Il I'D partisan as Aid. Cuthard.
~ Times IL not opposed to granting
II 1890 to Smell because he is Negro
- Times Is opposed to granting sa
y n ncense to anyone, white or black
. 1oouo : place of such q character
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-15
q Courtesy" Ii Hardly a
Basis for Good Government

Aldeemanic courtesy" is the excuse
1jlIlIvea ~ 81 members Of the common
\ ncfl for reopsning the report OF the
Qacr regulation committee. in order to
Yiaunt license to man who, according
~ testimony before the committee, kept
= disosdsriy place.
ghere were seven members of the coun-
;;Sll Who declined to be courteous, and who
~ votsd against granting the license.
IL Times applauds their rudeness.
IL SEVENTEEN names are printed as
81 IN u hcnor--are Aid. Burton, Gilman.
\ SinpeI Kunz, Schultz, Starkey and
n nor.
AM. Starisy attended his first council
4 lliilg. md began his aldermanic career
4 voelns clsanly.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-15

The ten countries with the largest population,
are. In the order named. China, India, Russia.
the United States, Germany. Japan, the United
Kingdom. Francs, italy and Austria.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-15

One each, straight, place and show.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-15

Maybe he takes his aliases along to
borrow money from EN-.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-15

Who carry music In their heart
Thro' dusty lane and wrangling mart
Plying their daily task with buster feet.
Because their secret souls holier strain
repeat.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-15

A Detroit detective picked up a mai
at the Windsor race track who had thre,
aliases.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-15

Miss Ellen B. Scripps, a wealthy
woman who has built a $4,000 play
ground, one of the finest in the world
at La Jolla, CAL, tells why, thus: