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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-23
FACES.
eY OR. FRANK CRANE
q Copyright, 1915. by Frank Crano.)

Along Safest, in Chicago, streams
an unceasing river of faces, swelling
and ebbing Mississippi. Along Wash
ington-st., in Boston, another flood.
Along Broadway, New York, another.
Who has sailed these waters has had
experiences stranger than those of voy-
ayers of the Amazon or the far River
of Doubt.
Every day they run at full tide; every
night they thin and vanish.
When you breasted these rivers of
faces you saw thousands Of souls glanc-
ing at you, as the sun flashes in mid
stream from myriad ripples. Ghosts,
strange, mysterious things called souls,
developed you. You swan the infinite.
Faces-sad, withered, intent, careless,
happy, gloomed, sunny. Every one with
"a life struggle behind it. Every one
speaking its hopes, breads, comedies, and
tragedies in the mute language Of eye
shine and lip-curve,
Facesl There goes one stamped with
pride, set in self-sufficiency. challenge
or egotism. There goes young one, lit
with wonder. Yonder is bitter one, be-
hind il a snarling heart Here is child's
face, eager. full of the JOY Of the world,
fronting the universe as IL it were all
a gay show.
Do not pass them by, intent on your
own errand, as bored voyagers sail
through hiseoric rivers and occupy them
selves with playing cards in the smoke
room. Look at them. Study them.
Sense them.
Each one is hieroglyph Of that un-
known Being who thinks in terms of
souls. who goes on making His endless
experiment of mankind. What do these
faces mean? Eternal enigma, insolvable
as the crowded stars, as the swarm OF
microscopic lives!
Intending procession II passed here
before you were born, planning, loving,
crime seeking, pleasure hunting, noble
and base; il is the same now, ever new,
ever the same; as the old Tiber sweeps
by Rome, the Tiber fresh from the melt
ing SHOWS of this spring, yet the same
Tiber into which eaped Horatius.
The human face is the masterpiece OF
the Creator, upon which he has been
working, 10! these long cons, slowly per-
fecting, through beast and bird, some
thing through which spirit can express
itself.
When you smile, when you frown, you
perform an act that it took millions OF
centuries to make possible.
Mark That one there! 1t is the
hundredth mans. Ii is face where
from beam kindness, heartiness. good
Fellowship: vast patience, tempered wis
dom. You want to stop him and speak.
yet you know not what to say. He cheers
you He seems golden galleon sailing
among soled and battered craft.
| And that woman, You try not to
stare. but your eyes follow her. Good
ness, sweetness, the divine, the eternal
| feminine. are in her face.
! Such faces haunt you, and breed in
you love for humanity.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-23
Let the People
Rule-and Write
No Favor. For the Manlpula,or.

No Fsvors For the MsnIpuIators.
To the Editor Of The Times:
Il looks to me. az II the same
crowd that led the desperate but
unsuccessful fight against the cur.
rency law and the federal reserve
banks. has started another crusade
against an administration that will
not be dictated to by the worst ele.
ment In wall.st. Comptroller VIII
liams can be relied upon TO enforce
the law and rules governing his de-
partment without fear or favor
all banks can be assured n impair.
tiaf but rigid enforcemcF OF every
regulation.
As bank director and deposition I
an anxious that every official ex.
ercise the same vigilance and equal
inQuisitiveness Banks are busted
from the inside, not from without.
and every precaution taken 20 pro-
tect the credit OF banks should be
upheld by bankers who want the
confidence OF the public.
am quite sure the developments
OF the Riggs bank fuss will demon.
strate to every fair-minded person
that our national banking system
was never In safer or more compe-
tent hands.
In spite OF every effort OF the
enemies OF this administration to
retard resumption OF normal buzz
ness conditions, we have now
reached an unmistakable business
revival. To the resctionary and
cheap politicians. nothing can be 30
disconcerting as this era OF pros
perity, now fairly under way. and,
TO my mind. based upon sound bust
ness principles. which means a
healthy development OF business and
the employment OF our working men
with splendid returns TO our farm
ers for their produce.
Banks and bankers who are inter
ested in promoting legitimate indus
try. need have no worry. but this
administration can't be expected TO
waste much Of its energy taking
care OF questionable manlpulators.
EDWARD FRENsDORF.
Hudson. Mich April ~, 1915.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-23

blow the nose.
When a mother
tightly grips .
child's nose In .
handkerchief and
tells the child 10
blow hard she
unconsciously r.
paving the way
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-23

Together Jack Johnson and Jess Will
lard suQhtsto get up pretty good din
ner. Johnson has the reputation of be-
ing splendid cook and Willard, we
know, is there with the punch.
DR.. Pearl, poultry authority OF Maine. says
that a hens egg Is similar to the human skull
with regard to variations In size and shape
Science Note.
Only, we presume, some Of the skulls
wouldn't bring as much per dozen.
The Colonel seems to be testifying
with the idea in mind that anything he
does not say will be used against him.
Here's hoping those parties who have
been frustrated in an attempt to kidnap
Harry Thaw meet eventually with com.
plete success.
Prof. G.. A. West recently uncovered
remains Of an Indian near Tryon, N. C..
dating back, il is estimated, to 1850. II
might be remarked that the professor
seems to have discovered pretty good
one.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-23
STORM ACCOMMODATES

G. n. Jennison. who lives near Long Beach
Wash. planned to move his home back 20 feet
no one was In. huge breaker picked ND ths
house and moved n back 20 feet. setting n DOVE
squarely on the ground so gently. Jennison savs
that pail OF milk and pot OF coffee on III,
table we're not spilled.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-23
Accidental Truth.

What grounds have you for think
ing that Dasher. the editor. was for
meriy a stenographer?"
lie returned enc OF my manu-
scripts the other day with the en-
dorsement. Rejected. but not read
Puck
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-23

To one who has Just finished paying t75 coal
bill Il was a real adventure 70 hear this story
about the fuel problem that confronted Los
Angeles man who moved there last fall from the
East
II was assured" he related. that I would
not need more than a ton Of coal. II that much.
After I had bought my coal for the furnace
began TO think about the item OF kindling wood.
went 10 the fuel place where had bought the
coal but they told me they did not handle kind
ling. And they could not say offhsnd who did
handle It l looked about, but for the life Of
me was not able to find anybody who sold kind
ling. As stood on the corner in front OF gro
Gerry wondering what 20 do. glanced In win
dow and saw a display Of oldfashioned wooden
ciothes-pins. That gave me an idea. went IN
and asked the man what he would take for q
bushel OF clothespins. He quoted me a price
that seemed fairly reasonable and bought them
for my wood box. They proved 20 be cheap
and satisfactory form Of kindling and, supple
menfed By Sunday supplements. lasted me nj
winter. ] have few Of them yet
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-23
X. Wa. the Music.

Hello. old man. What's the mat.
ter with your foot7"
We had dance at our house last
night. and ! sprained my ankle play.
ing the pianola. IN. Y. World.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-23

optimist--Thst boy win be presi-
dent some day.
Pessifnist-That boy viii be vice
president some daye-Puck.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-23
From, Another
Point of VielU

An Oregon woman is credited with
having killed bear with hoe. Hoe!
hoe!
The daily peace rumor is crowded of
the first page today by news Of the i'm
pending clash of the fleets in the North
sea.
II may be that Huerta has dropped
into this country to salute the. flag.
Sing song o. six pence,
Englands going dry,
King and all the royalty
Cutting out the rye.
Tommy's on the war path,
Hear the blackbirds sing
Country's on the wagon,
Sitting with the king.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-23
The President Calls For Care
q Wise Press Will Exercise


President Wilson's address in New
York is reminiscent Of Lincoln.
In it, he shows Lincoln's habit of look
Ing beyond the circle surrounding him
beyond the cries Of the newspaper head
writer's, to the people at home-the quiet
sane, slow-judging people.
He has confidence in these people
confidence that they are slow to anger
lovers Of peace, eager for justice.
He knows that often the words on
their lips are but surface flashes, and
do not spring from the heart.
He recognizes the cry of interference
Is the European war as an empty cry,
conceived in thoughtlessness, and dis
owned by sober judgment.
Yet he is aware that multitude Of
such ill-begotten voices may, all to-
rether, cause weight that win disturb
de balance Of staid, careful citizens,
causing them to send their country drift
lng whittier in wiser moments they
would be sorry to have her go.
There Is but one means by which the
voices ,of the trouble-makers can reach
enough people to make them important,
md that Is through the press.
{
Therefore, says the president, it be-
hoovss the press to beware of angry ru-
mor, Of malicious report. Of sensation.
He is aware Of the rivalry of news
papsrs to be first with the news, to
otartle the public with the first intima-
3 ton Of q big movement in the world.
He is sadly aware, also, of the pres
4 ence in the country Of thoughtless or un-
scrupulous publishers, who viii found a
scars-head on the false report Of an
idiot, and refuse to lift the veil of Rumor
4 for fear Of the discovery that she bears
the hideous lineaments Of Falsehood, in
stead Of the beautiful features Of Truth.
Such men--and there are such men
think neither Of the people they pretend
% serve, nor the country they pretend
20 love.
Their only thought is of their circu-
lation, Of their pockets.
But, happily, there are other publish
ers who believe that the road to success
Hes in the direction Of public confidence.
They are men who believe that the
game can be played in only one way
and IL the public chooses to applaud play
ers who have more fiashy style, these
men win retire from the field, rather
than adopt tactics which they deem un-
{ fair.
And In the long run, the public--the
same sober, thoughtful people on whom
President Wilson Is relying in this ma
tional emergency-applaud the clean
. player and turn from the other.
The Times agrees heartily with the
: president in HIS confidence in the Ameri-
can public.
since the beginning or the war, and
The presidents request that neutrality
be observed strictly. the Times has exer-
cissd unusual care to protect the public.
News dispatches were closely watched !;
those that seemed extravagant were dis
cardsd, or were held for confirmation be-
xors they were released to the public.
Wild rumors Of fleets sunk, Of for
tressss captured, which might have sold
"a edition to . public thirsting for news,
W. held until the apparently inevitable
1rial came, and were consigned to OBJ
Hvion.
9ayvills and Petrosrad were soon un-
conU1elon, and reports which ema-
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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-23

wrong pnehino shown the
the right Handksr
held
and the colds that
wrong understood when
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-23
SEEING AMERICA FIRST.
From diary:
~ FRED c. KELLY
Copyright. 1915. By Fred c. keiiyl

From diary:
western people are an accommodating lot In
San Diego one day I stopped a man TO inquire
street number. He began TO tell me how TO
get there. but his directions became so compii-
Gated that he saw would never be able TO figure
II all out. SO he said he would Just go Win % J,
I don't know how much business he was oonged
10 shirk in order TO steer me Alright. but he per
sisted An walking with me TO within hall oock
OF my destination
The most accommodating person have met.
though was traffic policeman In Los Angeles.
/ paused in crossing the street 10 ask him what
car 10 take TO find q certain street number
He cared off into space thinking intenty. ana
remarked: Let me See Then he took httle
book out Of his pocket and began 10 thumb the
pages. II took him a good while to find the page
he was hunting. and traffic began TO pile up
waiting for his whistle
Fl thought IL was right here in the front OF the
book" said the COP as he wet his index finger
and started through the pages again. Mean
while automobiles. trucks. and wagons seemed
10 be coming from every direction with all pos
sible haste TO Join in the blockade. No matter
where looked. I saw nothing but vehicles.
Maybe you'd better let few OF these auto
mobiles pass" suggested. for a number OF able
bodied chauffeurs were giving me savage looks
oh III find II In just a second" replied the
accommodating cop. He did not intend 10 delay
giving information TO a stranger within his gates
simply because a street or two was getting
blockaded.
Feeling that was the real cause Of the traffic
tie-up, could not help surveying what had
done with a sense OF pardonable pride. For near
" two blocks In four directions not wheel was
turning. Everybody was waiting on me TO finish
my talk with the traffic cop. Ny bosom s~elled-
Twas indeed one OF the big moments OF my life.
After proudly staring al my work for brief
pace decided 10 let traffic resume. 50 patted
the policeman soothingly on the shoulder. said
10 him: Il guess can find H." and dashed
toward the curb.
A. looked back saw him putting away his
little book with a hurt expression on his face
because had not waited any longer. But a mo-
ment later he gave bis signal. and soon Los
Angeles traffic had once more regained It's nor.
NAL ebb and flow.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-23


learns that most people who become
deaf in middle age are generally
suffering from the after-effects OF
colds which have travelled from the
nose TO the ear,
There are small delicate bones by
which sound waves are transmitted
from the ear drum TO the internal
ear and these bones are joined TO
gether at very small delicate joints
When these joints become stiff and
out OF order from some disorder OF
the ear then the hearing becomes
poor.
AZ nature arranged 10 have the
secretions In the nose run out oil
their own accord Il is only neces'
sary 10 hold the handkerchief up 20
The nose mot TO grip ~ and then
blow lightly.
Probably half the deaths that dc
not come from old age are due "a
ignorance. II is knowledge organ
lied into sanitation. diet rules, medi
cine and surgery that has 20 won
derfully reduced those terrib IL
death rates OF medieval times and
will reduce them still more In tbs
days that are to come.-The Out
look
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-23

Author OF The Riddle OF Personal
ity." Psychology and Parent
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-10-19
WILL HOLD POTATO SHOW
Annual Event to Take Place at Mari
nette Nov. 17-19-Will Feature
"Tuber Hospital"

Marinette.-The annual Wisconsin
Potato Growers show and convention
will be held here. Nov 1919.
The potato hospital" will be one Of
the big features for the control or
wiping out of potato diseases means
several million dollars of additional
profit each year to Wisconsin potato
growers.
The two largest auditOriums in the
city will be used for the show About
$1,000 in cash and merchandise pre-
miums will be awarded. Nearly all
middle western railroads will have
special representatives. present in pri-
vate cars, the best farm papers will
be represented. and many county
agents and agricultural school instruc-
tors from other states will be present
J. W. Hicks, a farmer of Prentice,
Wis, is president of the state growers
association, Prof. J. G. Milward of the
agricultural department of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin. is secretary-treasur-
er, and Anton Follstad Of Elcho, Wis,
is vice-president. Prof Milward is in
active charge of the general prepare
tions for the show. while local pre-
parations at Marinette are in the
hands of the Marinette County Potato
Growers association. of which Ralph
SkidmOre is president.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-10-19
Prehistoric Irritation Project.

The March project in Yemen, Ara
bia. in the very beginnings o. irriga-
ton, boosted a dam two miles long
and 12O feet high. built of immense
hown blocks of stone; which we must
admit was a bigger engineering task
than Elephant Butte. The March dam
held back the waters of a stream fed
by 20 tributaries, and stood the strain
for 1000 years. But it burst at last,
and with appalling results. That's
the difference. Or one difference.
These dams of ours are built for all
time, and in record time; how long
it took, how many men working IN
der what pressure to erect that Ara
bian wonder we don't know, but we
have reason for believing that present
day structures of the kind are erect
ed by infinitely fewer men and in far
less time, and with the permanency
of the abutting hills.-Christian Her
aid.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-10-19
AGED BEAVER DAM
PUBLISHER DIES
3. SHERMAN sUccUMBs TO AN
ATTACK OF HEART
TROUBLE.
LONG IN NEWSPAPER WORK
Deceased Editor Served as City Official
And in State LenisIature-En-
tered Newspaper Work
in 1862.

Beaver Dam.-B. F. Sherman, 70
years old, who ranked among the old
est newspaper men in Wisconsin in
point of service and age, died at his
home in this city. He had been i'll
with heart trouble.
Mr.. Sherman, who for many years
had been editor and publisher Of the
Beaver Dam Argus, was at his office
attending to his usual work up to a
short time ago. Since then he had
been confined to his home, gradually
failing until the end.
His newspaper work ia Wisconsin
extended all through the years from
1852. He came 70 Wisconsin from
Ann Arbor, Mich. in 1857, and in 1862
entered the Office of the Argus. In
1853 he took a part interest in the
publication and in 1884 purchased the
entire plant.
During the time that he was a resi-
dent Of Beaver Dam he served as city
treasurer and was a member of the
city council for twenty-One years. He
was a member of the state assembly
in 1879 and was elecred to the state
senate in 1892 He was prominent as
an OddfellOw and Mason.
Those who survive are five children,
four sons and one daughter, all Of
Beaver Dam.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-10-19
SOPHS WIN BAG RUSH
FIVE THOUSAND SPECTATORS
WITNESS ANNUAL EVENT.
Battle Lasts Twenty Minutes After
Which Varsity Band Leads
Downtown Parade.

Madison.-Before crowd esti-
mated at more than 5000 townspeo-
pie and university folk, the sopho-
mores won the annual bag rush from
the freshmen on the lower campus
When the final gun was fired the
sophomores had corralled eleven
bags, while the freshmen had only
four behind their goal line.
The rush was handled better than
any previous class scrap and there
was none Of the disorders that have
usually characterized the event.
Bleachers were erected around the
field, which was lined off so that the
battling classes had the enclosure all
to themselves.
Shortly before the rush the sophs
were around the campus with big
auto trucks, picking up any 1919 men
they happened to see. Whole wagon
loads Of "freshies" were deported
from the city, and it is estimated that
nearly 800 men were kept out of the
rush by these methods The yearlings
were bound and hauled out into the
country by their tormenters.
The battle lasted twenty minutes
after which the varsity band struck
up the varsity march and led the
downtown parade.
The only casualties that were re-
ported were 400 shredded shirts, a
few tattered trousers and several
ruffled dispositions.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-10-19
LEASE CAUSES SPECULATION
Supply of 100000, 900 Tons of Ore May
Come From Various indie
pendent Mines.

Superior-Speculation among 10
cal mining men as to the source of
the 30O,OO0,O0O tons Of iron ore I'M
der option to the Midvale Steel and
Ordinance company, is divided on
the question whether it is Great
Northern ore or iron owned by
number Of Independent concerns and
syndicates in the Lake Superior dis
tTict.
President Charles R. Van Hise of
the University of Wisconsin, an au-
thortty on iron ore sources, who is
here, expressed the opinion that the
Midvale option was upon a number
OF Independent holdings on the Me-
saba, Cayuna and Michigan ranges.
There is considerable unsold ore
on the Mesaba range, in the iron
river district of Michigan, and new
bodies are being constantly donated
on the Guyana.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-10-19
All for Fifteen ShiIIinqs.

Recently there appeared in Lon
don newspaper an advertisement for
an experienced insurance clerk, wages
Is shillings a week. The advertiser
got a lot of sarcastic letters, like the
following, and he deserved them:
Dear Sir-I would respectfully ap-
ply for the position you offer. l am
an expert in insurance in all it's
branches. In addition, l converse flu
emily in Gum Arabic, Gorgonzola, 70
la and Billingsgate. write shorthand,
long hand, left hand and right hand
l can supply my own typewriter, if
necessary, and l may mention that
typewrite half an hour in ten minutes
the record for Great Britain. would
be willing also to let you have the
services, gratis, of my large family
Of boys, and, if agreeable to you, my
wife would be pleased to clean your
Office regularly without extra charge.
The cost of postage for your answer
to this application can be deducted
from my salary. Please note that if
you have a back yard l would make
bricks il my spare time"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-10-19
Science and Nature.

One great feature of the nineteenth
century, from 1850 EDWARDS, was the
extraordinary progress of science and
the Interpretation of nature.
Everywhere it was discovered that
by keeping close to the sphere Of re-
atty. by seeking to understand nature.
we were able to make large progress,
not only in knowledge. but also in the
practical conveniences and utilities of
life.
If science won successes in the in
teliectual sphere, they were rapidly
adapted to the uses Of mankind. and
the conquest over nature meant not
only definite mental acquisition but a
larger material comfort.
Thus the keynote of the time was
naturalism in thought and unitarian
ism in morals and social life.