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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-08
Pointed Paragraphs

A little nsh In a small puddle
imagines he 10 big.
Mixed drinks are responsible for
. lot of mixed ideas.
The people who are paid TO be
good never earn very big salary.
Give boaster a chance TO make
coed and watch him fade away.
A bachelor girl Is sometimes an
cid maid who IL ashamed to ad-
nit II.
When a man II compelled TO eat
his words his appetite is soon salts
fed.
MANY a woman's makeup pre-
vents her from holding the mirror
up 10 nature.
Telling a woman not to worry Is
about as effective as warning a
small boy not TO eat too much.
When a woman IL away from
home two weeks her husband is apt
TO use all the napkins In the house
for washrags.
There's only trouble ahead for the
woman who marries a man she can't
love. or the man who loves q wo-
man he can't marry.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-08
raise her voice in the affairs Of govern
ment, with that Of man.

raise her voice in the affairs Of govern
ment, with that of man.
Coming from President Wilson it is
especially significant, for they feel that
nothing but the firmest conviction Of the
justice and righteousness Of this great
reform would lead him to take this
stand.
They feel that the president has come
to his conclusions through a process Of
logical reasoning, as well as feeling
of moral responsibility, which raises it
high above the realm Of politics.
A devout advocate Of democracy Gan
ideal of equality for all and special
privileges for none), it would have been
inconsistent if man Of his breadth of
mind could have ignored this issue.
which is the third. struggle for free
dom of this country and Of equal i'm
portance with the freeing of the slaves.
Throughout the world, man considers
the ballot his inalienable right and Is
ready to fight to the death should this
right be withheld, and in the cause of
justice there is no such thing as sex.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-08
Chickens to Spy
On Aeroplanes

The London Daily Chronicle re-
publishes from the Cologne Gazette
an odd article on the use OF animals
TO signify the approach of enemy
IDENTIFY quite serious. has -nosced
that the sight OF certain animals Is
lnuch keener than that OF human
beings, and in a hasty view OF the
entire animal kingdom he comes TO
the conclusion that birds have the
most alert vision and that hens and
pigeons are the birds most get-at-
able, most easily trained and most
reliable.
Hens protect their chickens
against soaring birds OF prey which
the sharpest human sight cannot
discover, the pigeons will fly in any
weather and are extraordinarily
docile The training OF q hen or a
pigeon 10 announce the approach OF
an aeroplane ia much easier than
one would think. They are to be
placed captured in the vicinity OF a
descending air machine and az soon
as the atrman lands he Is to rush
at the unfortunate fowls and be-
labor them with 4 rod. This prac-
tice Is TO be repeated until the hen
or the pigeon believes Its life to be
endangered by anything on large
scale descending from the skies.
All day long these terrified birds
will strain their vision skvward, and
the remotest speck In the vault OF
heaven will futter the dovecotes
and hencoops as nothing else would.
Another bird. which adapts itself
to this military service In the com
mon crow. He has most extraor.
binary eyes. which enable him TO
see In front OF him and behind. An
object for which q man requires .
telescope Il easily discovered by
the crow without any telescope.
Crows are very wise creatures, says
the Cologne writer. and once you
catch your crow. train him and
whaek him sufseientiy, you will be
surprised ut the results when the
enemy scropiancs come along.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-08
VISION
nv DR.. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915, by Frank Crane)


What we need most of all is to see,
with the minds eye, with the souls eye,
as well as with the two eyes in our head.
Thousands are struggling in the ruck
OF things who would gain confidence and
poise if they would only have a clear
view Of the eternal verities that deter
mine all conflicts.
We grope down in the fog-filled val
ley; we should get upon the mesa.
We but half understand the play Of
life because we cannot distinguish clear
ly the players; we need some sort OF
spiritual opera glasses.
We sail blunderingly the sea Of events
because we lack telescopes for the mind
by which better to discern the head
lands and the shore lights Of truth.
II you could see you wouldn't let your.
self stew and fume in family quarrel;
you would not remain confused and
desperate in a forest Of hates and
grudges: you would not be smothered
in the atmosphere Of constant misunder-
standing.
Blind and foolr' says many woman
after she has wrecked her married hap
piness by her temper, her intolerance, or
her folly; says the husband after he has
sacrificed the richest contentment Of life
on the altar of selfishness.
eff had only seen. only understoodr
cries the child when the mother Il gone
forever.
Alas, that II should take calamity,
tragedy. even death to unseal our eyesi
There are several requisites to intelli-
gent sight.
First of an is love. If you do not love
a book. picture. statute. a view OF
nature, a man, a woman, or child, you
cannot hope to see. Aversion, contempt,
and indifference are all blind as bats.
Never Judge a person or thing you
don't like.
You cannot see the great laws that
control life and destiny il your point Of
view is selfish or unclean. Blessed are
the pure in heart for they shall see."
II you are blue, pessimistic, worried,
shut in by fear. grumbling. downcast,
you are cloud-bound; you cannot hope to
see. You can accomplish many things
without being noble: you can get rich.
YOU cannot see the beauty Of this world;
you cannot see the necessity of the next.
You must not yield to the weak credul-
ity that clings to pleasing fancies and
calls them beliefs, but you must have
faith that supplements. harmonizes with
and fits the facts you know.
Give me not scenes more charming: give me eyes
To see the beauty that around me lies.
To read the trail OF souls. see angels shy
Among the faces OF the passersby.
do not ask for swccter music than
The common. daily symphony OF Man.
Could but grasp It's counterpart, and see
How each discord melts toward harmony.
do not ask for more to seek and love me-
do not ask for brighter eyes to move me,
but sharper sense, to miss no haIng sign
OF fellowship In spirit seeking mine.
No golden shore seek. but heart that sings
The exquisite delight Of common things
The Kingdom OF Heaven is not There. but Here
o for the seeing eye and hearing ear!
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-08

In The Eastern theater OF war
Germany and Austria-Hungary oc-
cupied $1,000 square miles CT Rus
sian territory on August 30th. In
the area occupied there II popula-
ton OF about $4,000. 900 people. The
resources Of this area lie principal.
" IN fts agriculture. II h also the
most highly industralized part of
Russia, but IN this respect can In no
way compare with such develop
ment in Germany. Belgium. or Aus
tria. The railroads and communi.
cations running through this area
are tho best in Russia. while the
coast OF the Baltic provinces fur
nishes excellent ports for access TO
the sea. Tho total superficial areas
OF the territory held both IN the
West and In the East by tho Ger.
manic allies amounts TO $1,000
square miles. with q population OF
$4,000, 900 people. The area OF the
whole German empire amounts To
2os.7s0 square miles. The hostile
area occhpied IL therefore nearly
one-haIf the size OF the empire. The
Russians retain a foothoid In cast.
crn Galicia which embraces $500
miles Of agricultural isnd.-The
Worlds Work.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-08
ClOrieS of Texas Panhandle
Described By Ranch OWners

! Interesting TO see how many varie-
ties surrounded me, and in the space
OF an acre of land found 80 diff
ferent kinds OF wild flowers. I laid
them all out In a row side by side
and felt like a culprit for having
plucked them-indeed. | would like
to have said nice little burial serv-
ice over them had | known a prop
er one.
That was one OF the things I did
up on that hill. Another was to
watch the work horses and mules
coming up 70 camp from the pasture
for salt. Funny IL was to see them
coming along In pairs as they are
matched and work In the field. How
companionable they seemed togeth-
err, and how full and comfortable and
certain Of their destination and per.
haps destiny. How they fused
around the sal, put out for them and
then all pulled out for the top OF
the hill. where big windmill Is
constantly pumping water for them.
One old white mule that works on
the cake wagon all winter led the
procession: they all lined up around
the tub and drank and splashed and
snapped at each other like a lot OF
kids. They. too. were feeling the
magic OF the evening.
What an easy thing II would be 20
slip back and be a savage again. Is
II because we were at one time
savages that we love these things IN
nature so much, or IA II because they
are an index to another step In our
journey? Who can tell?
Go mp on a hill once in while
and relax. Whether you are man
ager of q big business OF little
rancher Il win do you good
ers' Gazette.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-08
What is Normal Trader"

The Austro-Hungarian government,
having failed in the scheme of its am
bassador to tie up our factories by
strikes and riots, now renews its protest
against the sale of arms and munitions to
such nations as are in position to receive
them They say they would not object
to normal trade in arms and NUM-
tons? If this means that we can sell
only what We would find market for in
time Of peace then We can sell only when
there is no market.
1t means that we cannot help out the
unprepared nation suddenly attacked,
nor buy in abnormal" quantities when
we are suddenly attacked.
Secretary Lansing will hardly feel
called upon to reply to this.
The normal sale of these things is
the sale of enough to supply the market
when there is a market-in war time.
In the meantime the central empires
keep on offering fancy prices for cotton
to be bought in America. And cotton is
the most important ammunition in the
war. For every company of 800 men in
the Germanic armies there is an am
munition train carrying three bales Of
cotton in the form of gun cotton: and
three discharges of one of those 42-cen-
timeter howitzers takes bale of cotton.
Cotton is as much ammunition as nj
troglycerine.
Germany now contemplates drive on
Egypt for the purpose, principally. of OBJ
tanning Egyptian cotton with which to
make nitro-cellulose-which is gun cot
ton. In other words the Germanic en-
pires are making bids for ammunition,
and kicking because we are selling am
munition to her foes-which is all right
if she can make us fall for it.
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How Suggestion Works
BY n. ApoiNoToN BRUCE,
Author Of The Riddle OF Personality.
Psychology and Parenthood." etc

Though much has been written about sugges
ton and its importance IN medicine, education,
and social reform, there s1n Is widespread mis-
understanding az TO its nature and mechanism.
great many people speak OF II az though II
were some occult agency. Yet actually there is
nothing in the slightest occult about IL.
Suggestion iE Of the most natural OF
forces, and II Is of the most universal OF
forces In some form II Ia In operation all the
time to affect the minds and conduct OF men for
good for evil
II consists In nothing more than THE INTRO |
DuCTION- OF AN IDEA INTO THE MIND IN !
SUCH WAY AND WITH SUCH FORCE
THAT IT oXERcnMES ALL OPPOSING IDEAS
AND LEADS TO ACTION IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE IDEA INTRODUCED.
Every time we yawn after seeing another per
son do So we provide a concrete Instance Of the
operation OF suggestion.
For we have yawned in accordance with the
idea of yawning introduced into our mind by the
sishf OF the other persons open mouth.
Also we illustrate In our own person the opera
ton OF suggestion whenever we purchase an ar
ticle that has been called 10 our attention oy
newspaper advertisement.
Our choice of the particular article bought is
governed by the fact that the advertisement ha'
introduced into our mind the IDEA that THIS par
ticular article In the one we ought TO choose. We
have accepted this idea. and we have acted on
IL.
Thus suggestion may be set In motion BY
-iuarirrrtr a-wcii ~ animate obtects cfearfy
there IL nothing occult In process like this
Clearly ~ Ia entirely matter on luses Nicnf
w. too it's efficacy depends on whether we &C
cept or reject the ideas suggested 20 Us by the
words and actions OF the people with whom we
come into contact or By the things we see ano
hear.
This is the central and most important fact
In suggestion. What really counts II the wa,
we react To the ideas suggested to Va by ex
ternal agencies. UNLESS WE ACCEPT THEM
they have for no suggestive value whatever
Consequently the one decisive factor In cue
gestion In ourselves. The degree OF our roadi
ness to accept and act ideas presented 10 oul
mind--in word. our suggestibility-is the all
important thing.
Are we then. in a position 10 control and mod
~ our suggesubility. so that we shall accept
only good suggestions and reject bad ones?
Assuredly we can do this. BY THE PltOCES'
OF TRAINING OUR MIND TO EXAMINE
THE IDEAS INTRODUCED INTO
1T.
II Il because people DO NOT STOP TO
THINK that suggestion IL 30 potent force for
harm a. well "a for good. The habit OF critical
reflection IL all that is needed TO counterfeit ifs
hurtful possibilities.
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From, Another Point of VietD

Let Phila. and Bn. have the worlds
series. We've got the Pros and Cons Of
the purchase plan and they are at bat
every night for month.
Hard to tell what the baking states are
going to do.
To your biographies, o readerl Scene
now shifts to Salonika and Varna.
In Detroit, however, hearts stop whsn
the cars stop. See casualty list
Points About People
The Teutons, who made such N I'M
preston in Belgium, are sojourning In
Serbia for space.
He who refuses to fight and stays away
may live to fight some other day
Balkans.
The Chicago vets will parade next Sun
day as a protest against the closed So
looms. They're bound to have something.
Foreman Composing Room: Keep that
name set I'D and handy from this on
Gait, Mrs. Norman Gait. Dye hear?
There isn't even subdivision among
the real estate as to the feasibility of taxi
ing over the D. u. r.
American harvest fields this year beat
everything in the world-.save in the pro-
duction of trenches.
The New PenOlogy
Newspaper men are now permitted to
appear before the Michigan board of par
dons.
Odd Name Contest.
poke Detroit Directory orchestrs)
Fife, II. B., 627 Ssyburn-ave.
Drum, C. E., 365 McClellan-ave.
Fiddler, X. L., 302 Philadelphia-ave. E.
Horn, Albert, Is Brush.
Harp, L. A., ATT Grand River-ave.
Vial, August, 277 Fischer-ave.
Piper, A. H., 400 Townsend-ave.
Organ, Bert, 351 Custer-ave.
Singer, A. j., 449 Artillery-ave.
Melody, J. j., los Cherry-ave.
F. W.T.
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for the most part the children. One
attack usually protects person
against the disease FOR the remand
er OF life.
Measles Il an exceedingly old dis
ease, and has been affecting man
Kind almost constantly for hundreds
" years.
While the public IN accustomed
TO think measles as a trivial and
slight disorder. hardly worth con-
sideration, and while the psopio
generally believe that n II a disensc
which must occur sometime IN iifo.
Il II really a very serious disease
affecting the human race.
II causes In tho United statos
nearly three times as many deaths
as smallpox. and nearly as many
AZ scarlet fever. Measles and
whooping cough together cause
nearly as many deaths as diphth-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-08
A Poem a Day
THE nRAyE.

THE BRAVE.
IL Is not the desert lonely.
Nor at the mast head DER the wave.
Nor with the climbing IRE ascending
Imperiled life TO save.
Nor on the battlefield. that only
Are found the brave
All. no. Unmarked. pains passion
flowers.
Through night intoierably deep.
They hind in silence. mutely pray
ing
Enduring. not TO keep
Their watchers wearying through
the hours
hut let them sleep.
Through all the winter chill. ere
morning.
DER many frozen trail. wis.
Fighting their course. that waiting
children.
Life's nurture may not miss
Against tho blast they journey,
scorning
As bitter kiss.
From Hight towers sending forth ut
New hope. In place of old despair,
Toiling In mines. In factories toll
But. an, why seek. why care.
To name them Ger: The brave. thank
heaven.
Are sverywherei
FLORENCE Earle Coatsa In Harper's.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-08

Down In the Texas Panhandle. Just
back OF our little ranch house. or
Chicken Greek Camp. we call II. IL q
hill overlooking our pasture. Per
hxps the pasture contains 4U,0Do
acres: actual acres do not matter 80
much. but 1t Is very big pasture,
and there are other big ones around
II, and a man on a horse a mile or
50 away Is only . speck on the horf
zon. While man may have put a
fence around a lot of the country,
Nature Is very much the proprietor
and the grass, the wild flowers. the
evening wind and the mocking bird
over In the thorn tree are in full
and peaceable possession OF the
country. Your warranty deed or
leasehold means very little to them.
Just Why drifted up on this hill
a few evenings ago Is not important.
The first thing that attracted my at
tention was q girl with a bit Of red
ribbon around her neck and waist. rid
Luk way iIOAu tuC NeAAR Oh q rRt-Aatt
buckskin horse In company with a
young cowboy. II was charming TO
watch those two trot OF together
and out of sight on their way to the
other camp IA miles away. where
supper was awaiting them Riding
away over the plains they were typL
cal of Texas. with its cattle. horses.
romance. all woven through It's his
tory OF development from the gulf
to the Canadian rfver-Texas, where
the romance Of the South and the
adventure Of the West mingle.
Did you ever see the Texas Pan
handle at It's very best? This year
is a treasure year down there and
nature IA showing on. Sitting mp on
the hin was impressed with tho
fact that around me was the rarest
flower garden In the world. leagues
OF land covered with choice, delicate
blooms. nearly all Of them growing
20 uniform height, about a. tail
as the grass and 40 mixed with It
as 70 make a harmonious mass OF
bright colors and green. Up there
on my throne thought II would be
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-08
VeniZelos is Greatest
Public Man in Greece

Eleatherios renfzeios, premier or
Greece. and said to be the most re-.
markable man that country has p.o-
duced since the days OF It's great.
ness. has resigned on account OF the
difference OF opinion between him
self and King Constantine in regard
TO the policy TO be pursued In re-
ward To the war.
The king has held for neutrality.
being partially sym pathetic toward
Germany by reason OF education and
various affiliations. though the peo-
pie of Greece at large are allied
TO France by reason OF racial ain.
stincts, which they have In com
mon. venizelos played powerful
hand last spring AMI removed three
ministers from office who were an
tagonistic to what he considered the
best interests OF Greece, and also
the chief OF staff OF the army for
limiting TO the press that II would
be better for the army TO be respon.
sible TO the crown. than TO "a min
lister OF the crown" II IL probable
that personal enmity had much TO
do with the cabinets refusal 30
uphold bis policies and his conse-
quent resignation last March, three
months before the general election.
When the election took place. he
was unanimously returned to power.
A native Of the island OF Crete,
venixelos IL one Of the great fig
ures Of Europe. A man with an iron
win but with idealistic vision. his
one aim has been to restore to
Greece her ancient glory. With
this end In view. he was the most
influential factor In forming the
Balkan league which had for It's OBJ
ject the stopping Of any Turkish
invasion In Europe. That this league
was dismembered after the Balkan
war. was, In his estimation. q fear
ful lack of political diplomacy on
the part Of Europe.
When the present war broke ont,
veni1elos saw q possibility Of re-
storing to Greece her lost Islands
in the Aegean, which are still peo-
pied b. Greeks. and also her ancient
possessions in Asia Minor. He
strongly urged the king to enter
the war and asserted thai the coun.
try was In greater danger by main
tanning neutrality than In Joining
the allies, for with victory on either
side. Greece was bound TO lose He
even advocated giving up Cayalla.
on the Bulgarian frontier, for the
greater gain which he felt would be
theirs.
His ambitions were not merely
for territory. but for the rescue of
his race, which II being terribly per
secuted on the former Greek pos
sessions In Asia Minor. AT pres.
ent there people TO the number OF
1000, 900, are refugees crowded on
the small Greek islands.
Personally, venizelos 10 said to be
kindly. moderate and benevolent,
but ruthless and Incorporating IN
sweeping from his path inccmpe-
,ence or self-seeking. In the eyer
OF Europe he IL considered a great
man and Greece's best asset. He
10 the idol Of the people. who re
gard him an their friend.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-08

llEssists Of this city md doubt
- whole United States win
40 slxth, 1915. as = red let
- scroll Of their memory and
HANKS, Ia their different
III pEssidsnt Of this country.
( ~ lends has announced
~ bsllsves IA the right
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nation or the
air pas Re5
and a peculiar
mottled. dusky-
rad eruption ef
the skin. II
commonly oc-
ours in epidem-
les. attacking
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Mrs.. Dasher - Calm Yourself
Belle. Biily's car has turned turtle
on the Kingsbridge road. but there
isn't 4 bruise on Billy.
Mrs. Slasher--Oh. indeed Well
there will be n that new car II
Junk
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-08

Smith-How are you making out
With your garden patch?
Jones-Well, II the good die
young" there are no better vege-
tables than mine.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-08

Motorly--Pve. got the best little
runabout In this town.
Trotter-Mebbc you've never seen
my wife.
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The Keep Well Column
N EAsLE9.

Measles is most highly contag. A.,
ious disease accompanied By inf,au.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-08

erfa. The MORALLY from measles 10
much higher than Is generally
thought.
Careful studies indicate that
measles II spread directly from
caas to case, snd r. rarely. II ever,
conveyed indirectly by infected OBJ
jects or by q third person. Measles
10 extremely infectious. and can
De acquired By very slight expos
ure.
While II IA true that measles ia
itself not usually sufsciently So
we're TO be dangerous to life. I,
sometimes gives rise 10 other con
ditions which are exceedingly dan
gcrous. II may aiso load To one o,
more conditions which are exceed
ingly dangerous. IL may also Leaf
TO one or moro conditions which ar,
usually responsible for tho DEATH
| attributed - measles. The mos
frequent OF these complications 4,
measles In pneumoni1. seriou
troubles with the ewes. e-rs. herr
and Kidneys may also follow mea'
les.
Moderation should be the
slogan for the health seeker.
Excessive exercise 10 dangerous
"a ths hesrt eauelro ~ to hs
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-08

Some machine guns have q nring
power OF more than 1000 shots q
minute.