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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-12-08

The thing sums up this way;
Every so often the president of the
United States has to write message to
congress.
1t is the official, as well as the party
duty of this officer to keep his ear open
the better politician he is the better
his hearing and understanding, and the
nearer election it is. the more time ne
spends at the receiver.
Then he boils the talk down TO issues,
discusses them with party leaders and
with the members of his cabinet, when
may be as reactionary as common opinion
has put it down to be, and finally COM
promises with his own convictions.
Immediately following publication OF
the message, however, the members OF
congress begin hearing from home.
And it is our honest opinion that con-
gress is going to hear that the president s
program for preparedness is not popular
with the rank and file of the country's
people.
The message is too half-hearted In lts
preparedness scheme to convince the
country that Woodrow Wilson has his
whole heart and soul in its recommends
tons.
It reads as if he felt HE HAD TO DO
1T.
1t isn't exactly like Woodrow Wilson
to ignore the support there is in this
country for an international court.
1t isn't exactly like him to ignore
growing sentiment for the disarmament
of nations.
We are afraid the Wilson ear has been
exposed bit too much to cry for which
the munition makers, sordid capital and
a bossed press are responsible.
We are afraid President Wilson has
taken to trimming bit, and that he has
permitted himself to get within reach OF
the vocal influence" and that in his
middle-of-the-road position he has too
much in mind the coming year and party
preparedness.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-12-08
Oil Fatal to Birds

Extensive areas of floating oil on
the coast OF Scotland have caused
the death OF enormous numbers OF
guillemots. razorbills and puffins, and
a considerable number OF elder
ducks. Lady Erskine reports to the
Scottish Naturalist that en- June ~
at Kingsbarns the rocks were COW
cred with thick. brown oil some
seven inches deep In the crevices.
Dead birds were lying all along high
water marx. and large numbers In q
dazed condition. and. with their
feathers matted together with oil.
were sitting about Some elders
were also found in similar pitiable
plight.
The oil is supposed to have come
from some tanker that WAS sunk oy
. submarins.-New FORK World
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-12-08
BY Altman,
care of any individual case Of mental

care OF any individual case Of mental
trouble.
In many states of the union there
exist mental hygiene societies. whose
special business It Is 10 promote ma.
tional sanity through popular educa.
ton.
In some states social workers are
available for personal investigation
OF the home surroundings OF dis
charged patients. or of persons In
whom relatives fear insanity may be
impending.
Therefore. IL you are anxious about
your health OF mind, or about the
mental health of some member OF
your family. aud il you will write to
me in the care OF this newspaper.
shall be glad TO inform you OF the
nearest source for helpful and ex
pert advice.
II is always easier TO prevent in
sanity than TO cure IL. Cure itself
is no guarantee against recurrence
IL unfavorable conditions OF person
al habit or OF the environment are
allowed to remain unchanged.
Do not hesitate 20 write me X you
are anxious about yourself or about
some relative or friend Enclose a
stamped and addr6 ssed envelope
and will tell YOU where you should
apply for information that may mean
the preservation OF sanity Of mind
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-12-08
A Poem a Day
SWEET CIDER.


when the Lord made man for labor
and furnished the excuse
He provided little aples and nlled
them up with juicA
When Eve got tired OF loanng. as
~ normal ,,,;,,o women mar S would ia, =, an.
Piles very good. d.
so she took the laughing apples and
she put them In press
And every drop that fell contained
"Ho, ADAM Eve called gayiy. quit
your ioahng and wake up"
And she handed him the cider In a
big tin cup!
Then old Adam saw the folly Of his
And he thanked the kindly fortune
that had given him a wife
with a sense OF fitness pleasing TO
the Lord who made them both
And had wanted them 10 labor, And
10 labor nothing 10th
They started in contented. and both
very much alive
Since, they knew the Lord intended
, ,sst man should WORK and
And every tins their muscles ached
their hearts were lifted up
BY the thought Of apple cider in a
big tin cup.
I'd hate 10 think kindly. loving
Lord would Ger condemn
Dear Eve and mate 20 idleness-'twas
not the thing for them
He knew that strong endeavor sweet
ensd lives. Just like the frost
Will give to fruit n flavor rich that
otherwise IL lost
And when I think OF what they did,
and Of their great reward.
] thank dear Eve and Adam and 7
humbiy thank the LordN
know, that us by labor that the
"a soul II rNted up
/ And Mes sweets are like tho cider
-Crif Alexander
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-12-08
Photograph Needles

The photograph makers urge the
public never to use needle more
than once. The reason for this is
shown by microscopical examina-
lions made for the Scientific Amer
lean by J. B. Taylor.
These show that after once play
ing a l2-inch record the point OF
the needle IL Ike an engraving tool.
No serious harm will be done IL ~
be swung back and used again on
the same record, as Is often done
in dancing. But a record can be
ruined forever by playing II with a
needle that has been used before
on another record. for the sharp
shoulders OF the needle will not NJ
the grooves OF the record. but will
scrape or plough these into hicks
on alternate sides.
Mr.. Taylor calculates there is a
weight OF four ounces on the point.
and the average area OF the bearing
surface OF the point is 1.36.000 OF a
square inch: therefore II Is carry
ing a weight OF 1900 pounds TO the
square inch. In playing four rec
ords It travels 2.92s feet-that Is.
the records travel under II, which
amounts to the same thing-at an
average speed OF 1872 miles an hour
(2.73 miles an hour the maximum.
81 miles an hour the minimum
BY this time steel has been worn
OF its point TO depth OF 1900 OF on
inch. leaving II with a point like a
chisel.
Diamond and sapphire points are
all right on the monographs that
have up-and down grooves-the Edi-
son and Pathe. for instance-but
they cannot be used on those that
have lateral-cut grooves--the Victor
and Columbia. for instance-because
they do not m the slot. n too small
they wiggle from side 10 side. Civ.
ing false tones: II too large they
Jam and quickly wear out the edges
OF the grooves.
Steel needles are Sufficiently soft
TO wear from an approximate TO an
exact At m the first few revoiu.
lions OF playing a piece. and yet SUI.
fciently hard to play the whole OF
one or two records without wearing
down TO too extensive a shoulder
bearing. or too long a base bearing
for proper tone-rendering. New
York World.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-12-08
Pointed Paragraphs

And some people who are always
prepared for the worst remind us
" mourners at a funeral.
The prose version OF the nursery
rhyme may be that when Jack fell
down Jill sued for alimony.
Many a girl has found herself In
the spinster class because she was
too clever at the wrong time.
The average man thinks that n
the devil is ever caught he'll turn
out TO be a woman In disguise.
Time improves most things, ex.
cept women; they. Of course. have
been perfect from the beginning.
Advice is about the only thing
the average man will give freely
without money and without price.
When a girl gives a young man
the marble heart he is justified I'm
giving her the stony stare forever
after.
Nothing makes an angry wife so
frantic az the refusal OF her hus.
land 10 hand her a line OF back
talk.
And II YOU have more money than
YOU know what TO do 1ith. any OF
your fool friends VIII be glad to
advise you.
Time isn't much money when the
three ball merchant refuses to ad.
vance more than 60 cents on your
ctroncmeterr--
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-12-08
from Another Point of NieU
BIZ c. T. S.

Col. Roosevelt says Wilson is Byzan-
tine logothete. The Democrat who fail
ed to get the poStoffice would have given
good deal if he could have thought of
that
college team In California has signed
Negro pitcher with a record OF having never
been scored on 1t looks dark for the other
college teams w. NJ L.
Yes, w. NJ. L., black as pitch.
The picture taker careth not,
Nor fears a face will break it,
So longs the coin looks good to him,
He has the face to take it.
Few have received the iron cross COM
pared TO the number Of us whoshave re-
ceived the double one.
Smallpox is said to have been carried
to family in Minneapolis in a bakery
cake. When the baker has smallpox. il
seems, one can eat his cake and have it.
We have been looking for a word
Or two to rhyme with Xmas;
But have concluded finally
That it can't be done.
Some good news for the vets: A
French scientist declares the oceans will
never go dry.
Furthermore, the number of scoffers
at the Ford ship considered, the real SEN
timent for peace appears to be all at sea.
These Are times when fat goose finds
- p kssp abreast.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-12-08
"Slckly SentimentaIism."

20 the Editor Of The Times:
Some people who make careful
plans for preparedness for defense
Of their own homes. banks and
places OF business are fighting down
the preparedness plan to defend our
country. but wherein Is the differ
ence? A man would not hesitate to
shoot a burglar IL IL were necessary,
and the law approves this. IL II is
right TO protect ones possessions at
the point OF pistol, why is II not
right TO protect ones country at the
point Of the sword? II We prepare
the best defenses for our home and
shop why -Ret -buy-the latest and
most approved devices TO protect our
country? Some people talk In sickly
sentimental fashion end say that
they do not Ike to let foreign ma
tions think that we mistrust them,
but WHY such great dellcacy about
tine feelings OF Turk or Hindoo or
German or Euglishman when we
fail to exercise any such delicacy In
dealing with our own American citi.
zens? Why do we boldly bar the
door against our own American
brother and leave our door wide
open for Turk? Many OF us seem
TO be void OF reason ana common
sense.
There is a saving that Far away
fowl have always fair feathers"
Are We such simpletons as TO be de-
luded by mere distance? TIC the fool.
ish Distance lends enchantment,"
but wiser men are willing to touch
and handle plain every day facts
without the elamor Of distance TO
be wilder and dazzle them. Why do
we keep a revolver to protect our.
selves against brother American
and yet we will throw away our re-
volver the moment we see Turk or
n Chinese for fear those dear for
eigners might be offended or sus-
pcct that we thought them capable
OF harming no? The dear innocent
dove-like Turk; why should we sus'
pect him? Why do we pour the
Walls OF our wrath and suspicion and
tho contents OF our shotgun ut an
offending American and keep only
mercy, compassion and courtesies
for the Turk? We are inconsistent
and unjust. Why do we build col
lcyes to educate the Chinese when
thousands OF our own Americans in
the mountains cannot read or write
and never heard OF God or Christ
II IL our sickly sentimenta'ism.
MARGARET - McAULEY,
Nh. Brooklyn-8ye.
Detroit. Dec. s.VSs1b.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-12-08
Let the People
Rule-and Write

What Cory preparedness" Forgets
To the Editor Of The Times:
Those who would prepare" our
nation for departing from its pacific
policies. a la Europe's national de.
Tense" extravaganza OF AZ years
forget.
(a) To mention that expenditure
OF $2,900.0 zoo. 900. or 49.4 per cent OF
our entire national appropriations,
for armament. during Ia years fol
lowing the Spanish-American war
an expenditure which has annually
enlarged with each year since 1912
reaching the enormous sum of $375.,
600, 900 for 1915.
(b) To speak Of the expenditure
increase OF e0i per cent. upon our
highly eficient. well-paid army. dur
ing 40 years following 1872. when
the average increase for Austria
Hungary. France. Germany. Great
Britain. italy, Russia, and the Unit
ed States. during the same period
was las per cent. "Defenseless'
America has led the Christian pow
ers, due to Eirope's preparedness
policies. by IS per cent in army,
efficiency increase for national de-
tense. Mr.. Ammunitions Maker
while Europe prepared for slaugh.
ter.
(c) To refer to the expenditure
increase OF Sal per cent upon our
navy during the same period fol
lowing Roosevelt's sugar trust war
for defense against Europe's pre-,
paredness. Europe and Americas
average expenditure increase during
the period was 422 per cent.
While Europe was breaking its
back with preparedness" taxation
America Was forced 10 secure ade
quate defense. Now, with Europe
breaking its neck. II possible. as a
result Of pseudo-preparedness apos
ties OF the old order attempt TO turn
America into cannon-fodder fac
tory for munitions profit In ordel
to accomplish this private-pront de
Tense. truth must be distorted. sup
pressed. and. II possible. banishet
70 ethical China. by sanctimoniou.
preparedness"
The ideals OF America expressed
in adequate national defense. be
come peace at any price" conquest
policies in disguise are exalted. with
ont success. and the actual fact:
regarding our defense situation are
judiciously ignored. by gore-hunters
and proft-seekers.
c. f. PARSONS. p. D., VI. A.
American Peace Society.
Detroit. Dec s, 1915.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-12-08
LABOR AFTER THE WAR.

Political and social upheavals IN the oeuhger
ent nations, after the war. have been ireeH pre-
$3.50 Sometbinp NJ that sort may easily occur
ono thing seems certain, that the higher cost
OF living. and the increased taxes sure to follow
for a long time, will lead to resolute demand
by the working classes that the Increased wages
which they have been getting In wartime De con
timed or even be made larger still. We In this
country shall doubtless face that as well as Ger
many and England Already II Is sense OF
the role which the iaboring men are going 20
NAV which lends importance 10 what their
snokesmen are saying now.-New York Evening
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-12-08

afnict mankind u
preventable.
II a person will
daily observe the
following health
rules the body
will be able TO re-
sist attacks by
the germs that
cause the disease.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-12-08
OFFICE AMID TREES.

Kansas City appears To be the birthplace OF
an idea which every student OF city problems
will hope may grow and prevail On a high
hiIl-most Of Kansas City is on one high hill
or another-a mile and a half from the bust.
ness center OF town. stands n office build.
ing. exposed on all four sides TO the fresh air
of heaven and surrounded by grass ard trees
II might be n sanatorium or a college building.
but "a Is an insurance office. why not" says
the man who built II. II do most az my bust.
ness by mail and telephone. Why house my.
self and my assistants in downtown office
building In the canyons of a modern cIty?'-
Milwaukee Journal
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-12-08

Next Easter will fall on April %.
onlf once again in this century will
IL be 80 late. 1919, when the date
will be April Is. the latest that II
possible.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-12-08

Help the national night against tu.
beroulosis by putting Red Cross
seals on your holiday mail and
Christmas packages Every cent
paid Tot a seal helps stamp out dis
ease.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-12-08

Always breathe fresh air
fresh air that is pure air. not a
fresh supply OF impure air.
Eat nourishing food and drink
plenty of pure water.
SNAKE sure that svsrything you
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-12-08

Or. Rachelle Yarrows OF Jane AdCIms' Insti.
tuition. Hull House. Chicago says that a giggllnr
girl should be summed by young men, but that
the girl who nirts with you Is the one to tie 20.
as flirting 10 . sign OF real love. Oh, you Rs
chel1e! oh, you Hirtf.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-12-08

put In your mouth is clean. Wash
your hands before eating and battle
your whole body often. Clean the
teeth every day.
t-ENercise every day In the open
air, At least take a walk. Kee1
your shoulders straight. Take 10
deep treatAs every day.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-12-08

idea is that we are in danger Of an in
vasion and of having our coast shot up
and New York, San Francisco and ii
Paso taken simultaneously-why not
PREPARE?
The few men the message recommends
for a standing army, and the compari-
lively few ships that are recommended,
wouldn't stop an invasion from Windsor
or, hardly, a crap game in Detroit.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-12-08

Hard to Convince Ones
Beh It's q Wilson Message
HI the message Of Woodrow Wilson
70 aixty-fourth congress been lost by
- the wilderness while in the course
- preparation, and before he had at
~ his signature, it would have been
\ 20 recognize as the work of the
1eut Of these peace-loving United
n sproparedness" recommendation
have almost hidden its identity.
&tsrary quality it is up to the
ioe Wilson standard.
llisr's Weekly, in the latest issue,
~ Wilson achievements have been
~ litsrary).
~ conception of Parliamentary
Without ''the spirit of empire in it, .
~ embodiment of the spirit of
nd independence and liberty and
n1 Service," it bears the mark of the
4 Wilson vision.
( y IL reference to the one duty of the
III States toward Mexico, and that
0toctinn only Of the right of the
W of Mexico to freedom from dicta-
there IL the sound of the true
n pulDe beats and the evidence of
xeat human instincts for which he
IN beloved by all of his own peo-
~ castigation of undesirable
notsd Americans, and the branding
o - : menace within our borders,
II TIE Wilson courage and positive
HIT 1rst sent his star ascending
oEnmsnded him to his party for
nip and to the people for the high
o he holds.
III coming to the subject of pre-
noss." the message and the Wilson
etsristics part company.
4 falls short Of Wilson heart, of Will
= breadth and bigness, of Wilson hu-
m Instincts, Of Wilson courage, and if
6oparedness," honest-to-goodness
1NPAREDNESS" is the thing he
1nfs, really and truly, it falls short of
low million soldiers for a standing
QNy and the few hundred ships that
puA be needed for supremacy on the
4 Nof the man who carries 22-short
lSulver ID not prepared" for the an
(Upnist who carries one of those rifles
~ are warranted to kill at a mile.
\ 4ho presidents message recommends
~ purpose of making us secure from
spmies by five years from now, that
ExoUular army of at present 100, O0C
- increased to 141, S43, to be ably
Dtod BY 4O0, 900 federal militia to b,
49, II the rate Of 1873, 900 per year.
4nld this mean preparedness il
~ of the fact that the way men ar,
1870 into battle in modern warfare
= f6Kce wouldn't last the time of
9 fght round when friend of tn
lll1t who II getting the worst of it i
AoxH of the ben.
4 e-ptssidsnt's .naval program, if car
m 60E would mean that by 1921 tn,
lopd States would possess n first lin
1loships. Is second line battleships
= battle cruisers. three second clas
1oors. 10 third class cruisers, 1O'
pyDrs, 10 feet submarines, IS
4 onhmarines. six monitors, 20 gun
f0ur supply ships, 10 fuel ships
Gonsports, three tenders to tor
~ vsesels. eight vessels of specia
% and two ammunition ships.
~ England, with the naval equip.
- hae today and which she un.
IN SIN have when the war is
- cur navy look sick, and
oo - ooqHe over and re-
- - We couldn't
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-12-08
The Keep Well Column
TUBERCULOSIS

Tuberculosis, although one OF the
most terrible OF all the diseases that
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-12-08

There are 100000 cattle in cey
Ion
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-01-01

We Clean, Press and Repair Clothing
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-01-01
NATIONAL PROHIBITION AND

II is an open question whether the
cause OF prohibition would not have stood
better show in the national House oi
Representatives if it had been cham
pioned by some other person than Rich
mond Pearson Hobson, naval constructor,
general kissee Of adoring young women
and congressman. II puts a poor esti-
mate on the quality Of mems action 10
say that some men, even lawmakers in
the national assembly, are biassed in
their actions by the personality Of the
men who are the most prominent sup.
porters OF certain measures. We have
seen il in the Vermont legislature the
outcropping Of resentment against Ger.
tain men by venting spite on the meas
ures which they were foremost in sup
porting, and we doubt not that similar
venom, or dislike, may have actuated
some OF the members Of the national
House when the prohibition amendment
vas hfiNit NAhA bPAN sunni Nte = hENs ARAf
whether well supported or not there Is
a certain amount Of hostility to Con.
gresham Hobson in the body Of which
BE- is a member. His il not the person.
atty 70 command support for such
policy Of national prohibition, earnest
worker though he may be in behalf %
the theory Of the policy; indeed, he is
just the sort Of man to ALLEVIATE certain
support that otherwise might be with
the measure. Therefore. We are Of the
opinion that the proposal 10 submit the
prohibition amendment Of the national
constitution to the several states would
have found a more favorable course IL
some other energetic man could have
been placed a the forefront Of the move
ment