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The Detroit times., 1915-08-17
EFFICIENCY.
~ Or. FRANK GRANT
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)


Make good! Don't explain! Do the
thing you are expected. to do! Don't
waste time in giving reasons why you
didn't, or couldn't or wouldn't, or should
n'tl
If hire you to cook tor me expect
my chops and baked potatoes on time,
done to turn and appetizing; l am not
interested in the butchers mistake, nor
the stoves defect, nor in the misery in
your left arm. want food, not expla-
nations. You can't eat explanations.
If hire you to take care of my auto
mobile, or factory, or shirtwaist counter.
I do not want to hear why things are
half done; want results.
So also if you come to me to do job
of writing correspondence solicited
lowest rates and quick service) by the
fifteenth Of the month, you do not want
me to show up on that day with NOV
ing story describing how l couldn't do
what was paid for. You want the writ
ing. and you want it first-class, all wool
and yard wide.
This is cold, cruel, heartless talk. 1t
is-to all second-raters and shirkers. But
to real men it is JOY and gladness. They
rejoice to make good themselves, they
expect others to make good and they
like to hear preached the gospel Of maxi
ing good.
Mr.. Yust, the Rochester librarian. in
his report some time ago, spoke of the
Parable of the Talents, in which we are
told Of the three servants who had re-
ceived talents, five, two and one, respec-
lively. On the Masters return they all
rendered account Of their stewardship.
The first two had doubled their capital.
Each of them said so in fourteen words,
and their work was pronounced. Well
done, good and faithful servant. Ser
want number three had accomplished alb
solutely nothing, but he made full re-
port in forty-two words. three times as
long as the other reports.
There you have it. The less you do
| the more you explain.
EFFICIENCY!
Learn that word by heart. Get to
saying it in your sleep.
Of all the joys on this terrestrial
sphere there is none quite SO soul-sat-
| isfying and one hundred percentish az
MAKING GOOD.
Do your work little better than any
one else could do 1t. This is the margin
Of success.
Make good needs no foot notes.
Failure requires forty-two words.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-17
A Poem a Day

DvENsON0.
Lay aside your tools OF labor. for the
day 10 At its ending,
Mind and soul and the body all are
clamorinG to he free
Put away todAy's misfortune and to-
morrows eresh intending.
Turn your footsteps through the
city home TO me-
Far beyond the noisoms pavemsnts
where the lights CLEAN gold
Like swollen bubbles bosbing down
the canyons Of the street.
I await your weary spirit an II wings
on the pinions OF your longing
stronG and Meet.
There me arms that ache with ten
serness shall hold you To my
breast
old loves have been. new loves may
be. hut never love like this
There the heart OF me shsll keep you
for Its deepest and Its hest.
And your grisfs shall he forgotten
In my Kiss.
Shall II matter n the trysts we hold
are ever In our dreamingf
Shall we ycarn In vain for things
sweeter far than worlds that arc, the
When at dusk ! feel you coming
home to me.
--winifred Wells. In the Independent.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-17

great work which cannot be over
estimated.
II is giving to hundreds of children a
fundamental basis upon which to form
their lives.
It is religious, ethical and social and
is of more value than all the corrective
measures for which the taxpayers of De-
troit give hundreds of dollars.
1t is kind and humane.
1t brings sunshine into little gray lives
and lifts above their oft-times sordid
surroundings. the children of the poor.
The people of this city owe a debt of
gratitude to Richard Shields and the
faithful corps of workers who have given
up much to toll through the summer in
this splendid work.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-17

What a wonderful part ice plays
In the economy OF life. Its manifold
uses on land and on sea and In all
cIimes have made Il necessity
without which organized society. In
its multifarious affairs. would Be
greatly affected. The thousand and
one purposes for which ice II used
need no description, but the fact
that IN trade and commerce. 40 well
as In the home. and In all depart
ments of life II IL constantly used.
gives only . superficial idea Of 10
incompatible value.
SO great has the demand become
In recent years for Ice that untold
tons OF Il now are made artihcially.
but the natural Ice will always hold
It's own. Not more than rs years
ago Il was found that nature. bench
cient a. she il. practically was un'
able to supply the demand for Ice.
Artificial process for making Il fol-
lowed. There are many such manu-
factories In this city. and all are
kept very busy.
In summer, OF course, the price OF
ice rises. and so important 10 II that
there was q countrywide outcry
some years ago when there was talk
OF a corner" In the commodity. On
the other hand, the increased price.
often quoted In the scorching days
OF summer. Ii due not 80 much to
the high cost OF manufacture. stor.
ing and transporting the ice from the
lakes and rivers OF the north 40 to
the vast increase In the quantity
used.
The ice dealers Of today do all IN
their power TO preserve the Ice an
contaminated. N In cut on the fields.
foated to the ice house and hoisted
by endless chains TO the rooms
where 10 In stored without beine
touched by the hands. In the sum
mer. when the ice r. taken out, II 10
loaded In cars and boats. II shipped
The Detroit times., 1915-08-17
Pointed Paragraphs
A happy home 10 an earthly heav-

A happy home 10 an earthly heav.
en-.
Never strike q boy because he is
small. He may grow.
No man Ia free who hasn't got
himself well In hand.
Many q mans charity reaches the
limit when he dispenses free advice.
A woman Invariably begins her
life work when she marries q man
to reform him.
A man Is more apt to love q wo-
man in spite OF her faults than be-
cause OF her virtues.
IL IL easy TO convince yourself
that your troubles are greater than
those OF other people.
When an old man courts q young
woman he soon realizes that all the
world loves to laugh at q lover.
But the romance Of an elorement
soon evaporates II the wife has TO
take in washing to support the hus
band
The Detroit times., 1915-08-17
The Birthmarks DelusiOn.
az n. AppINoToN BRUCE,
Author Of THE Riddle OF Personality"
Psychology and Parenthood." etc.

There are many women about to become
mothers who suffer from an agonizing dread
lest they inadvertently mark" their children.
They think that II they experience a sudden
fright. or some other unfavorabie emotional
influence, they may cause the little ones 10
come into the world physically disfigured.
The sooner prospective mothers dismiss tho
notion from their minds the better for the vol
fare OF their children. Not only Is 1t quito
without foundation In fact. but II given too
much credence 1t may itself affect adversely
the unborn child
That valuable national agency for human
conservation, the Children's Bureau maintained
by the United States government. admirably
sums up the facts bearing on the birthmarh
delusion In a pamphlet Prenatal Care. which
every prospective mother ought to procure and
read carefully. With regard to the supposed
danger OF marking" the writer OF the PAM
phlet points out:
80 far as is known there IL no connection
between the mother and the child In the uterus
by which nervous Impressions can be conveyed
The only connection between the two lies In
the interchange OF materials OF nutrition and
excretion through the placenta-
Tho mothers blood never enters the child,
so that even IL the blood were able TO convey
nervous Impressions, the fact that the two
calculations are separate and distinct makes
the direct injury OF the child In this way an
impossibility.
Indeed, il appears that nature in thus erect.
Ing barrier between the mother and child has
specifically provided for the protection OF the
fetus from such injuries.
venting marking:
Many women do not realize that they are
pregnant until the sixth or eighth week. and DO
not usually begin to worry about the baieful
effects which they hear talked about until preg.
nancy In well advanced. Investigation has
shown that the form OF the child is established
by the beginning of the third month. There.
fore disturbing events which occur In the latcp
months, plainly can have effect"
Thus there In every reason to believe. not
that children may be disfigured by maternal
impress sions, but that Disagreement by such
means L. out OF the question.
more. az intimated above, though the
~ idea Is itself fallacious. belief In IL
m endanger the health OF the unborn
chilu.
This IL because mothers who believe In 10
tend to become extremely worried. Through
worry they affect unfavorsbly their own ply.
steal processes. and thus prevent the babe In
the womb from being properly nourished
Receiving inadequate nutrition, II Ia likely 70
emerge into the light OF day below par physt
cally, q puny. walling. frail infant perhaps
defective In mind as we'll as body.
The leading OF as healthy, happy. and con.
tented a life "a possible the Diminishing Of all
worries from the mind including worrv ovor
the supposed influence OF unfavorable maternal
Impressions. II therefore the primary duty oi
all prospective mothers.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-17
How Do You Rest?

If you swing a heavy sledge all day,
take your exercise yourself-by
doing something that will make you for
get the sledge.
If you grind at desk or counter all
day, take your exercise, your REST by
doing something that will make you for
get the desk or counter grind.
If you earn your bread and butter by
THINKING-mow the lawn.
If it's your work to push lawn
mower-do something that will make
you think.
If man has job at being happy, it
will rest him to be solemn. If a man
has solemn job, it will rest him to
laugh.
The little lady who makes high-priced
gowns for richer folk. can find rest
looking at flowers in the woods. The
man who works in the woods or fields
is rested by looking at the pretty
dresses in the city show windows.
If your work compels you to wear a
RED coat, sneak away once in a while
and put on BLUE coat.
A change, that's the cure-that's the
exercise" we all need.
This is nothing new we are telling
you, but it's something we don't think
about enough, the same as We don't think
enough about lot of little things which
are really important.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-17
Using Up a Yard of Ticket
COUPON "

Everybody comfortable here7' in
quires the Michigan Central con.
ductor as he lifts the last coupon
and the accompanying contract.
Which reminds us that In 1000
miles OF travel we haven't encoun-
tered an instance OF inclvility on
the part Of trainman.
They are slow to anger and
rlenteous in patience. even when
travellers are not using the soft an
swer that turneth away wrath.
A dining car is a class in geogra.
ply. You can always run the state
song, for instance, on the FISH scales.
Barracuda and sand dabs-"Califor-
MIA the Golden" White fish and
trout-Mich. Again. My Mich.
Again"
Everytime We see an orange we
think OF the girl with flying fingers
twisting tissue paper on them NJ 10
cents q box In the San Gabriel pack.
ing house and not carrying a wrap
for anything else.
The lake shore sand dunes Is the
best Indiana can do as an imitation
OF Mt. Tamalpais or Rabidoux |:
and the bumpy and Doggy high
ways Is as near az western Michi-
gan can come to the concrete boule-
wards OF southern California.
But the use Of an old car for a
telegraph office Mt MichiRan City,
pending the rebuilding Of the sta
ton, takes you back to the track.
side scenes OF New Mexico and Ari.
zona--one car holding the whole dot
and dash family.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-17
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The Keep Well Column

the least dangerous-mushrooms and
toadstools.
Many cases OF mushroom and
toadstool poisoning occur because
people are not careful to distin-
srlsh between the non-poisonous
and poisonous varieties.
The dangerous mushrooms are
those which have a cuplike lorna
ton at the base Of the stem, a Shiny
cap and ciay-colorsd spores and
loose warts on the cap.
Eating OF these soon produces a
nausea and vomiting with severe
pain IN the abdomen. II the case
seems 10 be severe one il Is best
10 call in doctor.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-17
Lansing's Greed for Work

Mr.. Lansing. secretary OF state, Is
q glutton for work. when nearly all
the rest OF the state, war and navy
building is dark at night, you can
see Mr.. Lansins's windows glowing
across the White lot During the
Mexican crisis a year ago those
beacons were burning every night.
and 30 they were during May and
June. when a gray.headed man. with
a companionable briar pipe In his
mouth. was working tirelessly be
hind those windows to help the pres
ident steer US on the rocks Of war
with Germany.
The man who took Mr.. Bryan's
place on June . has no anecdotes or
stories in him. There are very few
about him. He does not offer much !:
he takes In everything. With all
his ready smile and open glance.
Mr.. Lansing In not q responsive
personality. He gives nothing. He
is prodisious listener. He listenA
In several languages.--World's Work.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-17
Good Should Come From This
Meeting of Extremes in East

For the first time the workers, the
underfed. understood sewing girls en-
pIoysd by New York dress makers for
the most fashionable trade, are to be
/ brought face to face with the wearers
of the gowns upon which they toll
through nine or ten long, weary hours
Saeh day, receiving for their labor an
lvefxgs Of IS per week
Through the Offices of the Congress
snjonal Union Suffrage organization, un-
~ the leadership of Miss Alice Paul,
~ Warrington, large delegation of
sthess workers, representing 10000
eeAsfs, win 90 to Newport. R. l., and be
xG9sived ct the home of Mrs. John ].
Mason by the New York society women
sWho spend the summers there.
The sewing girls viii tell their story
md lay before these women the problem
IA living in New York on IS week.
Mons Of the gowns upon which they
work ne sold for less than $500 piece
ma vt the maker does not receive a
living wage.
Posters are being put up in Newport
Nh one reads:
You allow the dressmaker to starve
~ girls who make your gowns
And another:
"Could you lead pure life on S.
~ Week7 Thousands Of girls who make
y6ur dresses get that wage"
1he meeting will take place next week
IN hope Of the delegation is that the
Wbpen once aroused to actual conditions,
~ DO something to improve them. es-
pocially II New York state wins equal
suffrage in the fall election.
Ia bringing these two classes together,
The suffragists have performed humane
md democratic act, which cannot fail to
sbring about q better understanding be-
tween the two.
The whole thing contains human,
dramatic element which appeals.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-17
Ice Plays Big Part In Life

at all. which have been washed out
and keep on dirt and prevent melt
age.
The Ice cut on the Hudson river
and on the mountain lakes of New
Jersey and Pennsylvania goes onto
the homes Of the consumers In al
most . sterile state. In fact, II Ia
90 pure that when melted 1t makes
delightful drinking water. II 10
comparable only to spring water a.
II II at the spring before boiling.
transportation and handlins.-Brook-
Ign Citiaen.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-17
Changing The Geography Lesson

called the Land Of Flowers?
No.
Alaska
believe United
OF agriculture
agriculture experiment STATIONS
al
pansies gd daisies others The
a
The Detroit times., 1915-08-17

pie should beware
OF when on sum
mer outing. Indis-
criminate chew =
ing of leaves or
berries while on
in the country o.
woods often re-
suits in severe
The Detroit times., 1915-08-17

II Kansas isn't yelling Rush" for
that trainload OF red threshers at
the Nichols q Shepard siding at
Battle Greek. II must be some other
harvest-swamped state OF the pro
ductive middle west
The yard OF ticket ends at the NJ
G. yard In tho city where life is
worth resuming.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-17
This Work of Christianity
Emphasizes Our Democracy

4 Any one who attended the graduating
Dxereises Of the Summer Bible School at
~ Forrest. Presbyterian chapel, and saw
NE thousand children who were gathered
Mere from all parts of the city, must
fave been impressed by many things.
First, the eager, interested looks on the
little faces which showed desire and
thirst for knowledge, and the keen pleas
me taken in each part of the program.
Next, the need Of some of the pinched
faces and thin bodies for better food and
butter air.
He must also have had his heart
touched by the pitiful attempts of moth
erS to dress their babes in a semblance
Of holiday array with the poor materials
\ ct their disposal, and also by the little
ufchins who came ragged and unwashed
from of the street.
He must have Rad brought home to
him as never before, the democracy Of
this land, where white-slippered little
feet and be ribboned heads sat sandwich
ed between bare-footed children who live
In the slums, and the utter absence of q
thought Of class or caste in the beautiful
n,ind Of the child.
He must also have realized that here
- the REAL melting pot of America.
where Italians, Hungarians, Servians.
-. Negroes and every country of
HpzUpe Joined together in perfect accord
- eongs not only hym..s, but patriotic
1w md waved with the enthusiasm of
g ear national emblem, the stars and
The Detroit times., 1915-08-17

sickness and in some cases OF
death.
Some OF the more common poi
sonous plants are hemlock, James
town weed, Wild parsley and let
tuce. mountain shade. deadly night
shade. bitter sweet and last but not
The Detroit times., 1915-08-17
WAR REVENUE ACT EXTENSION

According 10 treasury officials. the admins
tration will be forced 10 recommend the renn
actment OF the emergency war revenue net which
will expire by limitation In January, 1916 FoI
the 1--WE months ended March. revenue ~
turns were approximately $685. 900, or a Iitiis
over S6,000.000 month The administration
may recommend the repeal Of the Democratic
tariff law placing sugar on the free list on May
4. ll1es-Wall Street Journal
The Detroit times., 1915-08-17


was already having his troubles when
they made Dartiguenave president OF
Haiti.
Correspondent who signs himself
"Bill' sends us the following query:
C. T. S.-Yesterday was in the
elevator of department store when
guy stepped in with one of those
wide-collared shirts on. In a case
of that kind, should gentleman re-
move his hat?
Villa may be sincere in his protesta-
tons that he is for peace, but it will take
a barber with a whole lot Of patience to
make him look the part.
1t takes Milo Campbell of Coldwater to
keep the jobholders in hot water.
mot so loud with them dice, please"
A fiddler wooed with his violin
The maiden fair, her heart to win;
And he drew his beau.
And she drew hers, too,
And he grabbed his hat and away he few.
"Oh fiddle dee, oh fiddle dunn"
The fiddler played and he took to rum
And the maiden laughed
And she said, said she:
Another one has strings on me.
Well, another summer seems to be
over.
However, we may get another one in
September.
Phyllis says that the span of life would
seem to be represented by one Belle Isle
bridge.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-17
PLANT PoiSONs.

There are many common plants
which are poisonous and which peo-
The Detroit times., 1915-08-17
From Another Point of VielU

The compositor rises to remark that he
was already having his troubles when
they made Dartiguenave president Of
Haiti.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-10-05

yor del Eirrclto bulgarh. la cOnc"n-
traction j" tIDpaS IN Ia Ona !imi-
trofr con Serbia J Ia ampi!a ayuda
f~lnancirra acceptable por 81 sablnetr
SrrblO. i" nurStrOS en"mlsoS, no
drian duda Sobr" 81 Obirto de los
p~rrparativOS mIIltareS de- Bulgaria.
Las potenrias DE- la Entente, Tu"
irSran d. roraz6n IL rrallzaci6n de
las aSpirariOnrS del pueblo bulgaro.
han. manifrSlado en- variaS OcasiO-
nrS al Primer MiniStro ST.. Radios
iayoff. que cualqul"r actO hUst.,
contra Serbia. srria considerable Co
mo diri-idO contra elias miSmas.
Las S"~curidadrs daiaS pOr 81 jc-
f.. del =abinrtc bulgaro rn ~rcSpu"sta
be- r>taS notificacionrs. cSiau ell
romplrta contradiction con los he
ch0>.
FL r"pr"<rntant" i" Russia Ju"
">ti lI=a,i" a Bulgaria por u rccu"r
do lmprr"rcirr0 de- Ia librrtad de-
"Ir pals del yug0 0t0manO. no puc-
ir >ancinnar con Su pr"Scnria. los
nrrparativOS para una aggression fra
tIri'ia contra n pueblo cSlavO.
+! MiniStrO ruSo ha rrcibidO adcmas
Grdrmrs de- Sa!ir de- Bulgaria con
tOdO IL rucrpO Official de- la Lr"aci6n
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Noticias officiaIes
del gobierno
aIen1an

BERLIN. Ortubrr /. f. partr
official puh,irado aver rn r>ia capl-
tai pnr 81 MiniSt"rlo de- Ia Guerra,
- como >i=u'.
"Trairo Drcid"uta,.-lurant" "l
lila IL" aver. 0tro> monitorrs prr,c
nrrlrntr, a Ia floia In=0"-a. cStu-
>irruu b"mhar,i"and" nu"Vam"nt"
81 puerto d. O>irndr.. Sin con>c-
@uir ral!>ar prrjuirius a nucStras
halrria> ALI r>tahI"rida~.
Los in-lc,cs hiri"r"n I'm nit
yo iutrnio durant" Ia uorh" para
rrruprrar la pr>irionrS prrdldas
al N"rt. dr Loo,: p"ro tu"ron CON
pIrtamrnlr rrrhalaio> por nu"SicaS
iropa>. con -raudr> pirdlda,.
~ pr>ar de- lu" 81 "n"ml-o -
III harirndo uSo ii. granada, d"
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TROpiS ALBiNESiS DERRGTA-
RON \ LAS FUERLiS TURCAS
EN- ALBANIA.

NIEN.A. Ortubrr LIN t"l"grama
ia" pubiica hoy uno d" I"> mas
im~porIant"> diarins DE- r-ta capital.
Y 81 rual mrn>air Ina >iio rnviad0
,Ic Sofia. dice que una> trOpa> al
banr>rS oruparon aver la plaza de-
EIDaSSan. que - halla como Il rud-
tru miIia> al sur dr Srutari. dcsputs
de habrr drrroiado a las Ir"pa> tur-
cas- al man,lO DE- E>SaI PaSlIa.
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Won Lin>in=rn: Drspui> del fraca>o
Il" los ru>o> IN >u> aIalurS contra
81 frrntc au>tro-al"man. Que :" ha-
la r>tablrcido al Mort" de- Sarny.
Il tm"mi=O - vi6 obii=ado a r"li-
rar>r hasta 81 rio kormin. tcnicndo
qur ~cruzarlo "n muchos yados.
"El mum"r0 d" prisionero5 captu
radios por loS alcmaneS durantc los
hitimo> dias. asciendc a 200. con-
iandnSc entire clloS algunoS Off
cialeS'.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-10-05

LA PRESSA es Ell peri6dIco mexicsno de
MAYOR circulation en- los EStdGOS ClitOS,
y gor 10 taato Ell meIor para los anuacis7-
soA
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Diccionario Manual.
Encyclopaedia.

Este diccionario de la lengua
castellana es ell mas complete y
noderno. Este ilustrado con mas
de seis mil grabados en- negro y
en- dolores, mas de ESQ mapas,
cieEsos de ~retratos de hombres e.
lebres, edifcios y monumentos
historicos de todas parties del nun
DO, etc. Els ell mejor de los enci-
clopedicos manuales y solo vale
$500 ell ejemplar.
Haganse los pedidos acompsds-
dos de 81 importe o
IGNACIO E.. LOZANO.
i07 Dolorosa st. San Antonio,
FsYas.
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Cuaudo listed nos eScriba sObre
81 subscription olga 81 Sc retiere al
diario o al SemauariO.
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Esta obra, cuya mayor ven
taja estriba en- tener ID pro-
nunciaci6n figurada en- caste
llaao, es una de las que mas
tacilitan ell aprendizaje del
idioma ingles. Tiene variaa
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Ga Ia vida diaria, y algunos
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Hay dos ediciones.
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PIPORRAZOS

Collection de cartas, articulos y
simplezas, por "PIPO."
Quedan solamente unos
cuantos ejemplares para la
venta.
VALE 40 CENTAVOS.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1915-07-22

Have is years actual experience
with six different lines in various
departments. Represented the
shippers Of the State in rate cases
before the Commission. Addressed
the Senate and Legislature TO have
the present rate clerk appointed.
Have actual experience in the Oil
Mills, Cotton, Railroad and whole
sale Grocery.