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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-08-03
The Peoples Confidence

Whatever else the national con
ventions decided last month, they
Axed the character OF the presiden.
ual campaign once and for all In
this respect I, Is 10 be a contest
between two outstanding PERSONAL
ties. conducted on a high level and
with less reference than formerly
20 party lines and traditions. Less
than ever before in our history,
since the time OF Washington. will
men be moved TO vote for either OF
the candidates merely because he
is Democrat or Republican
There are literally millions OF Amer
lean voters this year who may be
led by the developments OF the cam
paign 10 support one or other OF
the candidates without regard TO
the past or present party affiliations
OF either II will not be any party
platform or propaganda that will de
termine these votes. now doubtful.
IL will be the individual character
OF each candidate. "a II r. seen 10
react to the national problems OF
the hour
The conventions themselves were
simply organized tributes TO the
personalities OF the men they nom.
mated. At St Louis, Democracy
voiced It's confidence in the hrst
Democratic administration that had
completely controlled the national
government since the civil war Il
knew and rejOiced In the things that
had been planned and done at Wash
ington and endorsed the reasons that
had been given for doing them. II
was natural that President Wilson.
az titular and actual leader OF his
party. should have received the ties.
timonial OF denomination at the
hands OF a grateful party; but as a
personal distinction the naming OF
Justice Hughes by the Republicans
AT Chicago In the preceding week
was even more significant. In all
our i20 years OF party divisions. this
was probably the first instance In
shlch. ~ time OF real crisis IN
national affairs man was serious
ly proposed for the presidency
whose Views on current issues we're
unknown 10 the public.
The amazing feature OF the cpl
sode was that II came as the cul-
nination Of brief 10 years OF pub
lie life. six ~ which had been
passed in retirement from every
form OF political activity That =
national party. with 40 scant an op-
portunity TO test a candidate, should
yet be willing 70 place It's fate in
his hands. without pledge or hos
tage of any kind. attests that car
didate's command OF popular con
dence in most exceptional degr, n.
From Charles +. Hughes 81 a
Political Figure" by Wlllign b.
Shaw. in the American Review OF
Reviews.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-08-03
The Religious Vendetta.

All over the country secret organ.
irations are boycotting Roman Cath
Ollie aspirsnts to once. In re,alia.
ton. Roman Catholics are boycotting
business men who are supposed or
known 70 belong 10 those secret
organizations This means the
spread OF suspicion and distrust and
hatred. II generates a vicious social
anarchy. Political and business
blackmall hourishes. Innocent men
are punished for opinions they do
not hold. There ls a revel OF a kind
OF assassination. A country. wide re-
ligious feud 10 set In operation All
OF which 10 un-American. This r.
supposed 10 be land 81 religious
liberty. Creedal intolerance and
bigotry poison life They murder
charity and brotherliness II is sad.
dening 10 see this condition intenri.
tying For Il means n great going
backward 10 base. ignoble things
wish everyone who In in danger OF
being involved In this atavistic
movement might read n History OF
Freedom OF Thought" by Prof. J. Is
Bury. regius professor OF modern
history In Cambridge university, in
Henry Holt q Co.'S Home University
Library. Therein IL told the story
Of the long battle between authority
and reason and the atrocities grow
ing out OF attempts TO coerce opin-
,on. n is almost unbelievable that
sane Americans want to revert TO
those cruelties so long. as we
thought left behind. When We read
OF the things for which. and the
ways In which. men have been pro
scribed. mutilsted. murdered-for
matters OF faith regarding things OF
The other vorld-snd we find men
OF the twentieth century preventing
TO the persecutional iniGuities Of the
fourteenth and fifteenth centuries,
the thing 10 preposterous. Are we
going back 10 barbarism with our
Catholic-baiting. our Jew-baiting. not
70 mention our Negro auto da fes?
Does any rational human being be-
lieve that creedal vendettss advance
the cause Of anything that can be
properly called religion. that there's
any love Of God In hatred OF man.
The best men for heart and brain
and character In the country are
engaged In this secret. skulking
work Of social disruption. Those
who knew what II best know that
without rsli sious freedom we cannot
we'll preserve any other freedom.
Down with all forms OF religious
dart.lanternism. - Reedy's Mirror,
81. Louis.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-08-03
A Poem a Day
THE WAY

THE WAY
Out from the sheltertng. quiet home
She walks upon the street.
Mayhap some duty TO perform
or old-time friend 20 meet.
stepping slow. but surely.
She knows the gait that psys),
We md her standing squarely
Al the crossing OF the ways
Now DER her calm demeanor
A change ls quickly stealing.
with fear and trembling TO the
right.
She turns a look appealing
streAk!nE hithsr, thither. youder
Md honkinEs shrieks and shrills.
Her pathway she sees flooded
With folk in automobiles
Though with patience she Ia WAITING.
watching Oft the traffic man
surely all must be surrendered
To the passing caravan.
One word TO you, dear lady.
Rstrace your steps we pray:
For quick and age. AZ the present
stage.
There's no safe way today
Anonymous
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-08-03
The Old Gardener Says

Potatoes need spraying for two
purposes kill the potato bugs
and 20 prevent blight. Bordeaux
mixture combined with arsenats
OF lead may be put on with a
spray pump Arsenate Of lead
mixed with busting sulphur may
be applied With powder gun or
one OF the patent preparations
on the market may be busted or
direct from the boT In which II
In purchased. II IL we'll TO re.
member that simply killing the
bugs IL not sufficient. for II the
potatoes are affected with blight
they will TO, in the cellar.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-08-03

The next time you use a tele-
phone put 20 yourself the question,
How did this come into existence
A moments reflection will give you
the correct answer:
1t is a product OF the human
mind. II is the result OF an idea
And what about the telegraph.
the steam engine. the mammoth
ocean liner. the mysterious en-
sanguined submarine?
What about the giant skyscraper
towering 10 the clouds? How came
into being the airship. slowly cir
cling far above the pinnacle sky
scraper?
Always the answer 10 the same:
These. too. are products OF the
human mind. They are the results
OF ideas"
Young man starting in life, get
this truth hrTnly Hxed In your con-
sciousness Ponder II well.
Every step forward in this won
derfuI civilization OF ours. every con
venience we possess, represents an
idea which somebody has once had
Stone or gossamer, massive or
light, cumbrously complicated or
daintily beautiful. every material
object that marks our advance over
the life OF our cave-dwelling ances
tors had an immaterial origin in
some ones mind
But the ideas that thus blossom
into the material triumphs Of man
are not ideas that fash up in mans
mind on, OF sheer nothiugness.
True. they often do seem to come
spontaneously. Sometimes they
even come while the man with whom
they originate il asleep.
Thus In city OF the Pacific coast
there is a remarkable once build.
.ag o. unique design. It's architect
has written 20 me an interesting
account ot how the whole plan Of.
the building rose In his mind In a
dream.
Surely this would seem 10 be a
case where an idea came from no
d.scernible beginning and entirely
Of It's own accord.
But serye:
For months this srchitec, had
been wrestling X the problem OF
designing a skyscrsper that wuold
meet the special needs Of those who
had given MIN HE commission
Plan after plan bad been laboriously
worked ont BY him. only 10 meet
with his disapproyal
His dream, the dea which later
became transformed into the sky
sc-aper .fself, pss simply the frui.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-08-03
The Daily Reminder
ToDAY.s ANNIvERsARIrs

Of the Hudson. with the works at
S Ws'' A PSsnSs' was given to Gen ssn'-
isisGdsn John Eus.n. Smith. t.
distinguished Union commander In
the Civil war, born In Bsrns. swits-
srland. Died In Chicago Jan. 70. 1897,
the Netherlands begun.
isSs-Eugsns Sue. noted French
author OF msiodramatic nction. died
in s:voy, Born IN p.ri: Dec. 10. l sa.
sted Eesn p. Piiisbury FOR soSernor
was ssissd by the y. g. marshal at
Newport r T.. for violation OF the
iTGGord B.aeonsaeld and Lore
Salisbury were presented with the
issi-,Rt Rev, Kil,sn Ti..eh, sec
Snf e.SsS,,: 9 & q Born cT IN are.
ibGrourth centenary Of tn.
sailing OF Columbus from Pslos. near
HI i;oIs S:iss..sd Of, d Hu'i wa. no.s
t;s,ito.ooo In u. g. district court in
is1f--Admirai Togo. OF the japan
csc navy. arrived In New York on a
iCs-Twsntyn ve livss were lost
In Erie Pa
ONE YEAR AGO TO-DAY IN THE
WAR
Germans claimed gam. north OF
warsaw and west Of lyansorod
Paris reported failure ~ German
attacks In the Arsonne and the NoS-
ges
British won crest Of ridge near
western shore OF Gallipoli peninsula
British government charged Am
M
their claims before prize court
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS
King Haakon VII, the present ruler
81 Norway, born in Denmark 80 years
ago today.
King Constantine. the present ruler
OF Greece. born In Athens - years
Earl Of Aberdeen. former governor
generA OF Canada. born 60 years ago
today
Alfred Deakin. former prime min
ister OF Australia born In Melbourne
So years ago today.
Baron Mersey. famous English jur-
ist who conducted the ofreisi inves-
LEGATIONS into the sinking u the
steamships Titanic. Empress ~ Ire
land and LusitAnia born "a years
ago today.
Or Augustus II. Strong. president
emeritus OF Rochester Theological
seminary, born In Rochester. y. Y, 50
years ago today.
Gu.tavus Getl. utility innelder OF
the Brooklyn National league base
ball team. born in Pittsburgh q
years ago today.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-08-03
The Keep Well Column
DEVElOPM G Mt.

and By the sixth month TO reach
for his toys.
BY the time q normal baby IL
eight months old he usually can sit
erect and hold the spine upright,
while at the ninth or tenth month
he will make his FIRST attempts 10
bear his weight on his feet
A few words generally can be
spoken when baby IL one year old
and by the fifteenth or sixteenth
month he can walk alone.
Baby should not be merely a
bundle OF fat--particularly in warm
weather He should be alert. lively
add his nesh hrm to the touch In.
stead Of soft and nabby.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-08-03

gain in weight. good appetite. resu-
lar bowel movement, absence OF
vomiting after feeding. alert.
sprlngy muscles. sound sleep at the
proper periods, and a steady growth
in stature and intelligence.
The soft spot in the top Of baby's
head will begin 10 close AZ the four.
teenth month and will be entirely
closed by the time he IL two years
old.
About the fourth month baby
should begin 10 hold up his head
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-08-03
from Another Point OF NeD
By c. T. s

England has prohibited the importa-
ton Of tulip bulbs from Holland and they
are being fed 10 the COWS. IL takes a
bit of the romance out Of that love song,
of course, bat we have 10 suggest its
tulip time in Holland now when a COW
wants her dinner.
The Partisan wouldn't care. probably.
il our old friend Disastrous Blaze would
decide 20 Try some other laundry.
This might be the place to announce
that Dewitt Steele and Max link have
engaged in lawsuit to iron out their diff
ferences.
There are lot Of fellows who will
never have their autos rammed in the
rear, for the reason, principally. that
they've always got their hands out.
The advertisement of a Detroit con-
Germ announces: we Kill Bugs" Come
on and set up your machine just outside
the door of the editorial room.
A Detroit woman suggests that the
tunnel from the Jail 10 the recorders
court be called the Passage Of Hope.
forgetting, of course, that the prisoners
come back through it after their lawyers
are through.
Any of the visiting chiropodists will
tell you that there is not necessarily
shark present, when a bather is caught
by the undertow.
When do WE get crack at the Ath-
letics?
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-08-03

baby is develop
log properly
TIE following
are me leading
chaFacteristics OF
a normal healthy
BABY
Clean SIX n +,
brizht eyes. steady
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-08-03

The head Of the public works de-
partmsnt In Duluth has appointed
10 OF the city's most prominent
civil ana mechanical engineers 20
serve a. an advisory board for his
department.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-08-03

The man who marries a widow
seldom says anything about his
vife's first husband. but there are
times when he regrets his demise.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-08-03

Even with HIS remarkable mem.
DRY the Oldest inhabitant fails 20 re.
call that he has inflicted his rem.
iniseences on everybody he knows.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-08-03
The Island Was Bought,
Aid. Allan, For a Play Spot,
And NOT For SHAMELESS

The attention of Alderman Allan's con-
stituents in the Fourth ward is called TO
his opposition to Alderman Littlefeld's
proposal that the use of Belle Isle by
motorists be restricted to the outside
boulevard drives.
Alderman Adams position is antagonis-
tic In spirit to the public Fairgrounds
sentiment in Detroit.
The public playground is the quick and
sure solution of fatal accidents to chill
dren in the streets.
Belle Isle, properly restricted against
motorists. would offer the children not
only place that would provide good.
fresh, pure air for the lungs in their de-
veloping bodies, but a place where they
eould play without the street dangers
that have come with the motor age.
This is the ONE spot where children
might 60 for their recreation and for the
cir the auto can take one to, while the
drives open to autoists are many-as
many a. there are streets and boulevards
n the city and roads in the state.
Alderman Allan voted with the vets
h the common council recently when the
mstter of publicity for the proceedings
u the council was an issue.
His position against keeping the autos
q Bslle Isle DOWN, when they should, as
= matter of fact, be kept off altogether,
shows him to be 50 woefully lacking in an
appreciation of his duty and interest in
his constituents and the common people,
that we do not blame him for wanting the
proceedings suppressed
Belle Isle was acquired by the city of
Detroit for the people of the Fourth
WARRIOR tired mothers and fathers and
their children.
The Times appreciates that there are
drivers, and that they are in the great
majority, who could safely be permitted
the use of the island drives, but the trou-
bic is that opening the island to them,
opens 1t also to fool drivers, in whose
hands the auto becomes thing of death
BY restricting all autos we would take
the only means of precaution against the
FOOLS motorized dreadnaught.
Aid. Allan's proposal would turn the
breathing, the beauty and the play spot
which we claim the grandest in the world,
into SHAMELESS, and it amounts TO a
sacrilege.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-08-03

Many young mothers do not know
The sigr whereby they can tell IL
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-08-03
VALUE FROM STUMPs

by means OF an apparatus described in the
current issue % the Engineering Record. tho
stumps OF trees left after logging operations in
leaf pine timber lands. have been converted
from n source OF expense into an asset The
device is I'm the shape of hood that sets over
the stump and dlstills much az II gallons
OF heavy pine oil from H. The process converts
the stump itself into fine grade Of charcoal
and destroys n far enough underground 20 per.
NIT plowing-Oi City Derrick.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-08-03

Commodore Decatur. after whom many towns
were named, and who once remarked Our
country. right or wrong" was killed in a duel
with Commodore Barton, March Is, 1920
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-08-03

When do WE get crack at the Ath
letics?
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-08-03

Any of the visiting chiropodists vii
tell you that there is not necessarily
shark present, when a bather is caugh
by the undertow.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-08-03
THE VALUE OF IDEAS
BY n. AoplNGToN BRUCE

Riddle Of P.r.Oa.lity P.ychOosy and
Oxford Democrat., 1916-08-22
Bows to Judge Dairy Cows.

1t is hoped that each of the New Eng
land colleges of agriculture will take sd-
vantage of the opportunity to enter Q
team of three men in the eighth annual
students national contest in judging
dairy cattle, which will be held this year
October IS, in connection with the
national dairy show at Springfield, Mass.
At the last such contest, held two years
ago at Chicago, teams were entered by
three of the New England colleges
Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hamp-
shire. There should be full represen-
tation this year.
The contest will be supervised by the
United States department of agriculture.
The announcement concerning 1t has
been issued by Helmer Rabild, the
official In charge of dairy farming inves'
LEGATIONS. who says regarding it: "The
purpose of this event is to increase the
interest in dairy courses at agricultural
colleges, and to encourage the develop
meut of the whole dairy industry. The
second result will natu rally follow the
first. The greater number and more
highly qualified leaders in breeding dairy
cattle, in extension work and In teaching
will directly promote to an immeasura-
BILE degree various phases Of the indus
try"
: The event is open to any agricultural
college in the United States which con.
ducts four-year course. Each college
must be represented by team Of three
men. About $24OO will be awarded to
competitors who show marked ability
in judging cattle. The money will be
given in the form of scholarships, each
to the amount of $40O, to be used 10
taking postgraduate work in dairying.
New England Homestead.
Oxford Democrat., 1916-08-22
Seeding to Grass In the Fall.

Glover and grass may be seeded In the
fall In one of two ways-in standing corn
at the last cultivation or alone I'm August
after crops like oats or early potatoes
have been harvested. tits q good plan
to get the seed into the ground during
August. However, weather conditions
will determine this point somewhat.
Glover and grass seeds are small and
therefore do not germinate as easily and
surely "a do larger seeds. 1t 10 impor-
tant that there be plenty of moisture In
the soil at the time OF seeding.
Unless lime has been used recently ou
the soil, 1,2 to 2 tons of ground lime
stone should be applied before seed Is
sown. II barnyard manure is not avail
able, 200 to 400 pounds ground bone can
generally be distributed to good advan-
tage on an acre. i.
On grass lands that will be left down
for q considerable time. the following
seed mixture will give good satisfaotion.
Twelve pounds timothy. four pounds re-
cleaned redtop, eight pounds red clover,
three pounds alsike clover and two
hounds alfalfa.
For a shorter rotation, the following
mixture 10 recommended: Twelve
pounds red clover, five pounds slsike
clover and Ave pounds timothy. 1t is
essential to fit the ground thoroughly
and to supply tho seed evenly. After
sowing the seed the ground should be
| brushed or gone over with weeder to
cover the seed. Z. Rogers, New
Haven (Ct., Agent.
Oxford Democrat., 1916-08-22
Water for Cows.

All animals require plenty OF good,
pure water. This is especially true OF
the milking COW, a. water constitutes
more than three -fourths of the volume
of milk. The water supply, therefore,
demands the dairyman's most careful at
teutiou. Stale or impure water 10 dis
tasteful to the COW and she will not drink
snouph for maximum milk production.
Such water may also carry disease germs
vhioh might make the milk unsafe for
human consumption or be dangerous to
the COW herself. During the winter,
vben COWS are stabbed the greater part
Of the time, and unless arrangements
have been made to keep water before
them all the time, they should be
vatered two or three times a day. II
nossible, the water should be 10 to ~
dserees above the freezing point, and
should be supplied at practically the
same temperature every day. When
vatsr we'll above freezing Temperature
IA stored In tanks and piped direct to the
Cow. there is probably little occasion foi
facilities to warm IL; but when II stands
In a tank on which Ice often forms, u
ususlly pays well TO warm II slightly. :
Yarmers' Bulletin TAB.
Oxford Democrat., 1916-08-22
Psychology Of Laughter.

In his book, "a Raw Youth" Dos
toevsky has n page Oh laughter, which
he regards as the surest test Of the
heart, and suggests that girl may
well choose her husband (when In
doubt by the quality Of his laugh,
which will be a symptom Of his ma
ture, for to know how to laugh is a
gift. "a man win sometimes give
himself away completely by his laugh,
and you suddenly know him through
and through" Most essential In good
laughter is sincerity and freedom from
malice. A sincere laugh, free from
malice, Is gayety.
"a mans gayety Is what most be-
trays the whole man from head to
foot. Sometimes one viii be for long
time unable to read a character, but u
the man begins to laugh lis whole
character win suddenly lie open before
you. And 30 If you want to see into
man and to understand his soul don't
concentrate your attention on the way
he talks or Is SILENT on bis tears or
the emotion he displays over exalted
ideas. You WIN see through him bet
ter when he laughs" -
Oxford Democrat., 1916-08-22
Hstty Green on Pennies.

During one Of the periods OF h1
economical living streaks Mrs. HetC
Green was staying at a modersts
priced boarding house, where q jobless
young stenographer came to know hes.
The girl finally landed q position TOR
$12 a week and told Mrs. Green OF Il.
you've got to leave here" said tho
old woman emphatically. you are
not earning enough to pay 30 much
for your keep. III tell you where to
90. There's q hotel for working girls
I know. I lent the man the money to
build 1t. There are washrooms there
and sewing rooms. Make your own
clothes and care for them. Get room
mate. It will cost you only "a. Save
So out Of your $12. Do not 80 out
nights. Watch your company. Do
what I tell you and you'll get on. Any
body can. The trouble Is most people
don't know the value Of 8 cents. You
be advised. Don't figure in dollars;
figure In pennies and save them."-
New York World
Oxford Democrat., 1916-08-22
p. .r,,.d nu.in.e. Man.r

Are not all business men dredf II
not why do we hear 30 much about
musical comedies and vaudeville per
formances that are constructed espe-
ciaIly for the purpose Of resting and
refreshing the tired business mani
II there II any one claim that has
been conceded for ages past It is this:
Fatigue d much more fatal to q man
than to q woman. We seldom hear OF
q tired washerwoman or tired house.
keeper. Nobody ever wrote musicaI
comedy for tired schoolmarms. It has
always been held that Il 4 man has to
work at night he must sleep IN the
daytime. But everybody knows that Q
woman can walk the door III night
with Z sick baby In her arms and still
be able to perform strenuous household
duties next day. "Man's work is from
sun to sum- that being the limit OF hia
enduranee.--So Southern. Woman's Aasa'
nina -----