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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-19
DESIRES POWER.
ADpNGToN BRUCE


Few people appreciate the yeally
tremendous dynamic force of de-
sire. II IL at orce the most destruc-
tive and the most constructive force
in the world. Desire has ruined
many lives, but it also stands as the
foremost potent agency in making
lives successful.
Properly directed. desire acts "a a
tonic 10 the whole human organism
mental and physical. Nothing Is
more effective to set the brain work
ing TO good purpose.
II seems TO serve as key giving
access TO hidden. unsuspected stores
OF energy. Let man of even medI
OGRE ability develop sufficiently in
ease desire TO work well, and il be-
comes possible for him TO work as
tonishingly well.
The truth OF this is strikingly and
amusingiy illustrated by the expert
ence OF certain school teacher
who felt that the boys in her charge
were doing their work neither "a eff
ciently nor as rapidly as they were
capable of doing ii.
She decided 10 try TO improve mat
ters. One days she announced that
the class might go hc that after
neon q half hour earlier than usual
if they completed their work nalf
hour earlier.
The boys promptly speeded NJ. got
through their lessons satisfactorily
by the specified time. and were re-
leased for the day.
Next day similar amount Of
work was given, with the promise
tina: the class would be dismissed
even earlier than tho day before,
provided they did their work we'll.
Again desire acted as spur TO
accomplishment
Every day the working-time was
shortened a little. until at last the
boys were doing in a morning what
had previously taken them all day
10 do.
Another teacher who heard Of this
experiment tried il In the case OF
a retarded boy she was endeavoring
10 bring up to grade. II was not
long before she discovered that
when the stimulus OF desire was ap-
piled this backward yourgster Ike
wise displayed surprising ability.
81 found" the reports, that he
could do in 20 minutes what had
taken him IN hour II he did not
want 10 be dismissed quickly 10 go
10 ball game. II was well done.
neatly and accurately. II written.
These bows. note. worked well In
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-19
An Advertisement.

am the Great Comforter; such men have
called me for ages.
| am the surcease OF woe the paciier OF trou-
bled hearts and weary minds.
I am Forgetfulness.
| am Inspiration.
.gild the fancy with delightful color: dissi.
pate the mists OF the morning and ! erase the
darkness Of the outside night.
Men love me and erase them WITH All OF me
Men hold me more precious than the love OF
Woman: men have forsaken wives. children and
homes to ne.
Men have resigned fortune fame and power
for my sake.
Men barter their SELFRESPECT TO- me
every day.
But | am tickle jade.
And those who WOO me must be young and
strong If they would enjoy my Magic Kiss "a
the uttermost
For. when / have become used to them. / can
give them nothing.
When they grow old in the love Of me- ! scorn
them.
Only my new lovers can possess me
| am the pale queen
ALCOHOL,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-19
The Daily Reminder
TOOAYp ANNIVrRsARIrs.

1sls-Commodores Decatur and
S,Ds With nth N:ss.%d 1sS Of nn,
"i is, On Hoe p's % q As sserr:..n.,,v.,
passed a tariff bill impesing an aver
.Ee rate OF duty Of ~ per cent on
2sss--A.,.mp, 70 .hoo. Queen vie,
isss-opening OF railway from MIL
waukee TO Chicago and the East.
lse4-Nathaniel Hawthorne. fnmom,
s ssr. :t salem s':% M.. s,y% gss 800
iess-Ths Diet at Frankfort called
on Prussia and Austria to di:arm.
fssl-Psople's party organised AZ
the NATIONAL Union conference al
iSss-Winlam 10. Gladstone. four
times British premier. died at Ha-
garden Ca.tle. Born I'm Liverpool
isOe.Rsiief OF Maseking celebrated
In London with great rejoicinga
1sos-Ofncial Inauguration Of the
simplon Tunnel through the Alps.
a.n. Of ,Ss s, a. hGd' Oh comp."s
died in New York. Born at Fair
haven, Hsss.. Jan. .. 1.Ae.
iss-The super. dreadnought Tex
ONE s'; RAW aHsen ADO q TSDRS n ras
italy made nnai preparations for
entering the war.
Germans reported Russian effort
TO check German army az San River
failed.
Ruasia poured rsinforcements into
Galicia. where nGhting was con-
tiruous over s0o-mile front.
United States ARRANGED TO take
over Austrian and Italian diplo-
matte affairs In event OF hostilities.
TODAY's BIRTHDAYS.
Arthur Z. Bestor. president OF the
Chsutauyas Institution. born at
Dixon. Ill.,. ~ years ago today.
Bishop Edwin D. MouKon. OF the
Methodist Episcopal church. South.
born At spartanburg. s C.. 81 years
Capt. waldorf Aston. eldest son
and heir OF BARON Aston. born in
New York city. 81 years ago today.
naturalist and African explorer.
born In Orleans county. " r.. 81
Louis W, Hill. president OF the
Great Northern Railway and son OF
James J. Hin, born In 81. Paul. ~
years ago today.
Edward Walsh. pitcher OF the Chit
cago American league baseball team,
ho-n at Plains. Pa. 80 years ago to-
day
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-19

SOMEBODY'S MOTHER.


The woman was old, and ragged and
And ben. with the chill Of win
ter's day;
The streets were white with re-
And the woman's feet with age were
slow.
AZ the crowded crossing she waited
Jostled aside by the careless throng
OF human beings who passed her by.
Unheedirg the glance OF her anxious
eye.
Down the street with laughter and
shout
Clad in the freedom of school let
out"
Come sappy boys. like a flock OF
Haiiinr the snow piled white and
deep;
Past the woman. so old and gray.
fastened the children on their way
None offered q helping hand TO her.
so weak and timid. afraid to stir.
Lest the carriage wheels or the
horses feet
Should trsmpie her down in the
slippery street.
At last came out OF the merry troop
The gayest boy OF all the group;
He paused beside her. and whispered
TN help you across. " you wish
20 go"
Her sr"d hand on his strong young
she placed and 90 without hurt or
harm,
=. guided IN. trembling feet along,
Proud that his own were young and
Then SaST again ,oaaht. friend. h.
His young heart happy and well
content.
shes son.body's mother. boys you
For all shes aged. and poor. and
slow:
And someone. sometime. may lend a
To help NY mo,her-you under
II shes poor. and old. and gray.
And her own dear boy 80 far away
head.
In her home that night. and the
prayer she said
Was: God. he Kind to that noble bov
Who In somehody's son. and pride
and JOY"
Faint was the voice. and worn and
weak.
But tn. Father hears when his chill
dren speak:
Angels caught the fsItering word.
And Somebody's Mothers" praye-
was heard.
Anonymous
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-19
Editing a Bible Verse.

Speaking the other day in the
city, Mayer Waugh changed the ad-
verb l.. widely known verse OF
Scripture and made IL read; For
ve have the poor usually with
YOU n II had occurred 20
mayor OF Winnipeg 80 years ago.
or 81 wears ago. or peradventure.
even II wears ago. TO quote this
text there is very little likelihood
that il would have been changed
from the original, For ye have the
poor always with you"
Why then, did Mayor Waugh
make re change? He did so be-
cause TIE verse is no longer quota
bic. is no longer APT. among decent
md intelligent people, as an ex-
ruse f7r poverty or upon occasions
on which poverty is being dis
cussed II Ia safe TO say that at
no receat annual meeting OF the as.
ISOLATED charities. when the c!ty's
problems OF poverty are reviewed,
could this tevt have been quoted as
either helpful OF appropriate to the
discussion
And ye' there are few middle
AGED people living today who can.
not remember this verse being con-
sta1tly GrOted as kind OF clinch.
.ng argument wherever two or three
were gathered together and the
question ~ poverty cropped up. II
is an Did trick OF special privilege
- seize upon e solitary passage or
1art OF doctrine or an argument.
or 70 exalt some incidental refer.
ence or allusion. to the neglect OF
the subianoe OF the doctrine and
~ the treLd and weight OF the
argumert
81 II has teen prominently with
these words OF the Nazarene. For
years they constituted fortress
against the attacks OF those who
declared thai poverty was not d.
vinely ordained Snug hypocrisy
gorged iis starved soul on this bit
or evidence that poverty was
heaven sent. Having made It's own
calling anf election to material
comfort secure. It assiduously used
this verse TO preach contentment
10 those whose lot in life left them
with very little reason to be con.
te1tcd.-Winnipeg Free Press.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-19

Love and philosophy are sworn
enemies.
The average mans am bition Is to
lower his record.
Most of the people a man likes are
strangers to him.
The rolling stone reaches the foot
Of the hill In due tim..
Corkscrews hsve sunk more men
than cork Jackets have saved.
Empty compliments and senseless
abuse are on an equal footing.
II is said that love will find a
way, but . lot Of spinsters are from
Missouri.
His satanic majesty hasn't much
use for the man who attends strictly
to his own affairs.
A successful man 10 entitled to
less praise than the man who makes
another effort after each failure.
When . man tells q widow that he
Is not worthy Of her love she mildly
denies it-but DOCS not argue the
point.
II a young man Ia in doubt az To
the propriety Of kissing a pretty girl
he should at least give her the bene-
NJ OF the doubt.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-19
First international City

When the plans are in full opera
ton for the government Of Tangier
Morocco, "the first really interna.
tional city OF the world" the com.
munity will have a legislative body,
an assembly chosen by popular vote
and composed OF "a Moroccan mem.
bers and IL foreigners, representa-,
lives OF the powers. A mixed court
IL provided for. along tho lines OF
the international court in Egypt. The
arrangement II that II IA to consist
OF two Frenchmen. one OF whom will
preside; two Spaniards. two Eng
lishmen and one German. A Span.
lard Is 10 be public prosecutor. The
war. Of course. may upset the pro.
gram permanently.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-19
Put Them in Blinds Place.

Florenz Ziegfeld has long been
famous for his ability TO originate
simple and effective expedients OF
the theater, but his genius in mat
ters OF that sort was never more
inlpressiyely shown than in the ar
rangement he made for the appear
ance OF his wife. Billie Burke, al the
Eippodrome's benefit performance
for the soldiers who have been
made totally blind in the European
war. Miss Burke was on the pro-
gram 10 recite a poetic appeal for
aid for those TO whom the sun
light has been forever shut out.
When she had reached the center
OF the great stage every light in the
place was extinguished. In utter
blackness the words of her appeal
we're spoken. Nothing more effec-
tive and appropriate 10 the moment
could have been possible .-Cincin-
natl Times-Star.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-19
We Call Ourselves a
Democracy; Why Shouldn't
We Teach 1t To the Growing!

We call ourselves democracy; anu hia S ~ M
speeches about il on the Fourth oil July anu
occasions when patriotism with oig NOUS
the floor and gives an opportunity LOT nuoh
verbiage of speech - ,r;,.
THE constitution is framed upon these pfln'
oilas ard ye have come 10 believe, WITHOUT
tbint,ng that we are all born of and grow along
the same pattern. -, hi,h
and growth-religion. ethics, philosophy maine
mates etc: il is a little curious that we assume
II 10 be so in the matter OF government.
We are careful TO send our children 10 oatho-
lie BAPTIST or Presbyterian Sunday SCHOOLS as
the case may be: are careful 10 nave them
educated along certain lines OF trade or probes
sion knowing that otherwise they VIII accom-
plish nothing: we are anxious that tney may
have an understanding OF the principles OF
mathematics as essential TO all business ire
and at one time we felt the same In regard 10
the classics as foundation for cultural me-
We do not expect them TO become lawyers OF
doctors without years OF preparation, but do ex
meet that they will all attain manhood with a
complete understanding of democracy and its ap
pljcation to the affairs of the country
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-19

order to escape from work. Desire
in their case was not desire of the
highest order
But the tact remains that II did
enable them 10 work as they had
not worked before
II would have been far better. Un.
doubtedly. if the teacher, coull have
appealed instead 10 desire to work
for the sake OF achieving. Bat they
were handicapped by the fac that
other desires were already dominant
In the boys minds.
That is 40 say. the teachers had
TO deaf with heir human material "a
il came TO them. already partly fash
toned by the influence Of home en-
vironment ard upbringiEg. II they
had TO use the influence OF desire ia
the way they did it was because the
parents OF the boys had neglected TO
foster in them any true interest III
the acquiring OF knowledge.
This is why so many people fail
throughout life 10 profit from the
stimulus Of desire as they might.
They have not been trained in early
childhood TO desire arignt.
Often. happily, his training is
gained by them in later years. But
often IL is never gained. with the
result that mental pow ers remain
undeyeioped or arc used for ignoole,
even criminal. ends.
Education in desire g Of all things
most important, and it cannot be
begun too soon.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-19
From Another Point OF NieD
By c.. T. S.

Theodore Roosevelt appeared this
morning in the Detroit Opera House, but
1.-THE Man Who Came Back" is in thd
Majestic
The selfsame candidate for the presil
dency was once as much opposed to racS
suicide.
A double alarm sounded from the corI
ner of Woodward and Jefferson-ave. yesl
terday afternoon. accounted for a rumo1
around town that he had arrived ahead
of time.
What's become of all the faithful?
Where's he gone and turned em loose,
That assembled In ST. Louis
And he herded there Moose?
They are still at Armageddon
While ne waves the bloody sword
Seeking something more exciting
Than mere battling for the Lord.
The speech was to have no political
significance, which explains the absenc(
of an Endorsement by the Colonel of th(
Wilson administration.
Preparedness finds strange associa|
tions, also, on Roosevelt platform.
II you recall the Roosevelt opinion oil
Meyer and Haywood, you know what th(
Roosevelt opinion is of pacifists.
On the other hand; he may have com(
to Detroit simply to find out what tickle
Charlie Nichols is voting at the present
time.
The presence of the distinguished Wis
itor has caused no change in the price
Of gasoline,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-19
The Keep Well Column
AFTER REFLECTS.

TO the middle ear by forcibly blow.
ing the nose. by using nasal douches
or by natural extension OF the ca
tarrhal process into the ear. The
first sign IL earache or a pain in
the ear.
Medical experience has shown that
relief can only be obtained by pune.
turing the membrane OF the ear.
drum.
In n great many cases the ear.
drum ruptures before a physician Is
called. II IL best therefore. to take
every child suffering from a run
ming ear 90 a specialist.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-19
,Innocents Not To Be Led
In Preparedness Parade
To Bolster Up a Speech

When Superintendent Chadsey re-
fused to close the schools to allow the
6hildren Of Detroit to be drawn into the
onotional maelstrom dubbed patriot
~ and become part of the political
paien propaganda of Theodore
oosevelt, he showed that he was fully
1|lNrs Of the grave responsibility which
= upon his shoulders in the care of
korges and was capable of dis
have to impress into our
noullied, innocent co-opera-
on q political intrigue.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-19
Stitches Belt

An American inventor asserts he
has discovered a cheap and useful
substitute for flexible leather belts
used for driving light machinery:
This is piece OF ordinary friction
Insulating tape. such M Is used I'm
any electrical shop. This In twisted
on itself, and no coupling IL neces.
sary. the ends sticking together
when Joined and twisted.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-19
~ Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright, 1915. by Frank Crane)

You say, my dear Anushka, that you
have nothing but your dreams; you are
full Of dreams; drunk every day with
ideals. And you speak of this as if it|
were Weakness, somethning to bel
ashamed 81.
| You are young. All your years slant
upward. Before you life stretches out
as vast untried adventure. Love isl
yet to come, and success, and career.
Let me, who am over the Interest on the
westering slope. talk to you bit.
And looking back on all that l have
had and felt and lived, let me say to YOU
that the best of all was the dream. Not
what / got but what L longed for, not
what | attained unto but what | aimed
at, these are my harvest, my treasures.
/ fished in the sea, but the biggest fish
got away. hunted in the wood, but the|
brightest birds. the feetest deer, were
those / glimpsed and saw as they van
ished
The things | have seen, gazed at with
full vision, were cheap and tawdry COM
pared to those that flashed by and were
caught only by the tail of my eye
What | have done is a poor compro-
mise. What l dreamed Of doing was|
wonderful. l have painted pictures,
carved statues. built palace, such as no
hands of flesh could accomplish
i have said words that broke hearts
with their infinite tragedy, and healed
them again with their divine accent OF
consolation. | have written books that
swayed the worlds heart as the sum-
mer wind bends the wheat-field.
| have sinned magnifcently and haveI
reached holiness white as the heart of
the cherubim.
But it was all in the realm of might
have-been. beyond the mountains Of theI
possible. on the other shore of the widei
ocean of the actual.
This real self | am afraid for you toi
know 1t is so commonplace. am just
man. and the worse for wear. ] ami
not bit splendid nor dazzling, but byl
way of being shop-worn.
II is only my beautiful secret that
comforts me, the secret of what dream
ed it is only this that encourages me to-
take my journey hopefully among the
stars when my release comes; perhaps
there, in some cosy planet among the
| Pleiades, or dwelling as pure flame
among the fire-spirits that play about
the petals of Dante's Rose of Heaven.
perhaps there shall find pot Of gold
at the end of my rainbow.
| But as far as this earthly career ID
concerned Anushka, the rainbow has
been more worth than the gold. Yet
am not sad nor disilusioned, for. listen,
| I still have my dreams, my skies Of may
be still overarch with ininitude my
earth that is.
What | have is pitiful enough. All
but what thought | was getting! | am
as one who gathers shells and sea-
beauties and takes them home, and finds
them withered, yet remembers the day
on the shore. You recall what the poet
said?
| I wiped away the weeds and foam
fetched my sea-born treasures home.
| But the poor. unsightly noisome things
| Had left their beauty the shore
| With the and the sand and the wild
| uproar.
So hold your dreams, Anushka, and
never let them go. for when you are old
they will be the best residue of life.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-19

The property held for the Church
of Christ In Topeka, Kan. will re
vert to the original owners should
there come into existence within the
body any choir or other organia-
ton, according to the terms OF the
deed by which the property was con.
veyed for church purposes. and
which has just been filed for record
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-19

this trouble, which in former years
vas little considered but today Is
regarded as serious
The complication may occur al
any stage OF the disease. but Is
most frequent after the catarrhal
symptoms are pronounced. such a.
running OF the eyes and nose with
sore throat and cough.
II is produced by the mucus be
ing driven up the Eustachian tube
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-19
EDIT ORAL PAGE

playing upon their feelings with brass
bands and waving flags. 1t is time TO cal
a halt.
Naturally they would all shout and
wave and think they were having the
time of their lives, and any adroit speak
err could turn all this to good account
and pass it along to the older emotionai-
lists who would shout or weep hysterl'
cally. until the welkin rang.
Then would the press catch fire and
the greatest demonstration of patriot
ism of history" and Teddy, the hero OF
the, people" appear in bombastic head
lines through the land.
The people in the towns and on the
farms would be swayed, to a great eX-
tent. and a psychological wave would be
started which would gather force as it
went
But all waves reach the heights of
their capacity, curl over and break at
last in impotent spray.
Roosevelt is fearful of his own orig
inal party and hopes TO prime IL LOT use
with his explosive presence and ram IL
with his utterances as cannon is
rammed with guncotton.
Never has a would-be candidate had
handler material to call upon or an OPP
nortunity to pose on a pedestal of such
virgin purity as has I. K.
And the people, thirstlng for excite,
want and the crack of muSketry VIII
yell themselves hoarse ana go nome
swollen to the bursting point ana ready
to explode with "heroism.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-19

IL acute inham.
nation OF the
middle ear with
or without the
formation OF an
abscess.
Fortunately not
every case OF
measles develops
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-19

10 you know that some men are
old az 45. others are young at 10?
II Is NOT so much question OF the
calendar as n is a matter Of right
living that determines old age and
the period OF usefulness.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-19

Naturally this is an unreasonable expectation
Naturally our young men haven't more thah
vague idea of what democracy stands Tor and
consider that il is thing OUTSIDE THEIR
LIVES.
But why should a child grow up with demo
cratic ideas unless he has had them taught 10
him from earliest years and lived In democratic
atmosphere?
That he too infrequently does not 1--WE IN such
an atmosphere. We know.
Left TO himself any child OF his own age APP
peaIs to him (Which is instructive democracy
which might persist without training In a priml-
tive enyironment), but he has il impressed upon
him. while very young, that he is not to play
with the washwoman's boy across the alley, or
the janitor's boy in the basement.
Not because they bad boys, but because
a large measure upon wealth for its lines OF de-
marcation.
Granted that the janitor has brains; granted
that the cook in your kitchen has the heart OF a
Jane Adams (and we have known some), he Is
still the janitor and she is still the cook
Are we bringing up lot OF snobs and are we
utterly neglecting the very principles for which
we THINK we stand: equality and opportunity
for the pursuit Of happiness?
The public school Is the most democratic in
stituton have
Here no distinctions are made and we are
Justly proud Of IT,
For this reason IL is the logical place in which
the principles Of democracy should be taught.
Why does not somebody lay out course in
this important subject. beginning with certain
ethical atmosphere in the kindergarten and
working w. higher and higher, until by the time
our boys and girls graduated from the high
school, they Will understand the duties Of the
American citizen and be prepared TO assume any
responsibility placed upon themG
With this training OF the mind and HEART
here is a hope that the abuses from which We
suffer in the municipality and the common.
wealth might gradually become lessened and be
finally wiped out.
This sort or education would tend TO bring a
better class OF men into the political field II
would foster civic pride and would, without
doubt. make the average citizen alive 10 his
duties and responsibilities.
Democracy would then not BE- thing outside
bur would become part Of himself