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The Detroit times., 1915-12-16

the least idea OF drudgery is mixed
with IL. We cannot benetit by a
sacrifice made for us when we feet
lhat 1t is not made willingly"
Let us take this conception OF
duty home 10 ourselves. and ask
ourselves how far We live up 10 II.
We have those who are depend
ent on us-children. perhaps, OF
parents who are iniirm and require
watchful care DO We find JOY IN
sacrificing for them? Or are our
sacrifices made in reluctant resig-
nation?
II the latter. we may be sure of
two things
First. that those for whom we
sacrifice perceive our attitude and
writhe under it. And, second, that
the bitterness in our mind has a
corroding effect on us. ply sically no
less than mentally.
We cannot escape the fundamen-
lal psycho-physical law of our be-
ing.
II We harbor gloomy, depressing,
,liscordant thoughts. our physical
processes slow down. and work bad
ly Bitterness OF mind, from what
ever cause. gives rise to all manner
OF physical troubles.
DO our duty unwillingly as a
habitual thing. and We need not be
surprised IL headache. sIeeplessness
dyspepsia, and other symptoms OF i'll
health eventually uevelop.
There are not few nervous
invalids" whose troubles are 10 a
large extent the product OF mental
conflict due TO duty reluctantly per
formed.
Nor. unless we are utterly without
a conscience, can we escape these
unfavorable physical reactions by re
fusing TO make the sacrifices duty
indicates.
The knowledge that we have run
away from duty, that we have evad-
ed the moral Imperative, will itself
occasion In our minds discordaut
thinking. with resultant injury 10
our physical health.
There is only one sensible, one
right. course 10 pursue.
II Is to recognize our responsi-
bilities and accept them in spirit
OF thankfulness that we are able 10
be OF some real service 10 other
people. Thus. and thus only, will
We be doing our duty Alright.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16
A Poem a Day
POEM nv KING ALFRED.

CThe following Anglo-Sa poem
"Of Heavenly Wonders was written
Who now is so uniearned among
people OF the world.
As not to wonder at the clouds upon
the kles unturl Z.
The swiftly rolling heavens ana th'
racing OF the stars.
How dav by day they run around
this mid earth in their cars.
Who then OF men doth wonder not
these glittering stars TO see,
How some OF them round waited In
shorter circles be,
And some are wanderers away, anu
far beyond them all.
And one there Is which worldly men
the Vain with shafts do call.
These travel shorter than the rest
with less OF sweep and swerve.
They turn about the axle. and near
the north-end curve.
on that same axle quickly round
turns all the roomy sky.
tirins doth IL ny'.
Who Is there then Of worldly men, to
whom II doth not seem
A thing most strange that many stars
go under the sea-stream.
As likewise some may falsely ween
that also doth the sun.
But neither is this likeness true. nor
yet that other. one.
Who IL there In the world will won
der not 10 gaze
Upon the full-moon on his way. be
reft OF all his rays.
When suddenly beneath the clouds he
is beclad with black?
And who OF men can marvel not a.
every planets track?
why shine they not before the sun IN
weather clear and bright
As ever on the Silly sky before the
moon at night:
ITnstaiworth minds will always think
that what they seldom see
Never of old was made before, ana
hardly now can be.
But further yet. the worldly men b.
chance will think 10 came.
A new thing. " TO none OF them had
ever happ'd the same;
silly enouzh!--yet " OF them q man
begins to thirst
For learning many lists and lores
that he had scorn'd at nrst
And ~ for him the Word OF life un
covers from his wilt
The cloke OF that much foolishness
which overshadowd IL.
Then well OF old. I wot ne would not
wonder at things so
Which now TO men most worthily and
wonderfully show.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16

Olympus, and she was some peach
crino.
Thor told her OF Thrym's DTer
and Il got the lady's goat.
why. The very idea!" she OK.
claimed. Indignantly. that fresh
old thing marry me- Well, guess
not"
Exactly replied Thor. "but let
us cook up a little scheme on him.
III dress up in your clothes, go up
and visit him and kid him out OF
NY hammer"
So Thor dressed up like Julian
Eltinge and went up into the noun.
rains 10 see Thrym. Thrym dated
him up for dinner-right there Thor
nut his foot in II. You sec those
Scandinavian gods had some apre-
titeg. 50 when Thor ate a full grown
ox and eight salmon. besides other
dellcacies. the giant became sus.
picious. But Thor kidded him a bit
and fnally Thrym brought out the
hammer and gave II 20 Thor. Whore
upon Thor drew m his disguise
md beat up Thrym and his gang
No was very careful Of his hammer
after that. however.
Tomorrow well tell how Friday
was named
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16

Thursday, or Thor's day, Was
named in, honor % Thor. the Thun
derer, strongest OF all the o.d
scandinavian gods and son OF Wod-
en-. the boss sof
Say! That fellow Thor could put
II all over dozen Jess Willards at
once. lie owned a hammer which
no one bat he could lift, a pair Of
iron gloves and a championship
belt. which. when fastened around
him. doubled his strength
Once upon a time Tnor lost bis
celebrated hammer and a giant
named Tnrym found and hid IL.
Thor went to the giant aad po-
iiteIy told him he wanted his ham
mer back.
80, You do. DO you remarked
Thrym. "But what Is tn II Tor me-
n give II back" Most anything
in reason" replied Thor pleasantly.
We'll. then" said Thrym grinnine.
suppose you fx II M ~ have Freya
and me get married--then I'll give
her the hammer and she can give
II TO you
Now Freya was the goddess Of
love, the same Job Venus had on
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16
"A Mayor Whose First
Duty Is to the Gamblers

An evangelist who is conducting re-
vival campaign in Flint went to the
mayor of that city and endeavored
10 get him to close down on gambling in
/. the form of slot machines, punch boards
\ and dice games.
Notwithstanding his own recent con-
:vorsion at the hands of the selfsame
1 Evangelist, the mayor refused to do any,
thing of the sort, in some such language
~ this:
Il was elected mayor of Flint in spite
Eof the church people. They opposed me
4 EJ1nt spring, but if they want to make me
mayor NEXT spring will serve them in
their own way. AS the other people
(locted me for this term, am under OBJ
Nation to them"
The position of the mayor is sound.
Il gambling in the wide-open form of
SG1ot machines, punch boards and dice
[01mes exists In Flint, it isn't the fault
E1 the mayor and he isn't to be criti-
v od, even; much less should he be ex-
octed to stop it.
The fact that he was elected by the
mbling element; the fact that he
E1UID have been elected by the gam
llhg element suggests that the evan
4 sD1ist has struck city where revival
I Wae sorely needed.
lnasmuch as it was possible to get out
u Aparade of 5000 persons under the aus
rtces Of the revival management, night
xDe two ago, the gamblers may not elect
nv next mayor.
Indeed the present mayor would ap-
rear to have had his ear to the ground
@nd to be perfectly willing to represent
fthe church people next year.
There is no doubt but that he would
cerve them just as faithfully as he is
serving the gamblers at the present time.
he seems to appreciate the side his
hkead is buttered on.
~ II the good people of Flint want
gambling stopped, all they have to dc is
oopvince this mayor that they are the
ones who are going to do the buttering
the next time.
It is our opinion that they couldn't
4 and better man for the job.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16

better or easier hold there than in
be case OF people with good noses
aud thIoais.
Living and sleeping in the fres
air increases ones resistance
aaiHst colds. Taking a cold sponge
bath about the neck, arm and shoul-
ters each morning also helps i'm
mensely
Constipation is very frequently an
Indirect cause OF colds and should
be ytrenuously guarded against.
Overeating, over-heating. especially
dry steam or stove heat In winter,
and under-exercising are potent
causes OF colds.
Last OF all, one should avoid close
association with other people hsr.
ing colds, coughs. or grippe" or
those who cough or sneeze without
holding a handkerchief before their
face. Keep a good bunch OF fresh
air between yourself and the cold
victim and you will be much safer.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16
The Persistent Problem

Desertion OF families by fathers is one OF the
persistent social problems.
It's causes are easy 10 discover but its cure
Is difficult
'Desertion is sometimes premedtated some
times Irifted into BY men going TO look for
work; II is sometimes due TO intemperance or
moral weakness sometimes 10 temperamental
infirmities OF husband or wife" runs the report
of the Springfield Survey. Department OF Sur
vey and Exhibits. Russell Sage Foundation.
The report puts particular emphasis upon the
social influence exerted by each case OF de
sertion:
"The spectacle, for instance of rewarded de-
sertion--that is OF the husband temporarily re-
lieved of his responsibilities, the family in about
as good shape as before he left or in fairly
good shape soon after his departure-may tend
toward responsibility among other men waver
lg upon the border"
But social influence" can work in several
ways. One form OF IL make deserton
mighty unpopular
This is the form OF pronounced public con
tempt.
rhe man who deserts his family leaves them
TO be supported by the other men who make
up the community.
He makes his family a charge upon the man
ext door ard the man across the street and
upon his neighborhood and town He throws
his responsibility upon all who pay taxes-and
no one escapes some form OF tax.
When the hard working independent citizen
realizes that he is bound 10 assume the bur.
lens of all the shirkers, he will soon see to il
that fewer men get the chance TO shirk.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16
Pointed Paragraphs

The moral OF dogs tail always
points 10 the past.
Even the worm will turn--per.
haps into a butterfly.
The bewhiskered old humbug IL
more popular than the barefaced lie
A frenzied financier--one who can
borrow money from bill collector
Most OF us get what We deserve,
but few OF US are able to recognize
n.
Marriage may be a failure, but
there's lot OF evidence 10 the con
trary.
Even a botanist may not be able
TO recognize a blooming idiot. when
he sees one.
Even IL man Acknowledges that
he has faults he seldom owns I'D TO
those his friends accuse him Of
having.
A woman is always perfectly sure
she is In the right until II comes
to backing her opinion with real
money.
There are just as good fish In the
sea as we're ever caught--but they
may be trine shy when IL comes to
swallowing the bait.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16
Let the People
Rule-and Write
Give II q Fair Trial.

ia the Editor Of The Times:
being an admirer OF a newspaper
that endeavors to report only such
news as you have every reason for
believing authentic. feed inclined
to write you and indorse your edi-
to-ial article OF the 18th inst. re-
sarding that excellent saver OF time,
the skip stop plan.
Why wasn't the idea given a fair
trial before oeing discontinued! !
rode out to Willis-ave. under the
new system and must admit the i'm.
provement was very noticea BILE.
There Is nothing more annoying, in
my estimation, when you're pushed
for time. than TO have the car stop
at every corner. In fact there Is
more nervewrecking under
the sun imagine the ID. u. r.
could obtain the good will and sane.
ton OF these kickers by having a
wheeled chair meet them on return.
ing from business and deposit them
at their own residences. thereby saw.
ing them fron committing the al.
most universal twentieth century
crime OF walking. II will eventually
have to be approved. anyhow. for II
is an utter impossibility, with such
a rlpidgrowinS city as Detroit. to
handle the trafic satisfactorily with
the present methods. Here's hoping
the plan will get = fair trial In the
hear future.
ALFRED T. HOLT,
No. Sl6 Twenty.third-st.
Detroit, Dec. IA, 1915.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16

by germs bat We don know enough
about the germs as yet 20 make q
serum treatment FOR colds or enough
10 make a very satisfactory vaccine
TO prevent them.
We do know certain other defn!te
facts Cf considerable practical waite
in preventing colds Here are -Ge
essentials.
Colds frequently result where
there is a deformed or diseased nose
or tonslls or where there are ade.
noids. Frequently the germs get a
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16

plished joyfully. From the time ones
consent is given. all suffering should
disappear. As with child. We re-
place by a greater and more last.
lag pleasure one has had 10 forego,
Doubtless in the course OF iife
consecrated 10 duty, hesitations may
arise and reawaken the pain of re-
RoUncement when decision has TO be
made again. When we have sue
ceeded in making our choice, tran
tuiiity should again resalt.
The idea OF duty Is not com
plete. not understood. as long as
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16

One Of the hardest, vet one OF
the most important things is to hno
real pleasure in doing ones duty
toward other people. IL is hard
because il usually involves sacri
ice, renunciaiion. Yet duty. un-
willingly performed, reacts badly o4
both the one performing II and on
the person or persons in whose in
.erest the sacrifice is made.
However painful II NAV be- how
ever hard thr frst announcement,
ne philosopher Dubois aas justly
insisted. duty should be accom-
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16
The G. 0. P. Will Hardly Care
to Use the ALTERATION

While the Republican national COM
mittee was in session in Washington
there was a banquet at which some
body got up and said that the cry of
the party in 1915 against Wilson should
be Prosperity from murder, munitions
and mystery"
That sounds good, but we would be
willing to wager that it never becomes
anything like G. o. p. battle cry.
Without dwelling at all upon the ques-
tlon of whether the ALTERATION would
be fair or supported by the facts, it will
never be adopted if the older heads in
4 the party have anything to say about it,
imply because it is an illiteration.
The Grand Old Party had its expe-
tionce away back in 1884 when three rs
defeated James G. Blaine, Republican,
for the presidency. and elected Grover
Cleveland. Democrat.
H y : memorable incident in political
&ntory. that night when Blaine was
'roIDUd upon at his home by delegation
elprgymen.
lnins had just reached his home after
! tttenuous tour Of campaigning, tired
noot 70 the point of exhaustion, but
cocended to receive the delegation,
- ereeted from the landing of
e epoksnman, engaged
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16
THE HOG AND THE HAM
BY Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)

1t remained for Representative Gar
ner of Texas, in speech at the Atas-
cosa fair, to state epigrammatically the
creed OF the knights Of the pork barrel.
Without blush, says the Chicago
Post, he admitted that federal buildings
were being erected in his district at
cost far in excess of actual need. In his
own town they were putting up S60,-
600 postofiice, when $4,000 building
would have sufiiced. He was not muck
raking nor viewing with alarm; he was
Dragging, as follows:
Nov We Democrats are in charge Of
the House, and I'll tell you right now
whenever one Of those Yankees gets
ham I'm going to do my best to get a
hog"
If anybody wants to know what's the
matter with United States preparedness,
here it is. Our defenseless condition is
not due to the stingness of the Ameri-
can people; it is due simply and plainly
to congress made up of selfish, unpa-
triotic, petty and grand grafters. who
have used appropriations to their own
political or financial profit, and not for
the good of the nation.
According to former Secretary of the
Navy George l.. Won Meyer, this coun-
try has spent in the last 15 years ST.
100000 for the navy. During the
same time Germany spent 81, ,l37 900, 900.
Yet we have only pa vessels to Ger
many's 362.
Of the S2500OO,O00 we pay each year
for national defense S150,0OO.0OO is
squandered unwisely and 500 100000
goes to the grafters who manipulate the
pork barrel.
OF the 48 army posts throughout the
country, said recent editorial in west
ern paper 40 are absolutely necessary.
To protect ourselves from the ferocious
Indians, who are mostly prosperous
farmers or harmless beggars, we have
laid out $20,000000 on Forts Apache,
Clark, Huachuca, Mackenzie. Meade,
Missoula, Robinson, Sill, ID. A. Russell
Douglas, Leavenworth, Riley, and Smell
ing.
Against the raging red men Of Yer
mont we have drawn million dollars
from the treasury for Fort Ethan Al
ZEN.
Fort Benjamin Harrison has cost q
million and half dollars to prevent the
savages of Indiana from scaping the
:itizens of Indianapolis, Fort Wayne,
and Terre Haute.
The navy ward scandals are even more
,urid. Twenty million dollars have gone
nto the Mare Island Navy Yard, and not
battleship built since 1907 can get in
20 it. For years the $20000,000 navy
yard at Portsmouth, n. H., has been un.
created. The $5,000,00 yard at Charles
on, S. c., is in shallow water and the
S3,000,000 yard at Port Royal, S. c., had
20 be abandoned, since ships could notI
get up to it.
Since we are rejuvenating the issueI
If patriotism these times and agitationlI
Tor a greater army and navy it would
seem that the proper place for orators
20 orate bit for love of country would
be in the congress of the United States.
The first duty of people, alive to
heir national danger, is to scotch thel
,opperhead snake of private graft, and
lect few men to congress who will
evote their efforts to their country
md not to the rake-of Of their conf
stituents.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16

The reason for
The I'VE We all
a n d at Our
house" Is because
colds are iutec
tious.
II is generally
conceded I h a &
colds are caused
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16
Sheer lnsolenee.

Charity Patisnt-Doctor. is there
any danger that the operation will
prove IA al?
Really. my good man. consider
ing that we ere experimenting on
you free OF charge. your idle curl
osity smacks OF insolence.--Llfe.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16
JUST ONE LARGE FIZZLE

We were being ground up. absorbed, asl
INFLATED by the Standard oil octopus
But. a decade or more OF the finest sort o(
tatecraft had given us law 10 relieve us.
The United States supreme court unoosened
he tentacles OF the octopus. unscrambled thd
rust as some put II, rendered decisions inI
ended TO prevent enormous profits being ex|
orted out of us.
Where are the octopus and we today
The octopus is here az fragmentary octopus
md we're in the octopus.
Same old situation, only more so.
Stock In the New York tentacle Of the octopu{
selling at 204. In the New Jersey at 4s7, th4
indiana at 457. the California at 326 and In thd
prairie OIL & Gas at 430.
Ten advances In prices OF oils and gasoline
have been made in the Middle West sinc1
august and an ocean OF yeast seems TO hav.I
been stirred into the market everywhere
The octopus is just the same old success I
fully ravenous beast and we're Just the sand
ole. helpless "meat," In spite Of all the law.mal
Ing yelling Of bloody murder, prosecuting and
talent OF the ". 8. supreme court
Thus far regulating" monopoly has proved
a miserable. openfaced farce and hzzle
m monopoly cant be controlled. IL should by
killed.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16

Our minister makes hundreds OF
converts by his astonishins;y fasc'
Mating descriptions OF Heaven"
mo wonder. He used to be Q
teal estate agent"-Life.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16
HIS REASON

n think" said the editor. in a worried tone
that will drop journalism and take to astrou
omy"
why"
because astronomers have more space tha,
hey know what TO do with."-Herald and Pres
oyter.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16
Well Kept.

Friend-Are YOU taking good care
II your cold?
Suffcrer-You bet I am! I've had
IL six weeks and It's as good as new
--Judpe.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16

~ 10 PioiAtSu w liGiNN a 1lll lolIIldS ttcS
in every police station. Fine. And it
won't inconvenience Santa much, either;
there are so many easy ways to get into
a police station.
Rather bad turn and bad spill, we
would say, for those motor speedway
stockholders
One tirN liter he had been out all night
gambling and had lost all his money he
came home so enraged over his loss that he
took his spite out my hat and my watch.
He tore up the hat The watch he threw on
the floor and then jumped on it until he had
mashed 1t into bits.-Testimony OF a De-
troit wife in divorce court.
You've met the fellow, perhaps; the
one who says: Il don't mind losing the
pot; that amt the idea; whadda-I-care
about few chips ?"
Complainant in a Kentucky breach of
promise suit says the defendant pro-
posed to her while she was riding with
him in his automobile. Maybe he was
skidding.
A Syracuse man has managed TO save
S4l2 out of 5000 earned this year. 1t
may have been this fellow of whom the
old waiter remarked: The only tip |
ever got from him lost.
John Munday has regained his strength
and gave US glimpse OF himself on our
streets yesterday for the first time since
his sickness.--State Exchange.
The editors glimpse of Mr.. Munday
was, we take it, the first of the weak.
A woman in Los Angeles Is suing the
dentist for putting into her mouth some
body else's false teeth. And the dentist
don't dare put in a defense that she is
entertaining wrong impression.
Bankruptcy proceedings suggest that
Albert NJ. Barnes could hit flock Of
creditors.
A few more wives for that Detroit man
who is alleged to have three and his
would be case Of almost public owner
ship.
Anna B. Stahl, of Denver is suing her
"Heaven-made husband" for $4,000 ali
mony. 1t may be Anna's opinion that
money is homemade.
1t was this way. It wouldn't run, so
CAD left it out in the country somewhere
at the side of the road and came in the
rest of the way on an interurban.
Then he called up a garage and told
them to go out and get it and find out
what was the matter with it, which the
garage did, and when the man got back
to the garage with it he called up CAD
and told him what the matter was, which
was that the gasoline was turned off,
which, no doubt, explained why it
wouldn't run.
Doctors recommend goats milk for
babies. Cows milk, they contend, is
ba-ara-ad for them.
a u ~ IL IL N >a x 4. -. a ~.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16
The Keep Well Column
COLDS

We've all got bad colds at our
house, Is the common expression
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16
FIND JOY IN DUTY
BY n. AOolNoToN BRUCE.

Psychology
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16

Rather bad turn and bad spill, we
would say, for those motor speedway
stockholders
The Detroit times., 1915-12-16
From Another Point of VeD
BIZ G. T. S.

1t is planned to have Christmas tree
in every police station. Fine. And it
won't inconvenience Santa much, either;
there are so many easy ways to get into
a police station.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-09
.IrTTEEs soq spa,
s. END DORSEMENT'
To Increase Strength of Coast
ARTILLERY corps Given by
Secretary Garrison.

WASHINGTON. Jan. S.-UnqualI-
fed endorsement OF the Chamberlain
bill to increase the strength OF tho
coast artillery corps was given, by
Secreary Garrison today in report
asked for by the senate military COM
saittse. re.
The fneaeiire would add to the
corps IL colonels, IL lieutenant Colo
nels. 40 majors, l74 captains. 1877 first
lfeutenants, 1877 second Iieutenants, q
correspo ponding quota OF non -cummis-
sicned officers, 1872 privates, making
the total authorized limit OF 30, ,3Oa. b
Secretary Garrison reiterated Ills
statement In hfs annual report that
the coast defenses could not be re-
garded as efficient without q force To
furnish " ct least ONE; relief for guns,
tnortars, and mines. e 81