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The midland journal., 1916-05-05
CHICAGO TEACHERS WIN.
Court Rules They Can't Be ousted For
Joining Federation.

Chicago. School teachers Of Chi
cago triumphed in their fight against
the rule barring them from member
ship in the Chicago Teachers Fedora
tion in the appellate court. The upper
court affirmed the decision of Judge
Denis e. Sullivan, of the Superior
Court. which issued a temporary in
junction against the Board of Educa-
ton restraining it from enforcing the
rule and denied the motion to dissolve
the injunction.
The midland journal., 1916-05-05

tree-line Of the valley below them,
scurried across an ancient clearing,
pushed through brush and branches,
and burst out on to the long, bald back
Of East mountain Then came another
clear run over crisp sod dangerously
interspersed with wet slippery stones
and hindering powders.
At the highest point in all the coun-
tryside Clem suddenly drew rein and
slipped from her horse before Alan
could reach her. She stood with one
arm across the saddle-horn and waited
for him.
Alan threw himself from his horse
and rushed up to her. Ills hands were
itching to grip her shoulders and shake
her, but he held them at his side
'What did you do it for?" he asked
with blazing eyes.
Glen looked him over coolly. Ever
run after anyone before, Alan2"
"What?" suffered Alan. He felt
foundations slipping from under him.
Here was person who could look Ten
Percent Wayne at his best in the eye
and never turn a mental hair.
"How do you like it?" continued
Glen in an even, firm voice. Then she
turned her square back to the saddle
and faced him fairly. ''I'll tell you
what did it for. All my life I've been
running after you. Last night / heard
you packing. 1 knew what you were
doing were getting ready to go
away. Before you went I wanted you
to run after me-just once. A SORT
of consolation prize to pride"
Alan's face hardened. "Stop, Glenn.
You can't talk like that to me and you
can't talk like that to yourself" He
looked at Glen and the blood surged
into his neck and face. At that mo-
ment Glen was beautiful to him be-
yond the widest dreams Of fair
women.
Her right arm was still hooked
over the double horn of her saddle
and her left hand holding slim rid
ing whip hung at her side. TO the vel
vet lapeIs of her coat clung little drops
Of rain. Her hair was braided and
firmly tied in double fold at the back
of her neck, but short strands had
escaped from durance and played
about her head. Her head, like the
velvet lapels, was busted with little
silvery drops Of water and little drops
Of water perched on her long, upturned
lashes. Her cheeks were flushed, her
bosom agitated, her lips tremulous.
Only her eyes were steady.
Alan took off his coat and threw 1t
over rock. '.Will you please sit down?
I must talk to you"
Glen strobe to another rock and sat
down. "You are absurd. Your coat
is as wet as the stones. Put 1t on"
Alan hesitated. "Put your coat on"
Alan obeyed; then he sat down be-
fore her, but turned his eyes away and
gazed rather vacantly over the whole
wet world. "If ever two people have
known each other without words.
Glen, it's you and me. Never mind
the grammar Even unshackled words
are dribbling outlet for full heart.
and my hearts as full today with
things I've never said to you as the
clouds are with rain.
mature. taken by and large, is a
funny outfit. and the funniest things in
it are the ones that make you want
to cry. The world sees good man,
The midland journal., 1916-05-05
svFFRAeE eLgAs ~ FLowERs.
Baskets Sent To President and Mem
bers OF Cabinet.

washington.-Leaders of the woman
suffrage movement sent baskets or
May Day flowers to President Wilson,
and all the members of his Cabinet
The backets contained messages urging
support Of constitutional amendment
giving women the ballot.
The midland journal., 1916-05-05
GERMANY TO YIELD.
Indicated Result OF the Conference
Between the Kaiser and Gerard.

Berlin (via London).-Future Ger
man-American relations probably can
be looked forward to with less appre-
hension. The German reply is ex-
pected with little delay, but 1t IS con-
sidered undesirable that preliminary
indications of the nature of the note
should be published abroad.
The midland journal., 1916-05-05

Glen Is wearing out her heart
for Alan. Does he understand
thie7 Is he keeping away from
her for the sport It affords him
TO watch . girls heart break2
or does he feel he IL unworthy
Of her affection3 Will she
"catchr him YETI
The Detroit times., 1916-03-08
FEAR OF THE DARK.
~ H. ADDiNGToN BRUCE
The Riddle OF Personality

A good many children are afraid
OF the dark. And good many par
ents act as though this were part OF
the natural order OF things. and
therefore TO be lightly regarded.
As matter of fact, child that
Is afraid of the dark is child that
ought to be carefully handled.
The effort should at once be made
TO ascertain the specific cause or
causes OF the child's fear. and steps
should then be taken TO abolish
these and to overcome the fear IT,
self.
Fear states are always dangerous
states, and they are particularly
dangerous in childhood For they
may then form the starting point for
serious defects OF character, even
for distressing nervous disorders.
When children fear the dark IL
usually is n sign that their imagina-
ton has been unhealthy excited.
They fear the dark because in imag-
ination they people the dark with
all sorts OF terrifying images.
These images, however, are not
wholly selfcreated. They represen;
ideas put into the children's minds
by things seen and heard during the
daytime. and notably by stories told
to them by indiscreet parents OF
nurses
Thus, some children fear the dark
because they have been terrified by
ghost stories. Any kind OF tale OF
the horrible or OF the supernatural
Ia likely to initiate fear OF the dark.
The same result may follow from
the common practice OF frightening
children TO make them good
know OF one case In which a
mother foolishly told her four-year
old boy that if he were naughty the
devil would come and take him.
Soon afterward the boy developed
extreme fear of the dark; and still
The Detroit times., 1916-03-08
A Poem q Day

sTANxAs ON THH DEATH OF A
r0lDND.
Thou art gous to the grave; but we
will not deplore thee.
Though sorrows ana darkness en-
compass the tomb:
Thy saviour has passed through its
portals before thee.
And the lamp OF Hts love 10 thy
guide through the gioomi
Thou art gone to the grAvs: We no
longer behold thee.
Nor tread the rough paths Of the
world by thy eide;
But the wide arms OF Mercy are
spreAd to enfold thee,
And sinners may die. for the SIM
less hath died!
Thou art gone to the grave; and. its
mansion forsaktng,
Perhaps thy weak spirit In fear
fingered long,
But the mild rays OF Paradise beamed
on thy waking.
And tho sound which thou heard'st
was the Seraphim's songi
Thou art gone TO the grave: but we
will not deplore thee:
Whose God was thy ransom, thy
Guardian. thy Gutdei
He gave thee. He took thee. and He
will restore thee:
And death has no sting. FOR the
Saviour has dled'
-Rssinsid Hepsr
The Detroit times., 1916-03-08
Maybe We Can H0nk.

Eleven TO IT, TO 13, to is. to 40 or so cents
probably, says Thomas Hisgen. who fought and
fought the Standard OIL Co, about prices OF
gasoline.
This leads a great editor OF limousine ca
pacity to ask:
"Is this huge squeeze from a monster hand
unnecessitated by any valid reasonT'
We guess not
We guess that u is huge squeeze from Q
monster hand for the very valid reason that
the hand aforesaid wants more money and
footing prices Is the easy way to &c 1t.
VIII We stand for 1t:
Honk! Honk. No. sir!
We viii Investigate "the supply and demand"
explanation given for 20 or 5o-cent gasoline. We
will.
Our u. s. district attorneys will get busy. they
Will.
They'll find that the supply and demand are in
good health. and well sue the Standard OIL Co..
we will.
Honk, Honk! Get out Of the way. Standard
Oil Co!
Gasoline has become a common necessity
II IL a necessity OF business life. home life,
farm life.
II turns the wheels OF the merchants deliv-
cry truck.
II fries our bacon on the family cook stove.
II reaps. lifts. carries back and forth on our
farms.
Does anybody think that we're going to lie
down while octopus raises this necessity be-
yond our reach?
Never,
Well have the law on 'em,
And our governing body. the United States
supreme court, will tell us we dissolved the
octopus.
And the Octopus will raise gasoline another
two cents TO pay for defending itself against our
law suit
Honkl Honk,
That's about all We can accomplish
And by the Great Horned Spoon! we have to
buy gasoline with which TO do even that
The Detroit times., 1916-03-08
Finds Disease Breeder.

To the Editor Of tn Iimes:
I entered a penny arcade on Mon
roe-ave.. not with the idea OF par.
ticipating In any Of the amuse-
ments there. but simply out OF
mere curiosity. I would like through
your columns. to call the atteAtion
OF the patrons OF these cheap
amusement houses to the great risk
they run when using machine
therein called the lung tester. To
my estimation, this In one OF the
worst kind OF disease distributors
that has ever come under my no
tice. Attached 10 the machine Is a
long rubber tube, the idea being
10 place same to your mouth. and
endeavor by blowing through II.
raise a. many dummy divers out OF
a water tank as your wind capacity
will permit. Being curious ! exam
ined this tube and was not sur
prised 10 find the mouthpiece in a
wet and Shiny condition. Just i'm
agine there In no restriction or dis
elimination. an individual suffering
from consumption, tonsilitis. or any
other Infectious disease. with the
small expenditure OF q penny. is al.
lowed 10 place In jeopardy the
The Detroit times., 1916-03-08
Pointed Paragraphs

Hope induces a man to do lot OF
fool stunts.
Poverty is no crime-otherwise
most OF US would be In jail.
II Is easiest TO arbitrste after You
have licked your opponent,
A lot of people speed up only
when they are on the wrong track.
However, a fool and his money Is
combination you don't meet every
day.
Wise is the wife who car make a
noise like a good dinner cooking.
One-haf OF the world is kept busy
trying TO find out how the other half
lives.
IL we should use an axe on our
own faults We shouldn't have So
much time to use hammer on 9th.
or peoples.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-08

later he actually believed that he
saw the devil In his bedroom. Med
teal help had to be summoned to
overcome this hallucination.
Medical help. too, Is often needed
by children whose nervousness
first shows Itself in fear OF the dark
AS just said. such fear is time and
again the beginning of serious nerv.
Gus trouble.
Some authorities insist that all
functional nervous and mental NAL
aides have their roots in fear of the
dark and other fears OF childhood.
"All functional psychosis," says
Dr. Boris Sidis. "is really nothing
else out an obsessIon OF the fear in
stinct. conscious and subconscious.
In all such cases the fear can
be traced TO early childhood, to
early experience OF the fear in
stinct.'
II. therefore. your child shows fear
OF the dark. don't treat him 10y the
method OF ridicule. or try 10 cure
his fear by compelling him to face
the darkness.
Instead, try TO gain his confidence.
and learn from him just what IL is
he fears. If be cannot tell you--as
will sometimes be the case-ques-
tion him about his dreams.
These will usually help to ascer-
tain what il Is that is troubling him
Then you can logically and convinc-
ingly explain away his fears. after
taking precautions TO eliminate what
has been troubling him.
And, meantime, recognize that he
is probably a supersensitive child.
In special need of training in emo
tIonal control DO your best TO give
him this training-not forgetting
that your best should include dis.
playing emotional control yourself
so as TO bring him under the edu
cative influence OF a good example
The Detroit times., 1916-03-08

Of cleanliness, impure air and poor
foods--these are some Of the causes.
Bad housing is one OF the most
important factors. When the home
conditions are bad. Ideals and am
bition are replaced by carelessness.
drunkenness and immortality.
what is meant by bad housing? =?
Does IL mean the ramshsckle. di.
lapidsted frame building facing
The Detroit times., 1916-03-08

health OF those who afterwards un-
thinkingly patronize this disgusting
machine. Sanitary drinking foun-
tains In public places, individual
towels I'm hotels, paper drinking
cups on trains. were the outcome
OF the disgusting method of 40
many people using the same cups.
or the same towels. We have been
led TO believe this elimination was
necessary for the prevention Of
spreading disease, and yet this Of
fender OF the worse type is allowed
to carry out its daily contribution
OF the same right here in Detroit
should like TO have the mayor
investigate this complaint, and i'm.
mediateIy eliminate this unneces-
sary evil. for the health of the rls-
ing generation In just as much an
asset - good morals. It's conclu-
sives that the cheap arcades on
Monroe-ave. are az great menace.
for the simple reason that children
are allowed to enter and view the
different subjects (tbat are more
or less of suggestive nature). &C.
cording to the titles. by lscing a
penny in the different machines
and turning the handle. Represent
ing one of the largest concerns In
America, whose chief aim is the
preservation Of life. and whose well
fare work is gaining the attention
of the whole United States. I sin
cerely hope these prevailing condi-
tions will Immediately be rem
ediable. ALFRED T. HOLT.
No. 31s Twenty-third.st.. March
6, 1915.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-08

costly than private work. The esti-
mates showing that IL costs no more
are fictitious: for the navy yard meyer
includes In the cost the heavy over
head charges which form one of the
principal ltems In estimating the cost
OF privately built warshibs.
President Wilson has spoken eio-
guently in favor OF "a strong navy.
The question naturally suggests itself
whether the plans OF the admins
tration can be adequately followed
out without some radical change be-
ing made in the methods and policies
which have been pursued by the sec
retary OF the navy during the present
admini stration. No satisfactory ex-
rotary to those who are anxious to
see the United states navy maintain
proper and adequate position. OF
the delay OF nearly two years which
The Detroit times., 1916-03-08
HENRI -. JOi .
Detroit, March 4. 1916.

To all patriotic Americans whose
eyes are uncIouded by party politics.
IL II perfectly clear that the United
States navy Is confronted by one OF
the most serious crises in rs whole
violent death of over one hundred
American citizens we are today en-
gagged IN critical negotiations. during
with the second greatest naval power
in the world have. more than once.
been strained almost 10 the breaking
point. Moreover. the naval power In
question believes that; because OF tne
ammunition question, IL has cause for
a deep-seated grievance against this
country. History teacnss as how
readily the seeds Of bitterness may
become the seeds OF war; and nence
the question OF the relative strength
% our own navy and that OF the ma
tion in question becomes OF para
mount Importance.
How. then. do matters stand What
| - the relative strength OF the United
sta.ss navy and that OF Germany lt
| IL readily stated.
| To Germanys great feet. in COM
mission today. Of s2 dreadnougnts we
| summer ot this year but IL.
Among those - dreadnoushts are
| Ave battle cruisers OF IS knots speed
1 and against these we could Oppose
not single one.
| Against Germanys deet Of a dog
en- or more up-to-date 2s-knot scouts
we could oppose only three OF slow
| and obsolescent type.
Il And against Germsny's still numer-
Gus feet Of large. able. seagoinz sub
marines. well seasoned by months OF
Iarduous war service. we could Oppose
a feet OF small. non-seagoin9 subms-
rines. of such doubtful utility that
in the opinion of our sesgoing ofn-
GERS. they should never venture faf
aheld from their home ports.
Thanks 70 the efforts OF patriotic
| societies, such as the Navy league
and the National Security league
these facts have been brought homs
has gone forth that the question OF
the defense Of the country, both ma
val and military. shsf1 he lifted "
out Of the realm of party politics. and
debated from the patriotic standpoint
OF the highest good Of the nation. "
plans Of defense OF the naval and
military experts OF the country shall
be brought out Of the pigeon hole
and put into practical operation.
So far as the navy y eoncern.d; W
IL is we'll understood by the country
az large that " the plans of the gen
eral board had been followed our
navy would today be OF eIual
| strength 20 that Of Germany. OWNS
10 the indifference of congress. N.
\ FOR tho past 10 years. with the re-
| suif that we are depiorabiy lackins
| In naval strength.
| II Secretary Daniel could nave hat
his way. the plans of ths he. boar boar.
but. yielding 10 the public demand
Mr. Daniels, who at first suppressed
the general boards report. has nov
made II public. and II 10 reveale'
that tho board ssked for far large
The Detroit times., 1916-03-08

lent among the
poor OF the tene-
ments?
Not one. hut a
number OF factors
are responsible.
Congestion. power
", im m a lity.
drunkenness, lack
The Detroit times., 1916-03-08
CHARITY PIRATES

well-known movie artist tells OF q
letter she received from woman in Al
bany. begging for help.
"You were poor girl yourself" said
the letter, $50 you will know what am
suffering when tell yeu my papa and
myself haven't had anything to eat for
two whole days, and we have been sleep
ing in barn after being turned out Of
our house because we didn't have the
money to pay the rent" Then, after de-
scribing the pitiable condition of her
poor, blind, uncomplaining papa and her
emaciated, starving self, the writer con-
|cluded: "You are SO lucky to be well of
now. and can't you help US? God would
bless you If you did, and If you don't my
father and will die.
When the case was investigated by the
Albany police it was found that the an-
thor of the letter was notorious crook
who made a good living by writing such
appeals to prominent professional people.
She was Charity Pirate.
Kindness is permanent quantity in
society, and the exploitation of it is an
established business.
1t is quite the fashion to sneer at
charity organizations, as being cold.
mechanical, and heartless. But the
fact is that nothing stands in greater
need of organization and the careful
management of trained experts SO much
as charity.
Giving is fine art, and in the hands
may easily do more harm than good. Sue
cessful business men have not the time
to examine into each application. and
shrewd as they may be they are not
clever enough to escape the clever
Charity Pirates who pillage the rich by
their moving appeals and the poor by
diverting from them the aims which are
their due.
Charity organizations exist because
they are absolutely essential IL what is
given to relieve the necessities Of the
unfortunate is to be kept from the
clutches of the jackals.
| In most cities there is an organiza-
ton of associated charities whose busi-
ness it is to see that donations go
where they are intended. II searches
for cases of genuine destitution and ex-
poses the professional beggars. 1t IS
maOaged by officials of experience, and
the administration is usually both kind
| Iy and efficient.
1t is far better to entrust your gifts
| to such an association than to depend
upon your own impulse and imperfect
information.
OF course there may be some official
hardness and red tape, but that as rule
is exaggerated. To be effective your
charity should be regularly given and
widely distributed, and you are no more
competent to attend to this than to run
the government.
Certain it is that all charity organi-
cations are most roundly cursed by the
Charity Pirates.
The Belgian Relief. perhaps the most
magnificent charity in all history,
would not be so satisfactory if it were
not handled by skilled experts.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-08
From Another Point of TeD
BY C.. T. S.

The HaIsteads7 Do we know them? Well
What we know we dread TO tell:
Our letters and theirs Is NJ
We have a party line on them.
Here's hoping the commander of the
Moewe was successful in bringing back,
too, the correct pronunciation.
Theophile Van Maldighem has secured
a license to wed Mary De Cook. Every
thing promises to be lovely if Mary can
make herself look as good to Theophile
in small d and small C.
Another license suggests that James L.
King has found in Cora l.. Peach the
apple of his eye. In fact we can almost
hear James calling her Gore" for short
We are expecting hourly, now, that our
creditors will begin dropping in TO ask
US what we expect to give up for Lent.
A Detroit pedestrian apologized To the
driver of an automobile which struck
him. saying it was all his own fault Here
is where we fool him. 1t is our opinion
that he simply wanted to get his name
in the paper.
Corn packed in can 27 years ago was
found in first class condition when the
can was opened. The trouble with the
fellows who hold the eggs is, however
they aren't satisfied to make 27 years the
limit.
An eye of blue and an eye ~ brown.
A case of which we have in town.
Is woman's fortune. we'd decree
For some men like the blue. you see:
| But II upon the blue they frown.
Their preference may be for brown.
or rivals shed have quite few.
Some liking brown some liking blue
or suitors neer she'd be bereft
But loved, instead. both right and left
Canadian justice has set the time clock
long way ahead for Dynamiter Respa
The Detroit times., 1916-03-08
Why Not Compromise and
Make Presidents Choice
Secretary of Peace?

Secretary of Peace?
NewtOn d. Baker, former mayor OF
CIsveland, just appointed by President
{E1lpon to succeed Lindley M. Garrison,
1ooiened, rs secretary of war, is paci-
~ has long been. he says himself, "al-
focot ! peace-at-any-pri man."
4 He says the senate may not feel like
tx1crsing him for the secretaryship be-
1nnoe Of his views that peace will come
~ when warning nations agree to sub
l1tnte law for force in settling interna-
|1oual disputes.
Just the same. Baker has not sent his
I11 rnatioa to any of the peace societies
which he belongs. which fact is
fxaIeat to an announcement that he
It propose to compromise his con-
icns for the sake of the job.
luer y : big man---big enough for
II place for which he has been
> bean the practice Of law in Mar
1urS. West virginia, where he was
= 1851.
noved To Cleveland and became
folfeitor there in 1902, holding the
10 years, when the people of
d who had been watching him
'7Eax2r.~ II 60 ,n~vn~
Reconsideration was indorsed when
oo rs-sIected. in 1914.
III city solicitor he supported Tom
1no n his reform movements, chief
Yoh ~ the fight against the street
Sp fcr lower fares.
neht Baker carried to the su-
~ oourt and finally brought about
Tnstment Of the street railway con-
rs Was . strong supporter of Wood,
& Wilson in the Baltimore convention
Nj name was mentioned at that
o - connection with the nomination
y lhe vics-presidency.
~ Wilson had been elected, Baker
1lnod the secretaryship of the interior
w1s offered to him twice.
~ ~ says, the senate may not regar'
- hloodthirsty enough for the port
~ X war, and it seems too bad to de
lvo ths president of man like Bake
& his cabinet.
Wonder IL the thing could not be com
rurnlced. 30 that he could take office a
~SECRETARY OF PEACE7"
Boesn't It seem strange that We hav
such thing as the secretaryship q
ne1f
oosn't It, now that you have though
ovotf
IN Il possible that Europe woul
~ benented II the countries involve
have turned their affairs over I
1ries Of peace when the war tai
Gtaktedf
Hnyhow, for country that is SUI
% stand practically alone for a
Isod civilization, SECRETARY o
ACE sounds whole lot more civi
ana appropriate than secretary {
hore Is desired such thing as
Ioxy Of peace. II looks very much 8
4o - one available, though waitin
now Tor confirmation as secretai
The Detroit times., 1916-03-08
~ Gave Her Life
y Werlk; How Much
on Give to Help 1t?

tliaans ~. Cowis, whose death
lg6n1ay, wss president of the
N nch of TIE Young Wcman's
1 Association.
nmpaisn that IL being waged to
mao for : new home for the
~ Dstrnit hid only just be-