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New-York tribune., 1915-03-28

4 IL the insects had gathered to
n watch the opening game of the
baseball season. between the
Bugville Nine and the Highfyers.
Great excitement prevailed, as the
Highfyers were reported to have swept
all before them in the South, from
where they had just returned. The
grand3tand was an old rotten log
where Mr.. Snail had been wintering,
and was therefore considered his own
property.
Come up here, Kitty Cricket, you
can see the field so much better" he
said. II wish they'd let me be on their
team, but no one over wants a fellow
with such a slow reputation as mine!"
Miss Cricket, being a very cheerful
soul, answered him: But, think, Mr..
Snail, of all the advantages you have,
being able to carry your house around
with you, and TO have perfect privacy
whenever you want II. Down in the
meadow where l live the frogs make
such a noise, and some Of my own fam
ily sing SO loudly. l get very tired of
the racket and envy you your quiet
home"
New-York tribune., 1915-03-28

"Oh, yes / did," asserted the
cricket.
mo, you didn't" returned the
grssshopper, who was becoming very
cross. ITS not fair and I won't
play any moro"
At this the other grasshopper
came out OF hiding.
Katy DID, she asserted.
"She didn't"
Katy didp
"She didn't"
Katy did!"
katy didn't"
KATY did, did, did, did,"
Katy didn't, didn't, didn't, didn't.
Katy DIDW
Katy DIDN'T
Katy did, did DIDP
Katy didn't, didn't, didn't,
DIDN'T
Katy didP
Katy didn't"
Dear, dear, dear! If you listen on
a summers day, you can hear the
two green grasshoppers keeping up
the dispute and hundreds OF other
little insect voices are taking SIDES
in chorus. The discussion is never
ended and it keeps right on, so the
game of tag is never finished.
OF course. polite people do not
contradict, but those who do might
take lesson from this garden leg
end.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-28

~ NCE upon time some East
e 4 er rabbits decided to get
W ready in plenty OF time and
have an extra big pile OF
eggs to take around Easter morn
ing. So week beforehand they met
in a woods north of the city to make
their plans. (Which woods, you ask?
Dear mep I can't tell 1t wouldn't
be fair to tho rabbits, for maybe you
would go right out there and find
your own eggs, and then the rabbits
wouldn't have the fun OF bringing
them to YOU'D
we will have to work very hard
and make pretty eggs this year,
said the biggest, Oldest rabbit OF all.
Il don't see why this year is diff
ferent from any other year" said a
very small rabbit.
That merely shows how little you
know" said the biggest rabbit, in a
superior fashion.
That didn't please the little rabbit
a bit! He rumpled up his fur and
exclaimed: Il may be little, but
know a lot!'
The big rabbit laughed good
naturedly, and said; AL right; tell
us what you know
The little rabbit hadn't expected
that answer, but he was glad for the
chance to air his knowledge, so he
said.
well. I know that next Sunday is
Easter, and that we have to color a
lot of eggs and take them around
next Saturday night to all the chill
dren of the city"
"And ] know we have pile OF
them all hidden here, ready to begin
to paint" spoke up another little
rabbit, who simply couldn't keep still
any longer.
That's all very true" said the big
rabbit, pleasantly. but you are en-
tirely too young to know about our
greatest trouble
"Trouble?" questioned all the little
rabbits; we didn't know trouble
went with Easter eggsP
But it does" said the big rabbit,
shortly; trouble goes with every
thing if you only keep at it long
enough"
The little rabbits were so sur
prised and dismayed that they
couldn't say a word-they just kept
still and waited for the big rabbit
to go on.
Our particular trouble just now is
the candy stores
Candy stores" exclaimed the
little rabbits. What are they?"
New-York tribune., 1915-03-28

I'D you ever see a tiny
mouse, quite gray and
very soft? This mouse
a;narnnt drecs-a
New-York tribune., 1915-03-28
CoME little English boys and girls
- who heard their mothers talking
about a wonderful charity enter

Il
- who heard their mothers talking
about a wonderful charity enter
tainment begged to take part in It.
1--WE could dance or sing or do any
thing you wanted US TO-" they said.
And the mothers all thought it would
be very good plan TO let the little
ones do something 60 hclr.
Three little boys. who wanted TO be
sailors whom they grew up, were
trained 20 dance the hornpipc, which
is the sailors own dance, you know. A
iolly, old, red faced sailor, who had
danced the hornpipc on the decA Of
many a snug friaate. taught the boys
how to do IT,. Il is really a very diff
cult dance. and they had 10 practise
several weeks before they could do 1t
as well as the old sailor did. And he
would pat with his foot and clap ms
hands and sing out, "Ie're doin' fine,
mates. we're doin' fine!" They wanted
20 look like real sailors, so they wore
lovely white sailor suits, with wide
bottomed trousers, and white stripes on
the blue collars.
Then there were some little girls who
had lived iu Wales and had seen the
Welsh people dance the funny dances
on the green OF course, they wanted
80 dance a Welsh dance. So their
mother sent 10 Wales for the queer,
New-York tribune., 1915-03-28
How Brownie Wee Turned
The Tables ON Pussy Cat
I OPNe6

viii you promise not to cat the
catnip in Aunt Mabers garden?"
yves" So Brownie Wee let Pussy
cat 60 free. After that the two were
good friends. And the tiny mouse
lived in his wee house and drank
from his wee, wee, wee cup for years
and years and years. Perhaps you
can find him there even now, if you
look very hard
New-York tribune., 1915-03-28
The Rabbits Easter
Troubles
Too Many Candy Stores, They Say-but
Mother Rabbit Thinks Up
Fine Scheme.

"Seel ] told you; you don't know
anything about it" said tn. big ra5.
bit. The stores that sell rabbits
and Easter eggs" he lowered his
voice to an awe-inspiring whisper.
And they are showing such hand.
some candy rabbits and such gay
and Sancy candy eggs. saw then
in the windows myself! II We az,
not careful, the candy stores sni
the other stores will put us old.fash.
ioned rabbits and our plain, old.
fashioned colored eggs out OF bus.
ness"
The rabbits all looked al one az.
other in round-eyei dismayl
But surely the children will liz.
our eggs the best" said a middl.
sized rabbit, comfortably.
You needn't say surely abov'
that" the biggest rabbit answered
"for there is no surely about it, II.
trouble is not all with the stores an:
the children, either; it's with thsii
fathers, and mothers, too. You see
they see the things in the window
and buy them for the children. And
worst of all, they let the childrsr
have their candy eggs and chocolate
rabbits first thing Easter morning
What chance has an old-fashionst
rabbit against that2'
Children Didn't Look IN Their Yards
Last Year"
Last year dozens of children
didn't even look in their yards, and
this year it will be worse, because
the store windows are prettier than
everw
The rabbits all lesved big sign
Talk about the load Of this world s
troubles! Those poor rabbits surely
felt it then!
Pretty soon, though, a moiha
rabbit, a big, comfortable gray
creature, with a lovely white Spo'
lust above one eye, smiled and sal'
That is all true. But 7 don't
that our sighs and long faces IL
very much"
Immediately everybody onsN
ened up!
But have d plan she conunue'
81 suggest that We try very hard tih
year. and make our eggs prettier than
ever before. Then well take then
around to all the good children !
the city, and, OF course ula' '''e''
all the children, and we'll hide tns1
in the very nices, places, in oasne
and under leaves.
Then wen ask Jim Crow TO sen'
us GOOD weather. and maybe, si's
aH. the children will hunt tor 0D
eggs~
The rabbits thought that was q
cellent advice.
They went to work very happV|
and cologing eggs
And you may be sure, no Hid"'
what the weather, those faithful Ia
bits will work all this week co'o'"'
gay Easter eggs for you.
.C5ry,ga, ist5-Caa Isia li
tCou.lleI U La.rr 1i..'''
New-York tribune., 1915-03-28

"Yes, it is very nice. especially in
winter" Just then a most terrific noise
was heard from the bleachers. 1t was
scuffie between a black beetle and a
tramp cockroach, who had wandered
down to see the game. It was very an
noying 70 have the game interrupted
just at that moment, for the pitchers
attention was distracted, and Willie
Worm on third was able TO slide home.
"Hurrah Hurrah." sang the bugs
in chorus. "Three cheers for the Bug
Vile Nine
Sammy Snail was explaining the
game carefully to Kitty Cricket. "Pm
glad we made that run because you
know we lost our best player this sea-
son when Bughouse Bill was drowned
in Lake Juice, so our team is not as
good as usual. hope you don't find
this log too damp, Miss Cricket"
New-York tribune., 1915-03-28

~ ID you ever see a tiny
s u mouse. quite gray and
~ very soft? This mouse
wore a different dress-a
brown dress-and he was very fat
and admirable. His name was
Brownie Wee"
Under a stone in a great green
field Brownie Wee built house. 1t
was the cosiest house you ever saw,
and he did work so hard to keep II
tidy. OF course. everything inside
was very, very small. There was
wee armchair. and a wee, wee fire
place. and q wee, wee, wee cup and
saucer foT Brownie 70 drink from.
But a field is not the safest place
for d mouse to live. In this field d
great, gray pussy cat often went
hunting. His whiSkers were long,
long, and his mouth was very big,
with sharp, white teeth. Twice he
chased Brownie Wee, and soon the
Mousie was afraid to go out, either
20 market or to see his old Aunt
Mabel. who lived across the field.
oh! Hop he thought. This will
=.ver do"
So, one day, Brownie flled th7
wee, wee. wee cup end saucer full OF
milk. left his front door wide open
and hid behind a wild carrot in his
garden. BY and by up came Mr..
Pussycat
"Purr-rrw he said. Il smell milkE
New-York tribune., 1915-03-28
My Circus

When | was sick and lay in bed,
Too weak to raise my hands or head
l watched the shadows on the wall;
How they would change and rise
and fall!
And oueerest creatures I could trace
That danced or marched with state
ly pace,
With horns and tails-So odd, un-
knownl--
Twas like a circus all my own!
ALICE LOVETT.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-28

dRO tIldt tiilo owl hoo fAAN
l. time to grow into a garden
legend-two green grass
hoppers met a black cricket in the
garden.
Hello" said one grasshopper.
"Come and play a game with us'
Will you"
"Yes," said the cricket, "I'll play.
What shall we play? My names
Katy.
Let's play tag" said the grass
hoppers. So they counted out to
see who should be "it.'
The count fell on the cricket, so
she hid her face behind a grass
blade and began to count up to a
hundred.
Ten. twenty, thirty. forty, fifty,
sixty. seventy. eighty, ninety, ONE
HUNDREDw she called. I'm COM
ing"
Now. one grasshoper was quite
slow in choosing his place to hide.
Of course, as soon as Katy turned
about, she caught him.
You didn't call Coming" he de-
clared.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-28

and into the mousie's house he went.
Then Brownie ran up and locked the
door.
"Mie-ow!" said Kitty; 'let me
out" He! Heel He! Hee"
laughed Brownie. Now, what will
you do?'
Meow! Meow! Please let me
out" viii you promise not to chase
me any more?" Meow! Yesw
New-York tribune., 1915-03-28

tall crowned hats the Weishwomen al-
ways wear and for some thick wooIien
skirts and cayly striped aprons and
little checked shawls How every one
laughed when they saw the two little
"make-believc7 Welsh girls IN their
funny clothes But they danced the old
Welsh dances so well that an The peo-
New-York tribune., 1915-03-28
.E-Tf1NK. TWICE. BEFORE YOU APRIL FOOC
RF. WARNED M. TINE. AND, MAKE THIS RULE II
Isn't That Funny :

Isn't That Funny ?
CUSIE SHOWS auntie is younger
~ than she is.!
Tommy Tuck's uncle 10 younger than
Isn't that funny! / don't understand IL;
Wonder what queer fairy sodmother
planned il?
My sunts and uncles are old-almo's
thirty;
They're always asking, "Now. are your
hands dirty2"
isn't it bedtime7 you've learned
all your spelling"
Then they talk stupid things-shop.
ping and selling.
Tommy Tueks uncle is not more than
1even,
Susie Shows auntie is only just seven.
1. makes me laugh myself almost to
pieces,
Uncles and sunts obey nephew6 and
nieces.
GRACE M'KiNSTR1.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-28
Lost Ball,

The game was progressing smoothly
when suddenly the ball they were play
ing with Ga tiny, round, white secd)
disappeared, and Bill the Lizard
was accused OF having swallowed it..
The Detroit times., 1915-08-10
BOIL LWATER
SAYS PRICE
Detroit's Supply Shows
Pollution, Health Off
Ger Declares

boil your water" is the warning
sent forth by DR.. William II. Price,
city health officer. to all household.
ers in Detroit and vicinity depending
on the city water supply.
This warning is based on the
findings Of our laboratory" said DIR.
Price. Our examinations the past
few days have shown increasing EVIL
dence of pollution above the nor
NAL, and we thought IL best to give
warning before II gets any worse
The source OF the contamination
has not been located as yet. The
water board has been cleaning out
the settling basin for the first time
In about half-century. and this
was suggested as a possible source
Of pollution. but DR.. Price was In.
formed that no water Is passing
through this basin at the present
time.
"All we know yet Is that the pol
luton Is considerably more than
normal. and I advise users OF city
water to take no chances" added
DR.. Price.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-10
Will Proclaim Self
Mexican Ruler Before
Wilson Moves
|SAYS HE HOLDS.
SUPREME POWER
Warn Outsiders Bus
mess Must Be Trans
acted Through Him
BY CHARLES p. STEWART.

(Stan Correspondent United Press.)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 10.-Before
the Washington administration can
get out another proclamation call
ing on the Mexican factions to get
together, Gen. Carranza intends to
notify the world that his Is the only
authority in Mexico to be reckoned
with.
Conclusive proof of this, from
government Representatives In the
revolution-torn republic. was In ON.
cial hands here today.
The first chiefs idea was said to
be that he would be in stronger
position II he issued his manifesto
in advance OF the Washington adj
ministration's thus, according to his
view, placing the United States In
the attitude of assuming the aggres-
sive against him, instead OF himself
assuming a position OF defiance to-
ward the United States.
The belief was that the generals
coup would take the form Of dec
laration Of himself as provisional
president At any rate, everything
indicated he was on the verge OF
declaring himself the paramount au-
thority in Mexico. making strong
bid. directly or indirectly, for rec
ognition, and advising all outsiders
that any business they have to
transact there should be transacted
through him alone.
Officials in Washington were still
hopeful that, despite his expected
step. the general will yield rather
than force armed intervention from
outside. but they owned the pros
poets looked like physical resistance
on his part.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-10
WRECKER
0VERTuRNS
LIMITED
Fireman and Engineer
Killed BY Scalding
Steam
ARREST HOPED FOR
IN NEAR FUTURE
Switch Thrown Under
Wheels of Through
Train
Bp UNITED PRESS.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Aug. 10
Efforts of a wreck fiend whose work
was partially foiled py all-steel
coaches, may be rewarded today by
capture. Coroner Poole has several
well developed clues to the identity
Of the man who turned the switch
light and pounded open the switch
just In time to wreck the through
Pennsylvania limited from st. Louis
to New York.
Fireman William Henness and En-
gineer William Erwin, Of this city,
were literally cooked to death by
steam.
steel cars may be thanked for
the fact that no other serious injur-
les resulted" said Coroner Poole.
Coaches were found scattered In
the field. pointing in all directions.
After striking the switch the speed
ing train hit coal car.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-10
Charles Albert, Syrian,
Chief Figure in
Double Tragedy
COUPLE HAD
OFTEN QUARRELED
NeighbOr Who Tries to
Prevent Killing Is
Chased From Room

Charles Albert, q Syrian. 80 years
old. who shot and killed his wife.
Fannie. 80 years old. In their tiny
room on the third floor at No. 81
Grand River-ave.. early Monday
evening. and then sent a bullet into
his own breast, near the heart, and
a second shot through his head, the
last bullet bringing almost instant
death.
Through all of the shooting, STAN
ley Brady. about 25 years old. slept
soundly In his room In the same lit
tie suite of small rooms. separated
only by q thin partition from the
scene of the tragedy. Brady says
that he was dimly conscious OF the
shots. but thought that 1t was some
one knocking at his door to awake
him. When the sounds ceased. he
arose from his bed, and went into
the reception hall, from which his
room, that of the Alberts and one
occupied by Leo J.. Wunderlin all
open.
a slight smell Of gunpowder
brought him to a healixatiou Of what
had transpired, and as he faltered
before the door of the Alberts' room,
he heard wunderlin dashing into the
hallway, with two police oficers.
wunderlin came dangerously near
to being an eyewitness OF the trag-
edy. He heard Albert and his wife
quarreling bitterly, at $3.50 o'clock.
and then heard Mrs. Albert scream
for help. Rushing into their room.
Wunderlin was confronted by Albert.
who held a revolver leveled at him.
and growled: you beat Il, or you'll
get something. too"
wunderlin hurried out TO get po-
liceman. and rs he went down the
stairs. he heard the three shots that
ended Mrs. Albert's life. Then came
The Detroit times., 1915-08-10

Graphic pictures of life in the
miles Of trenches which stretch
across northern France are con-
tanned in an letter received in De-
troit from Frenchman long resi-
dent In Michigan but who went
back to fight for La Patrie" at the
first call to arms. Names and
localities are eliminated that the
writer may not get into difficulties
with the military authorities.
The letter in full follows:
Dear Sir--Your kind letter
reached me I'm the trenches on the
third OF July and on the fourth
The Detroit times., 1915-08-10
SAYS WILSON
WILL EASILY
BE REELECTED

Senator Henry F. Ashurst. Of Ari-
zona. was a guest of his brother,
Attorney Charles G. Ashurst. Mon
day. Senator Ashurst said that he
has been travelling through the
country. sizing UP the sentiment for
President wilson's denomination
He declared that the president Is
about 1000 600 votes stronger than
his party.
THE country IS almost solidly be-
hind him." said the senator. He
will run. and he will be reelected.
II the election were TO be held to-
day. he would carry New York state
and would sweep Michigan"
The Detroit times., 1915-08-10
WAR HAS CONSUMED YOUTH
OF FRANCE, WRITES FORMER
MICHIGAN MAN WITH ALLIES

at about . O'Clock in the morning
| got badly wounded We had
been hghting hard for two days
without moments rest We had
81 hard time preventing the Ger
mans from passing over US. They
were in strength and had bonn
barded us with sinking shells
for whole day. / was coughing
and bleeding from the nose very
badly. Then during the night or
third and fourth OF July they
succeeded In crawling out OF
their holes and with great deter
mination they advanced "A dis
tance OF n few yards in front of
our trench. I do not think a man
could be able TO describe these
fights. We had four machine
guns, two small quick-nring
(Continued ON Page Four.)
The Detroit times., 1915-08-10
Won Hindenburg Is
Baffled in Attempt to
Surround Slavs
SHELLS USED ON
ENORMOUS SCALE
TeutOns Are Unable to
Pierce Retreating
Line of Foes
By UNITED PRESS.

PETROGRAD. Aug. l0.-Unofficial
dispatches today claimed the definite
defeat OF the major object OF the
great AustroGerman campaign in
Poland-the capture or utter rout OF
the Russian field armies.
The Russians whom Won Hinden.
burg sought to surround In the War
saw district have escaped the trap.
They arc making an orderly retreat
upon line reaching In n northwest
sriy direction from Siedlce, having
evacuated Praga.
From the extreme southeast to the
Courland. the Russians dominate the
retreat. They are moving back slow
ly to Brest Litovsk line, standing
ground and parrying the German
thrusts east of the Narew and in
fiicting severe blows in the region
Of Kovno. Despite the most tre-
mendous exertions and the use or
shells on scale only equaled be-
fore Przemysl. the Teutons have
been unable either to pierce the Rus
sian lines or to throw confusion into
the Slav ranks.
The Germans thus far have made
no impression on the IL forts sur
rounding Kovno, though the outer
defenses OF the fortress have been
under bonn mbardment for two days.
Reinforcements, both In men and
guns. are reported to be arriving to
support the attack, and n determin.
ed assault on Kovno is expected
within a few days.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-10
Says Trio Attacked
Him On Street; Flee
when He Screams
NEGRO THUGS
STILL PLY TRADE
Police Interrupt Pair in
Robbery and Nab
One

And now the women are donning
masks. and starting out to reap
their share OF the harvest being
CLEANED nightly from belated citi.
zens, according to Kasimir Pekar-
ski. of No. 737 Farnsworth-aye.
Kasimir solemnly swears that as
he was on his way home ut 1890
O'Clock. Tuesday morning, he was
held up by three young women. all
wearing masks. He said the three
grabbed him. and knocked him
down. but he screamed for help so
Justify that they were frightened
away, without any plunder.
Detectives Krimmel and Kunath
and Patrolman Wallace Williams In
terrupted a holdup OF two Ham.
tramck men, by two Negroes. at
Russell and Clinton-sts.. shortly aft
er 2 O'Clock, Tuesday morning. and
captured one Of the Negroes after a
chase. the other making his escape.
Carl Huntley, a member OF car
nival troupe In Hamtramck, and
Fred Hughes. Hamtramck resi-
dent. were the pair attacked by the
two Negroes, and they we're being
given a bad beating as the officers
approached.
Huntley was robbed OF 81. and
Hughes was robbed OF $3.50 The
battle was at It's height when the
officers rushed mp.
George Davis. 25-year-old Negro,
who says he is from Toledo. was
captured. and the police are elated
over his capture. as they believe
that he has been responsible for
many OF the street robberies re-
Gently reported.
Miss May Lynch. Of No. AL JEFF
ferson-ave.. reported to the police
that she was not sure whether pick
pockets got her diamond ring. val
ued at 800. and $3.50 in cash, from
her purse. or whether she lost the
cash and the ring. on Gratiot-ave.
George Cook. 25 years old, Of No.
n Columbia-st. east. was arrested
by Detectives EllcSstein and Oldani.
Tuesday morning, on the charge OF
being one OF the three robbers who
slugged Matt Price, Of No. 27 Colnm.
blast. east. Sunday night, and robbed
him OF s25. at Columbia and Beau
bien.sts. The of,cers learned that
Cook. who had been unable to pay
his room rent. suddenly appeared
at the house where Price also lived,
with plenty OF money to pay his
bill. and also purchased much
nouor They searched his room,
and found that the shirt he wore
on the night Of the robbery. was
splashed with blood.