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The Detroit times., 1916-05-26
Youth

Youth Is not a time OF life: II IS
a state OF mind. IL is not a matter
OK ripe cheeks, red lips. and supple
knees; it is a temper OF the will, a
quality OF the imagination, vigor
or the emotions. II Is the freshness
or the deep springs OF life.
Youth means a 'temperamental pre-.
dominance OF courage over tinidity.
OF the appetite for adventure over
the love of ease. This often exists
In man OF 80 more than in a boy
OF 20.
Nobody grows old by merely living
number of years. People grow
old only by deserting their ideals.
Years wrinkle the skin; but to
give up enthusiasm wrinkles the
soul.
Worry, doubt, self distrust, fear
and despair-these are the long.
long years that bow the heart and
turn the greening spirit back to
dust.
~ w VI Aos 10 III fNtTN
human beings heart the lure OF won.
der. the sweet amazement at the
stars and at starlike things and
thoughts, the undaunted challenge OF
events. the unfailing. childlike appe.
tite for what next. and the Joy Of
tho game OF living. You are as
young as your faith. as old as your
doubt; as young as your selfconf-
dence, as old as your fear; as young
as your hope. as old as your de-
spair.
In the central place OF your heart
IL an evergreen tree; its name is
Love. SO long as IL fourishes you
are young When II dies you are
old. In the central place of your
heart is wireless station. So
lcng as II receives messages OF
beauty. hope. cheer. grandeur,
courage and power from God and
from your fellow-men 30 long are
you young Author unknown.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-26
from Another Point OF NeD

We look for President Gilmore, of
the Model License league, to offer a
Biblical parallel to the closing of the
Caro-, Mich, hotels against the anti-sa-
loon speakers. st. Luke, III, z: Because
there was no room for them in the inn.
Our Tiger pitchers would appear to be
running considerable risk. The pitcher
on the Ohio state penitentiary team is
serving time in the prison for nonsup-
port.
The wife of Christian Brown testified
in divorce court that her husband left
her because she parted her hair. She
told the judge that she thought it was
becoming. But Christian, evidently,
though he had better BEGGING.
On the other hand, it isn't our opinion
that the suggestion to organize Roose-
velt-for- president club here, closely fol-
lowing the Colonel's visit, came from any
little man from Egypt.
ODD NAME CONTEST
The following towns, shared from Polk's
various State Gazetteers, should appeal to
the Vets"
Goodwine. Ill.
Sherry, Tex.
Porter, Ind.
Brandywine, Md
Kimmell, Ind
Moselle, Mo.
Champaign, III.
Rye, Tex
F. W. F.
The Colonel will please note that il is
a pretty hard matter to catch the Repub-
lican party off its old guard.
Now once again
It's up to dad
To pay TO dress
| The sweet June grad.
Headline: Washington not worrying
over coming vote" Just possibly follow
ing the time-worn custom of letting the
indorser do it.
TARRYTOwN. ". Y.-Miss Minna Irving.
poetess, fred six preliminary shots into the
burglars who tried TO enter her home. The
noise drove them off,
The sarcasm in the last sentence is
taken to mean that none Of the prelimi-
nary shots into the air took effect.
It is still 20 per.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-26
The Name of Harry S.
Stokes, Martyred Lawyer,
Should Go Down In History

The name Of Harry ). Stokes, lawyer
of Nashville, Tenn, should go down In
history aiony with those of the nations
most illustrious martyrs.
Stokes was shot to death in cowardly
fashion by an opposing lawyer In the
taxpayers suit which Stokes instituted
at his own expense in an effort to recov-
er some of the peoples money which was
stolen by grafters under the regime of
Mayor Howse.
Those who doubted Stokes sincerity in
his fight for clean government OF his city
can no longer doubt it since the probat-
ing of his will revealed the fact that he
bequeathed $4,000 to his legal associates
to be used in carrying on the fight.
Stokes had spent some $4,000 of his
own money carrying on the battles which
resulted in the custer of Mayor Hilary
Howse and his associates.
I'm the event the city hall cases are
undetermined when my death occurs,
says the will, 81 desire my executors to
furnish my associates sum of money
not to exceed $4,000, and this money
shall be expended by them as they deem
best"
Further, he specified the bequest was
to be used in "the cause of good govern
ment in Nashville"
In order to protect his family, Stokes
took out life and accident insurance pol
icies totalling S160,000.
Some of the companies cancelled the
policies he carried because of the extreme
danger he was in of violent death.
Yet this man did not bulge an inch
from his purpose until the sudden death
for which he had prepared cut him off
and showed the people what his efforts
had meant to them.
Would that there were more lawyers
like Harry S. Stokes, fighting for the
cause of the people without recompense
and despite the threats OF assassination.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-26
EXERCISE YOUR SKIN.
AoDiNoToN BRUCE

Bodily exercise as practiced by
many people is virtually limited TO
muscular exercise. Actually 1t
should include much more than
that. For example. ii is most de-
sirable TO exercise the skin, as an
aid to maintaining mental as we'll
as physical health.
Few people appreciate the inn
portance OF the role played by the
skin in the human economy. Even
its importance as an organ OF elm
ination is not sufficiently appreci-
ated.
The skin Is necessarily disposing
of-or trying TO dispose of-sub-
stances that should not be allowed
to remain In the body. II gets rid
of these substances in the form OF
sweat.
Ordinarily we are unaware that
this process OF elimination is in
progress, for the sweat Is usually
exuded in such minute quantity at
any one time as to be invisible.
Nevertheless. according TO physi-
ologists, the skin every "a hours
normally eliminates. for example, as
much watery product as the bladder
does
Obviously, IL It's pores are clogged
by dust and dirt, the work OF elimi-
nation cannot be properly carried
on. Hence the necessity for keep
ing the skin clean by frequent and
thorough bathing. which itself is an
admirable means of exercising the
skin as well as cleansing IL,
Bathing with soap and water.
however, is not enough. To give the
skin all the exercising ii needs it
should receive air baths as we'll as
soap and water baths.
Air bathing is exceedingly simple.
All that II involves is exposure OF
the naked body to the air for
short time every day.
This was common practice
among the ancient Greeks and Ro-
mans. Modern hygienists are agreed
In urging its revival. Thus Or. II.
Hirschfeld. in his valuable manual
on the care OF the heart and blood
vessels and the general management
OF the body, makes these recon-
mendations:
"Air and water are the means we
possess OF keeping the skin beauti-
full and in good condition TO perform
at all times its proper functions
Air baths are almost unknown and
unused, although an excellent tonic
and sedative for the nervous sys'
The Detroit times., 1916-05-26

TEN, and the best means for accus-
toming the skin 10 changes In the
weather.
''In our climate they should not
be taken for longer period than
10 minutes at the longest in cold
weather: 10 10 20 minutes in warm
weather. and longer only when the
naked body feels comfortably warm
without exercising When. after
dressing, the body feels chilly, ex-
ercise should be taken until one
feels comfortable.
"A hot summer day Is the best
time for people with tender skins
10 begin their air baths, which re-
fresh and do not fatigue the body
like cold baths OF the same length.
Although efficient indoors, air
baths are more vitalizing when
taken out OF doors. Four stakes
and q canvas around them are all
that is needed 10 set up an open air
bath.
pose the body. especially the head
for any length of time to the rays
OF the sun
As an adjunct in securing proper
exercise for the skin. it is advisable
TO wear loose, porous clothing.
Tight, heavy underwear is particu-
larly 20 be avoided
So is working or sleeping in an
oyerheated room. This is weaken
ing 20 the skin. and lowers the re-
sistive power Of the whole body.
On the other hand, the habit Of
sleeping in the open air. or at all
events in an amply ventilated room.
Is 20 be indorsed for IT'S tonic ef.
fects on the skin as well as on the
organism generally.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-26
A Poem a Day
THE AMERICAN FLAG
When freedom. from her mountain
hight.

When freedom. from her mountain
Unfuried her standard to the air.
she tore tho azure robe OF night.
And set the stars OF glory there
she mingled with It's gorgeous dyes
The milky baldric Of the skies.
And striped its pure. celestial white
with streakings OF the morning
Then. from his mansion In the sun.
She called her eagle bearer down.
And gave into his mi ghty hand.
The symbol OF her chosen land
Majestic monarch Of the cloud
r VINO rear st aloft thy regal form,
And see the lightning -lances
When strive the warriors Of the
And rolls the thunder drum Of hea-
Child OF the sun. TO thee tits given
To guard the banner ~ the free.
To hover In the suiphur smoke.
And bid its biendlngs shine afar.
Like rainbows on the cloud OF war.
The harbinger OF victory,
Flag OF the brave, thy folds shall ~
The sign of hope and triumph high
When speaks the signal-trump"t tone
And the long line comes cleaning on;
Ere yet the life-blood, warm ana
Has dimmed the Flistening bayonet
Each soldier eye shall brightly burn,
And. as his springing steps advance
Catch war and vengeance from the
glance.
And when the cannon mouthings loud
Heave I'm wild wrcaths the battle
And eorv saborr rise and fall.
Like shoots OF fame on midnlghts
Then Shall thy meteor-glances glow
And covering foes shall sink be-
meath
Each gailant arm that strikes below
That lovely messenger Of death.
Flag of the seas, on ocean wave
THY stars shall glitter DER the brave
When death Careentng on the gale.
Sweeps darkly round the bellied SO
And frightened waves rush Wildly
Each dying wanderer OF the sea
Shall look at once TO heaven and
And smile 20 SEQ thy spIendors ny
In triumph DER his closing eye.
Flag OF the free hearts hope and
Nv angels hands 10 vaior given:
Thy stars have lit the welkin dome
And all thy hues are born in hca-
Forever doat that standard sheet,
Where breathes the foe but fall'
before us,
With freedoms soil beneath our fcet
And freedoms banner streaming
DER us
The Detroit times., 1916-05-26
The Daily Reminder
rODAY,s ANNIyERsARlEs.

| ls05--Milan made the capital of
Italy and Napoleon crowned there,
ed In an earthquake at Canton.
China.
Isis-France decreed the perpetual
banishment OF Louis Philippe and
issS-The Confederate army OF the
Transmississippi Department laid
down It's arms, which act marked the
end OF hostiliues in the American
lsss-The pienipotentiaries OF
France and Spain signed. At Bayonne.
treaty concerning the definite
reguiation or the frontier OF the
lsSs-Michaei Barrett, Fenian
leader. executed In London: the last
public execution in that city.
man blown Sn'S up "r''RR By Russian s' isan- san-
is7s-A violent eruption OF Mount
Etna began and lasted until June I
frontier signed by Turkey and the
lsge--After a long and bitty light
Naval Appropriation, Bill. providing
for the building OF three battleships,
lss2-Celebration OF the golden
Wedding OF the King and Queen OF
isss-Presldent Cleveland gave a
dinner at the White House In honor
or the Infanta Eulalie or Spain.
lsse-Coronatlon OF the Emperor
and Empress OF Russia at Moscow.
iso4-Japanese defeated the Rus
SLAMS In battle OF kinchau.
le05-J. Pierpont Morgan bought
a sixteenth century drinking cup at
ONE YEAR Ago TODAY IN THE
WAR.
Italy proclaimed blockade OF whole
austrian and Albanian coasts.
Is ha fHvFt A t.N-
pedoed OFT Gallipoli peninsula.
Italians occupied important posi-
tions toward Triest and Trent.
Both British and French captured
German forti'ications north OF Arras
King victor Emmanuel started for
the front. leaving Duke or Genoa In
charge at Rome.
TODAS's BIRTHDAYS
Her Majesty Queen Mary OF Great
Britain. born 80 years ago today.
Gen. Sir Horace Lockwood smith
Dorrlen, whoa recently rellnquished
East .Africa. born SO years ago today
Prof Roy Temple House, OF tho
University OF Oklahoma American
representative OF the commits sion for
Lexington. Neb.. IS years ago today.
Robert W. Chambers. author OF
The Common Law" and other popu-
lar stories born in Brooklyn 81
DR. Smaller Mathews. Chicago uni
versity Professor and peace advocate
born at Portland. Me, 50 years ago
today.
DR., Guy Potter Benton. president
OF the University OF Vermont, born
at kenton Ohio. 81 years ago today.
Hunter II. Moss. representative in
congress OF the Fourth West Virginia
district. born at Parkersburg. w. Va.
az years ago today
Di. Elijah a. Hanley. president OF
Franklin. Ind, college. born AT Prairie
Creek, Ind. t5 years ago today.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-26
Pointed Paragraphs

Some men try to get ahead in this
world by holding others back.
The optimist enjoys the fruit and
the pessimist slips on the peel.
A man can never Judge how old
a woman Is by hearing her tell her
age.
A man may be all right in his
way. but he frequently gets in the
way OF others.
Nearly every pretty girl is a pi.
ano thumper, and nearly every
homely girl is a good cook.
The man who thinks he Is the
whole thing doesn't waste any time
in trying TO conceal II from Others.
You may buy friends with Dor.
rowed money, but they seldom lend
you money TO pay back what you
borrowed.
A man always gets what ia com
Ing to him; n he doesn't go after IL
some one Is sure to see that II Is
thrust upon him.
The average man seems 10 think
II special dispensation of Provi.
dence when he gets something good
that rightfully belongs TO omebody
else.
There is no place like home 10
the poor man whose wife has an
idea that tobacco smoke sticks in
her lace curtains-and he is glad
OF II.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-26
City Managers

twenty-five American cities are
now under the commission manager
plan. They are Niagara Falls, y. Y;
Sumter, s. c.; Hickory. y. c.: Nor
gantown. y. c.: Ashtabula, o.; San
dusky, o.; Dayton, o.; Springfield,
o.: Phoenix. kriz.: Big Rapids,
Mich: LaGrande, Ore; Taylor,
Tex; Denton, Tex; Amarillo. Tex;
Manistee. Mich; Jackson, Mich;
Abilene, Kas.; Collinsville, Okla !;
Montrose. Colo; Morris, MINI. /;
Lakeland, Fla. and Alhambra, Cal
II doesn't improve the looks OF
China to have II Japanned.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-26
The Old Gardener Says

That baby-delight r. new
watermelon that will ripen any.
where In the north. II is very
little melon. az the name indi-
Gates. but II makes up in num-
bers for what It lacks in size.
and whole melon can be
served to each person. One-half
may be served first, but the other
half will almost certainly be
called for. The way 10 grow wa
termelons Is 10 make tho hills
very rich with manure. but 10
have two inches of earth over
this manure before the seed Is
planted. and to put IN six or
eight seeds. thinning the plants
to three II all the seeds come up
The Detroit times., 1916-05-26

1-weariness out OF proportion 10
the days work. This is especially
important when It appears In per
son usually energetic and active.
Loss OF appetite OF "fnicky''
appetite-good at one meal and poor
az another--often associated with a
dislike for butter, meat and fats.
3--Loss of weight not otherwise
accounted for, should always arouse
suspicion.
4-Slight fever in the afternoon,
especially between 2 and 4 o'clock,
is n very common symptom OF early
tuberculosis Any temperature over
40 should arouse suspicion often
when there is no afternoon fever: IL
viii be found that the temperature
is below normal This Is also sig.
nifcant.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-26
Love or Distance.
~ Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright, 1915, by Frank Crane)

To get along with anybody you need
one of two things. love or distance.
The only reason you hate some folks
is because you have to live in the same
town with them. If they lived over in
Keokuk or Downer's Grove you might
think very highly Of them.
But when you must see q. man every
day, when it is under your eyes how he
cheats the grocer and browbeats his
family, and all his little vanities and vul-
garities are rubbed into your notice, why,
unless you like him, you want to beat
him, and the peace of indifference, the
comfort of tolerance, are impossible.
Ditto, thrice ditto, woman.
1t is wise provision of nature that
mutual love is instinctively poured out
upon the family. For to live under the
same roof, to see each other every day
at dinner, and to have all the personal
shortcomings magnified by the micro
scope of intimacy, renders it vain for
human beings to assemble as families,
and avoid riot and bloodshed, unless love
is present.
Love is the only divine and efficient
lubricating anti-friction oil in human re-
lations.
Politeness is fair substitute, but it
is liable to wear thin and make sore
spot any minute.
One reason why the world is growing
better is that we have better transpor-
tation facilities.
Every passenger on the railway train
or the ocean liner means an easement
of the yoke somewhere. Distance is
knitting up severed friendship. Lovers
are being united by leaving each other
for a spell.
Everybody that is going away is to
be appreciated more when he gets back.
During the Middle Ages people were
always fighting because they lived for
ever in the same place. They naturally
took to duellng, jousting, breaking
heads and slipping poison into each
others tea.
One of the beauties Of the city is
that there is train pulling out of it
every minute.
The automobile is redeeming country
life because it is making it easy for the
farmer to get away quickly and go
long distance.
The greatest place in the world Is
somewhere else.
Hence steam, gasoline, and electricity
are godsends to race where there is
not love enough to go around.
Hence, also, do not gibe at the woman
who is infatuated with her children and
thinks them prodigies and marvels. II
she did not, how could she stand them?
Neither rail at the ultra-uxorious mar
ried couple Remember they are living
in an intimacy that would be terrific
were it not for that blessed infatuation.
Bishop Taylor once lectured in a cer-
tain town, and related his many travels
in Australia, Africa, and the Far East.
At the conclusion of his address a come
ly young married woman shook hands
with him and said, "Bishop, l should like
to be your wife"
"Why?" he inquired, somewhat fiat
tered by so ingenious declaration.
ooh, she replied, because you are
away from home so much!'
What a world of unconscious autobi-
ography in that!
The Detroit times., 1916-05-26
Who's Too Late?

Up at Seattle, Joe Burke, II years old, stood
over the groaning old man whom he had shot,
"for fun" and said Don't make so much
noise; I'm sorry, mister" They call Joe the
cave boy" and we have this newspaper remark
about him:
Joe was born half million years too late,
and will have to face a court which takes little
recognition OF cave boys"
How much too late. how near the cave stage
is a society which will let a child grow up
neglected and then hang him at IL years Of age!
The Detroit times., 1916-05-26
Who Supports the Belgians?

However we may vary in the degree OF our
neutrality we are a people united in our SYM
pathy for the Belgians, and we are equally at
one In our belief that we are paying most OF the
cost Of supporting the Belgans.
We take It for granted that the wartaxed ma
tary and moral aid to King Albert's stricken
land. and as the Belgians are being taken care
OF somehow, we are too apt TO think II Is through
Americas charity.
Il will doubtless astonish, dissppoint and cha.
grin most OF us TO discover how little We have
actually done for Belgium in proportion to what
there has been to do.
Herbert G.. Hoover, the American whose ad.
ministration of relief work in Belgium has ex.
cited the admiration Of the world reported at
London meeting the other day that "the total
expenditure for relief In Belgium and northern
France to date was $132,000,000. or this, S15,-
900 900 had been provided by charity and by
service rendered by the United States, and an
equal amount by the British empire About
5000 900 came from charity from other parts
OF the world. The remainder was provided by
Of food. and by subsidies from the allied gov
ernments."
Contributions 10 Belgian relief from New South
Wales and Victoria average more than 81 per
capita-and these Australian countries are also
carrying a war tax. And the people Of the Unit.
ed States profit by an unparalleled condition
OF commercial prosperity result OF the war
and still we have only given about Is cents
each to the Belgans.
Can't we make n at least quarter apiece?
The address Of the Belgian Relief society IL
II Broadway, New York City
Good coffee is produced in Porto Rico, MoxI.
co and Central America. that Of Honduras being
especially satisfying TO epicures. Cuba is also
The Detroit times., 1916-05-26

know that he is
Ill. There are GER
tain signs, how
ever. which should
prompt the intel
ligent person TO
seek an examina-
tion by a compe-
tent physician.
They are:
The Detroit times., 1916-05-26
Discovery of Quinine

The first extraction OF quinine
from tho bark OF the tropical Gin
chona tree by two French chemists
in 1920 marked an epoch in the med.
ical world, and II was sir Clements
Markham Of England, burned TO
death recently in his eighty.sixth
year, who in 1852. after a visit TO
Peru. persuaded the British govern
nent 10 plant and raise the drug in
India at timo when malaria was
seriously barassing the population
there.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-26
School for Stage Child.

The only school for stage chill
dren In this country is run In con
nection with the Rehearsal club In
New York, an organization OF the
atrical women. The classes are ar
ranged to meet the hours OF child
actors ard actresses, and capable
instructors give their time effort
gratis 10 irstructing the youthful
thespiar
The Detroit times., 1916-05-26
The Keep Well Column
EARLY TUBERCULOSIS.

5-Cough-Consumption may exist
and become far advanced without
cough or the cough may be so slight
that II amounts 10 merely clearing
the throat" There may or may not
be sputum Any cough lasting more
than two or three weeks, however
slight. must De looked upon with
suspicion. Many patients, even
when the lungs have become dis.
eased, believe that the cough
comes from the throat"
6-Shortness OF breath. especially
on slight exertion, may be an early
symptom.
7-Continued hoarseness or loss
OF voice should be brought 10 the
attention OF the physician.
S-Disturbance OF the digestion in
variably accompanies tuberculosis
So-called nervous dyspepsia" should
always be looked upon with grave
suspicion.
9--spitting blood Is rarely due "a
a1y other condition than tuberculo-
sis OF the lungs. Even slightly
streaked sputum should cause the
patient 10 seek medical advice.