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The Washington herald., 1916-07-16
CARTWRIGHT REDUCED.
Marmon "a shows Efforts in This
Direction.

Direction.
The problem of reducing weight is
gaining the attention of motor car
engineers more this year than ever be-
fore. In every factory, designers are
working to build a motor car which will
weigh much less than the conventional
type and still give the maximum luxury.
comfort and roadability.
To accomplish this, smaller details
must have strict attention. The Marmon
"a is very excellent example OF a
scientifically constructed lightweight
car. One instance in which weight has
been reduced by careful designing is
seen in the use of the kick up of the
frame for the rear seat support. The
old method was to build a box CT the
proper height and then set the cushion On
1t. In the Marmon "a the frame side has
been brought up to the proper height
and the cushion sets directly on the
frame 20 that the additional weight Of
he box = eliminated
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-25
FIRE-TRAP CHURCHES OH!
50 VERY INAPPROPRIATE.

The Iroquois theater fire in Chicago resulted in max
ing all theaters safer The Collinwood, O.. fire
caused revolution in safeguarding schOolhouses But
nobody seems to have paid much attention to the
churches.
The building commissioner of Boston has been in
vestigating the churches all denominations in
his city and found conditions which would not be
tolerated in other place of public assembly These
for example:
Doors opening inward.
Rubbish piles under stairways and in Easements.
mo means of egress from sides Of buildings.
"Basement-screens screwed to the window frames.
Lack of freproohng around steam-pipes and fur
nace-pipec.
Improper exits from galleries and chors.
Doors that when opened. blocked stairways
Heating apparatus installed beneath wooden stairs
The commissioner has issued orders for these de-
be remedied. and his instructions be-
ing carried Every city in the country ought to
its attention the matter. without waiting for
congregation to be burned alive TO supply the
sary stimulus. Fire-traps a synonym for hell.
One thing at least ought to be attended to in every
church-and every other sort of building where many
people live work The doors should he made
open outward they cannot jam in of a
rush. We wonder how is 1t in South Bend?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-25

does not include workers in factories, mills any
other places than retail mercantile establishments.
The interesting thing about the report is that al
though 1852 women have received substantial wage
increases. only thirtythree fewer employed
in the establishments investigated than en-
ployed two ago
Wherever the minimum wage law has been dis
cussed possibility the cry has arisen that will
throw out OF employment thousands of unskilled or
half-sklled workers who not able TO command
wages as high the minimum. This at first appeared
to be the result Massachusetts, the report
state commissioner upon its first months work has
wholly disproved the earlier
Oregon has not yet appeared to suffer seriously from
vast hOrdes OF unemployed. skilled women. At least
It's papers silent the subject that the reader
fails 10 be disturbed
Massachusetts,. increasing the wages of 1852 women,
depriving Of employment thirty-three little less
than two per Of number raised, would
have escaped any great danger.
Moreover, by putting premium skill, the ten
cency is to raise the standard of efficiency Tor the whole
community, by doing, raise standard OF
comfortable living for all.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-25
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY SEEMS TO
HAVE LOST ITS GLAMOR.

Despite the uproar emitted four years ago by ex-
Prest T. Roosevelt then considerably determined to
be president again the presidential primary this year
seems to have been pretty well forgotten We here in
Indiana know what it amounted o n this state and
the outlook in other states is scarcely
aging. Due 10 the Roosevetan noise in 1912 it seem
ed certain that future presidential candidates would
have to be named by the people direct in order to
avoid u riot. The result is interesting.
There p states with presidential primary laws,
and the delegates from those states will nearly
twothrds Of the total in both the big party
tons.
With the democratic party the institution is super
huous because there is opposition Pres't
Wilson, and his omination is expected be a mere
formarty. Many democrats therefore object to the
trouble expense Of the primaries. In the repub-
Hcan party the trouble largely precisely op-
posite stuation-the plentfie Of candidates.
There dozen republicans and progress
sives open receptive candidates Most of them are
senator's And this fact las inject into the
primary campaign the tradition senatorial cour-
tesy. Instead of fighting for the nomination
didaes both sides did ago. the republican
and progressive candidates keeping off each others
In states that have "favorite there
is contest.
Thus every competitor is keeping out CT Massachu-
sets. in Difference to Sen Weeks; out OF Illinois in
Difference Sen sherman; they kept out Indiana
difference to Mr. Fairbanks; keeping out of Iowa.
in Difference to Sen. Cummns; o Wisconsin in
Difference to Sen LaFollee Idaho in Difference
Sen. Borah; of Michigan. Difference to Sen.
Smith; out OF Ohio in Difference Mr. Burton; of
Pennsylvania in Difference to Sen Penrose; New
York in Difference to Mr.. Root, 70 mention Gov.
Whitman and Col. Roosevelt.
Even in states with local choice there strange
lack OF competition. In the Minnesota primary for
example. candidates except Sen Cummins and Mr..
Estabrook allowed their o be is prob
able that Mr. Root Justice Hughes Col Roosevelt
least. going to play part the proceedings
OF the national convention but nobody would ever
suspect it. from their present coyness
The primaries therefore, going cut little figure
this year. The candidates will be chosen by the
venton, former candidates have been. because the
politicians want 1t that way the candidates
that way, and the voters don't care.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-25

When it came his turn, billiard
got up and began, seriously:
MANY of you are doubtless won
dering how / happened to be here
without being attractively implicat-
ed with evening clothes. The fact
is, l was afraid that unless Z wore
ordinary daylight garments nobody
would be able TO tell me from a
waiter"
That got a good laugh and the
next day several new clients came
to billiards. office. They wanted to
help along a struggling attorney who
could take such a jolly, philosophy
cal view OF his poverty. Soon Hill
Hard was able to keep a dress suit,
and he has been in demand as an
after dinner speaker ever since.
billiard practiced law, or en-
deavored to, in Kansas City, before
going TO Denver. He had never been
about cities much up 10 the time he
was admitted TO the bar, and when
he first went up into the common
pleas court room at Kansas City 10
familiarize himself with legal pro-
cedure, he felt extremely i'll at ease.
Being a member Of the bar he was
entitled to go inside OF the railing
with the rest of the lawyers. But
he lacked the courage TO do so. and
sat outside among the bedraggled-
looking. professional courtroom loaf
ers. Day after day Hilliard took his
seat outside of the railing. He kept
thinking that the next day he would
get his courage up TO step boldly
inside, where the lawyers were.
Finally he nerved himself and did
walk inside.
And about a dozen Of the more
ragged of the idlers followed him
in. They figured that II he belonged
inside they ought TO be allowed in,
too.
From that time on. says Hill
lard. IT knew my rightful follow
ing. l became identified with the
cause Of the plain people
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-25
Until 10 A NJ

1t was the first thing I noticed in
the office Of the busy mana little
square of pasteboard with this
statement: BE pleasant until 10
o'clock in the morning and the rest
of the day will take care of itself"
Probably the thing that made il
strike in at my first glance was the
fact that it was after 10, and I had
come to ask favor Of the busy
man. If he stayed pleasant only
till 10 o'clock, I wasn't certain of
the successful outcome of my ven
ture, but when he entered the little
room I saw at a glance that his
early morning attitude toward life
had not yet worn off. He was kind,
ourteous. gentlemanly, and shall
emember him as living up to his
motto
But would it work under all con-
ditions? I'd hate to say that it isn't
rue-the statement that if you're
pleasant until 10 o'clock, the rest
Of the day will take care of itself
because the man who said il is gone.
and can't argue the question with
me, but 1 can say that maybe he
hadn't tried it out in all trades.
Take housekeeping, for instancel
Nearly any housekeeper can be
pleasant until 10 o'clock, for it is
after that time when things begin
TO happen. Who ever heard of the
dinner burning before 10 a. m. ?
Agents don't usually begin to ring
the doorbell until about that time.
Usually the telephone calls begin to
come in after 10, notifying you that
you must make your number Of
church calls Immediately. get some
one to help with your table at the
next church supper, be sure to at
tend an important committee meet
ing. be at the next club meeting
without fail. etc.
II unexpected friends or relatives
are going to drop in for dinner, IT
will be after 10 o'clock. The post
man brings all your bad news after
10. The afternoons bring more
agents, and callers, welcome and un-
welcome. The baby has the collie
in the afternoon, If he's going To
have it at all, and the next sized
one is cross If he fails to get his
nap, and the older ones come
tramping in from school with muddy
feet. noisy voices and empty stom-
achs Then the man Of the house
may put IN a call for a hurry az
supper so ne can get 10 an import
ant lodge meeting on time. In fact
it seems that all the nerve-racking
brain-fagging, back breaking hours
in the business OF being a home
maker come after 10 o'clock IN the
morning.
Maybe some day we will get start
ed being so very, very pleasant early
in the morning that il will be like
sliding down a steep hill, impossi-
BILE for US 70 stop-but some OF Us
will have right smart push 70 get
US started
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-25
A BOSTON PROFESSOR SAYS WE ARE A
.DECADENT NATION WE SAY "HUHr

According TO Prof. Dudley A. Sargent Harvard gym
nasium director, Americans, viewed military ma
terial are hopeless
Our forefathersF he says. were pioneers men Of
hardihoOd and indomitabe Will used TO a wholesome
mingling OF mental moral physical hardships and
trials Since then the paths have grown easier and
stock has followed the trails by the
strong"
He ands US lacking of country, manly vigor
pineIy devitaIizing overspeciaIsing ten
denotes of working and living conditions Our
moral courage lacks the stimulus derived from the
practice OF manly sports-the only real superior
substitute for the stimulus OF war" The public schools
their duty. the colleges ignore
necessity for adequate compulsory physical
ton"
view of all these lamentabe facts. can't help
wondering how it happens that every time have
gone against the worlds athletes Olympic
games we have wiped the earth with them We Won
der especially because while have made incom-
paraby the athletic showing any great nation
Germany. the supreme military power, has been a
petty and Inundated figure in every contest.
We can't find much convincing proof OF physical
deterioration. And when it comes to moral courage.
which the professor thnkf decadent thoughts
fit. somehow, the situation Mexico Those Mexi-
living the open like own pioneer ancestors and
hahituated hardship and toll. And a handful Of
American troops under disadvantageous conditions put
1000 OF them fight and when the invaders made a
the border. 81 Americans fought 500
OF them. Subsequent events showing the su-
premacy
IL the Boston professor really imagines that Ameri-
cans today good military material just let
him keep his eve on that expeditonary force.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-25
MAYBE EUROPE DOESN'T LIKE US BUT
WE STILL HAVE HER RESPECT.

If may take The Nation, a London paper of solid
ity and Influence criterion. Europe especially
Britain in spite of its expressed dislike contempt
for US still regards with Of and respect
typical British paradox. This from a recent edi-
torial we'll worth reading
America is slowly moving away from her
old mOOrings and shortly she will have entered
consciously and definitely into world
politics a great power. would be
for the European belligerents to pretend they
will and settle the affairs o the world
without her.
Americas strength both material
moral. will be relatively so much greater that
her will and intentions operate with
weight upon the policy of reconstruction in
Europe.
For the present America probably thinks
she can do better for the world by keeping
Of the war. even at a considerable sacri-
fee of pride and self-esteem But the time will
comet is fast approaching-wh her inter
vention may be Europe's only means not only
of ending the war. but of attaining a tolerable
and durable peace"
The significant thing the admission that only
through American intervention can the war be ended
and "tolerable and durable" peace obtained The
expression in effect has recently from
authoritative in Germany The belligerens
rapidly reaching the conclusion that any peace which
might be acceptable to all be arranged by this
country.
The our national destiny is rapidly drawing
1t written in the worlds horoscope. cen
turtles that America should time
domination over all the nations of the earth for the
that Of all such nations. it alone is founded
upon the rock of liberty. But do not be mised
Our ordained part will not be that of intervention
but of mediation.
At Verdun the most gallant of the of gal
liant have been slaughtered hopeessly, useessy
It is probable that neither side will achieve decisive
advantage There may come the inevitable reaction
for this may be the supreme test Of the war Their
may clamor for peace that will not be denied
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-25
WITH OTHER EDITORS
THAN OURS
KEY RINGS ARE so
RESPECTABLE.
(kansas City Star.

(kansas City starr
Stevenson, after careful consider,
alton of the subject. selected the
umbrella as the stamp of English
respectability. But he admitted it:
universal use in the island inhabit-
ed by that race had a certain plausi-
bility-they are a people who live
under the sign OF Aquarius.
Here in America the philosopher
embarked upon a similar inquiry
would find his course less plainly
charted. Umbrellas are carried here
too, but they by no means have the
same significance. Indeed. the
American with an umbrella in his
hand very plainly has no motor car
around the corner. If forced "a
carry one he does it furtively, much
as a sick man out for a walk en-
dures the company of his nurse.
The umbrella, then, may be voted
out as a mark of American respecta-
biiity But what shall be voted on,
for there must be something. some
common possession OF rich and poor
alike that serves an equal purpose
Man will strive everywhere TO con-
form to a standard.
On the whole, We are inclined to
vote for the bunch OF keys strung
on a ring and carried in the pocket.
An exhaustive research of author
tiles confirms us in the belief that
very few keys so carried are ever
used to turn locks. A dozen men,
picked az random, each carrying
an average OF ten keys, were put
upon the stand and none Of them
could identify positively more than
two Of his keys as belonging TO any
lock in his possession. OF the total
number one latchkey and one be-
longing TO the office desk were all
they could undertake to swear to.
Why then is this weight of metal
carried about by Americans? Not
to Jingle in the pocket, for two sill
YER dollars will jingle much better.
No, the reason lies deeper than that.
It has its root in a surviving SYM
bolism whose origin may be traced
to plate chests. dispatch boxes,
jewel cases, secret wall panels and
wine cellars-all the doors and dou-
BILE locks that once, before banks
and storage houses came in-meant
the possession Of the various forms
Of wealth susceptible of being hid
den, slowed away and locked up.
A curious survival and yet one
that undeniably makes for the strict
est responsibility. A man with a
big bunch of keys must be accepted
as having something to lock up AS
he takes them from his pocket and
turns the ring on his finger their
musical cIink speaks Of safety de-
post, OF notes, Of mortgages, of
bonds and generally of all those
things comprised by the six per
cents. He would disclaim any such
pretensions, he would be unwilling
to admit the psychology. but he
would turn back any morning If he
started down town and discovered
he had left behind his six or eight
ounces of key metal, four-fifths of
which were mere ballast.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-25
HOLLAND GETTING MAD OVER
GERMANY'S SUBMARINE POLICY.

logical result OF the Trpitz submarine policy
in the present mood OF Holland. The Dutch
nation much aroused the recent torpedoing
Of ships by U-bcats a Americans were over
the Iusitania outrage The sympathies OF the Dutch
with Germans at the beginning. The destruc
ton Of their ships has driven them to talk openly Of
war And with all due respect TO the power Of the
United States IL be admitted that Holland war
ring with Germany could hurt her far than we
could.
If Holland should really decide TO cast her lot with
the allies Germany would be doomed The Dutch could
hold the German and Belgian frontier until England
poured 100000 men into the country then there
would be sharp powerful drive for the heart Of Ger
many. the very least, the Germans would have to
withdraw from Belgium and shorten their lines. At
the worst they would be driven back 10 the Rhine
and forced for peace.
That is what Germany has risked by her policy Of
senseless assassination Of neutrals which has
received powerful support the reichsag in the
face of this perilous resentment.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-25
CHCKEN-PROOF.

Guess the neighbor's chickens
won't bother my garden next
spring"
What are you going 10 raise -
Cactus. Spanish 0ayoElt and
prickIy pear"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-25
HELPING HIM OUT.

Student writing home)-How do
you spell financially?
Other-F'-i-n-a-n-c and
there are two rs in embarrassed"
-Harper's Magazine.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-25
THE WILD GEESE LIED.


What means it when the wild geese
fy?"
1 asked Cap. Schock Of our Police;
"A sign that balmy spring is Nigh
That time has come to shed the
fleece
Lined underwear for b. V. Do"
And Cap. Schock says, he says says
he,
1T all depends on time of year.
And this is March, the 18th day,
And when it comes to Springs ad-
vent,
Those geese amt got lot to ly!"
The hours waxed warm, the twenty
first
Arrived on its appointed day,
And 1, o'erjoyed, approached the
Cap,
And asks: Now what's your YER
dict, pray?"
And Cap. he shrugged his pond'rous
weight,
Above the waist-line, meath the
neck,
And says no word but kinda looked
As if the geese still wrong. b'Heck.
And then the twenty-second came.
With rain and snow and wind and
sleet,
And toward the captains desk 7
strobe,
With anxious heart and hating
feet,
And marry preached a geesling
thought,
Not thinking that the same was
mete:
But says the Cap, he says, says
About those geese" 90! yes"
says we
Those geese was wrong.-the
smokes on mel"
Dear Nj. p: As regards the
above. Cap. Schock says insofar as
he was roped In on the few para
graphs which heralded the crossing
Of the V-shaped column here. and
to the effect the geese might and TO
doubt were wrong, so far as spring
is concerned, he might get a few
lines TO the effect he had the geese
question figured kerrect
A r. NJ.
But Wall street Is too active these
days for a mild hammered lamb to
put in hi. appearance.
When are you going to stop that
European war?
Peace may be in sight, but at pres
ent that little old bird is flying high.
How we love our mistakes. Our
army aeropianes did some good
work, but they weren't hardly men
toned till they began Sbreaking
down.
corps as the wings of the army in
stead OF as the fourth arm of the
service.
So far we have heard no song on
Marching through Mexico" Per-
haps it wouldn't be the kind we'd
want to publish.
Figuring how youm win is lots
easier than winning.
1t certainly has been a hard win
ter? More snow to shovel than
usual
Villas value is increasing?
He's worth the price.
Who'll collect?
We don't need the money.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-25
STATESMEN GREAT AND
AND NEAR-GREAT
BY Fred Kelly

WASHINGTON, March 24.-Sen.
MARITIME OF New Jersey dotes on
making speeches. He is free TO say
that he would much prefer to aban-
don almost any other vice he has
rather than specchmaking. Last
summer MARITIME was one of a num-
Der Of members OF congress who
went on a journey TO Hawaii. Part
OF their entertainment there con-
sisted OF an initiation into a So
called Order of Hawaiian Chiefs.
This initiation, which was held on
a lonely island, reserved for that
purpose, was a good deal like join
ing a college fraternity. Drgnified
congressman wore no clothes except
a modish skirt made OF grass, and
were put through various amusing
capers. One feature of the exer-
cises was an electric mat on which
great men were laid full length, with
hands and feet tied. and blindfolded.
Then the electric current was turned
on and all manner of grave prom
Uses were exacted from the victims.
Uncle Joe Cannon. Congressman Nc
Kinley. Sen. MARITIME and various
other comedians were among the
number.
Mckinley, who managed the Taft
campaign the year the republicans
swept Utah and Vermont, was or
dered to promise that he would
stump the country for Theodore
Roosevelt in 1915. At first McK1n-
ley was inclined 10 demur at this.
but they turned on the 'tricity and
he promptly agreed to do as he was
asked. Uncle Joe Cannon refused
to pledge himself TO support the
democratic tariff policies.
Never he insisted They in
creased the flow Of electrical current
and he FASTENED to shout: It
promise.'
The next man was MARITIME. They
babe him to enter into a covenant
never again TO make a speech in the
United States senate.
"Nuh, nuh, nuhl" exclaimed Mar
tine. excitedly. "Tll never promise
that"
They gave him a series of severe
SlSSIAiCdl SiOChS. III Nal llho WoS
firm.
You can kill me-" nc declared,
but 1 couldn't promise such
thing. OF course I'll make more
speeches. I've GOT to make
speeches!"
Nor would all the electricity at
the disposal of his tormentors move
him from his purpose.
Death would have had no sting
compared to the thought OF living a
non-speechmaking life.
Benjamin Hilliard, new represent
tative from Denver. is regarded as
one of the real wits Of Colorado.
He got his start on this reputation
one night many years ago when he
made his first after dinner speech
at a gathering of Denver business
men. When he was invited to make
the speech a few days previous, Hill
lard was tempted to decline because
his chattels did not include a dress
suit. He was a struggling young
attorney with no money for such
Injuries as half after six clothes; in
fact he had never had occasion to
wear such garments. On reflection,
billiard decided that he could not
afford TO pass by the opportunity to
speak and impress himself on the
people at the dinner. Neither could
he afford TO buy a dress suit 1t
would be embarrassing to speak
without one, but he would be game
and go through with his part of the
performance somehow.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-25
FEARS ANENT BAY STATE MINIMUM WAGE
LAW PROVING GROUNDLESS.

The minimum law effect Massa-
ohusetts the first of the year The minimum wage
mission or the state has just made report stating
that the WAGES OF 1.6S2 have been raised SO
TO $3.50 per week by the operation Of the law
These women emSlo-ed stores. and t1e number