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The Detroit times., 1916-09-19
LITTLE STORIES FOR BEDTIME
Peter Rabbits Feelings Are Hurt.
Copyright 1915 by 7. W. Burgess)


Learn a ifHN0U llHUl AlIf i'''sf
This is what little Striped chip
munk had shouted At Peter Rabbit
when Peter tried 20 get him 10 come
play with him peter just grinnec
as he watched Striped Chipmunk
scamper about on the edge OF the
Green Forest and presently star
for home with the pockets Of his
checks stuffed with beechnuts. II
seemed 10 Peter that II was no time
AT an before Striped Chipmunk was
back again after more nuts II was
very clear that he had no time tor
play. hc was too busy.
Peter watched him awhile. and
then growing tired OF seeing striped
Chipmunk work so hard he went on.
Presently he spied Chatterer Me
Red Squirrel TN chestnut tree
Come play with me-" cried Pc.
ter. "Irs splendid day for a
frolIc"
"You mean It's splendid day 10
work" shouted Chattcrer II cant
AFFORD TO be loafer like you With
this Chatterer stuffed his mouth full
OF nuts and whisked out of sight Ia
hide them In his secret storehouse
Once more potter grInned and went
his way until he met Happy Jack
the Gray Squirrel Lets play hide
ard Sock" cried Peter.
Some other day" replied Happy
Jack. hunting among the fallen
leaves for nuts. II t-,n't afford To be
loator like you such fine weather
as this"
This time Peter didn't grin II
was the third time he had been
called loafcr. 81 first he hadn't
minded. but now no was beginning
10 fool wee BIZ hurt You know
n loafer Is one who sits around and
does nothing. He never works
Potter could SEQ no reason why he
should work He would much rather
nlay or take his ease He couldn't
understand why others should work
Ne they were doing. hut that was
their affair not his lf they got
Measure from work all we'll and
good but they needn't call him 2
loafcr lie would leave them 70
their labor and 20 down To the Smil
ing Pool
So no lon the Green Forest and
started across the Green Meadow
lInporty llppertyli ~ fast as he
could 20 90 Tho Smiling Pool. Nv
the time ne got there he had quite
forgotten that he had been little
hurt In HIS feelings Tho instant
10 nokcd his head over the bank
he saw Jerry Muskrat Jerry wa
lard at work on the roof ~ his
house re saw Peter rs soon a.
Peter saw him
Hello. loafer" shouted Jerry
"DId Won ever know finer weather
for work. WHY don't YOU get busy
and do something"
1--WE nothing to do mumbled
Peter. and without another word he
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more corrective in its effect than
punishment.
III has been no part OF our pro
gram al Jackson prison 10 do that
which might be termed sensational,
but have gradually departed from
the things we deemed as obsolete
But the system is only just begun
Nand We would have accomplished
even less, had we started with ira.
ditions founded on years OF expe-
rience.
For my part | have been NOR,
benefited i'm my work by consulting
good sound business men who would
give our problems serious consider.
alton than from all the talks have
had or time spent with so-called
prison authorities.
81 am mentioning this 10 impress
such men as Mr. Couzens who might
be induced TO go into this work.
that IL Is application OF good. sound
sense rather than long or scientific
experience that will produce best
results.
Il have spent six happy years in
this work. in fact | never enjoyed
being connected with any work
that has brought so much genuine
satisfaction, and that is the extent
of the compensation that goes with
my job
with the foundation laid AT Jack.
son prison, | know three or Ave mer
~ the ability OF Mr.. Couzens can
and would make the penal institu
tions OF Michigan excel the world
In uplifi % unfortunate men and &C
complish Il without a dollar from
the taxpayers OF our state. Can You
do better work for your fellow
man?
THE establishment Of ideal COZ
ditions with results that are bound
10 follow viii gradually be accepted
hy every other state and YOU could
have the extreme satisfaction of DO.
ing n real benefactor TO all man
kind
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Says Men Like Him
Are Needed In Prison
Uplift
SOUND BUSINESS
HEADS WANTED
Worth More Than All
Experts, Declares
Board Member

HUDSON, Mich. Sept 10. II
commenting on recently published
interview with James COuzens, OF
Detroit, commencing the work ri
Warden Nathan + Simpson OF Jack
son prison. Edward Frensdorf, mem
Der OF the prison board OF control
issued the following statement
1T is with much pleasure that
read the following " the state press
few days ago. and | want 10 take
this occasion 10 invite Mr.. Couzens
with his splendid business ability
into this field of labor.
The principles and methods OF
prison administration which War.
den Nathan F. Simpson has worked
out az Jackson should be establish.
cd in every other penal and correc
tional institution In the state said
James Couzens today
"'The coming legislature could
scarcely do n greater service 90 the
state Mr. Ccuzens continued. than
by repeating the present prison
laws. then creating paid prison
commission ~ have charge OF all
state prisons and reformatories. and
making Mr. Simpson state 'superin.
tendent Of prisons.
THE state then would only not
lose Mr. Simpsons services At lack.
son. but would greatly extend them,
and the benefit 10 the entire state
will be much greater
'Tf few men OF Mr.. Couzens' abil.
ity would pledge 20 serve the state
In the management Of its penal in.
situations. I have no doubt but legis.
lation can be had that VIII accomp-
Nsh Just what he suggests in the
way ~ central board OF control
In which politics could be obliter
ated
MY six wears experience on the
board OF Jackson prison convince
me that We have only started 10 cor
rect a system so obsolete and i'm
practical as would bankrupt any
corporation, and our system of re
making men" Is only just begun.
II viii not start 10 recite the hun
dreds OF WAYS 70 make better men.
and that without cost TO the state
n a dollar.
IL think We have blazed the trail
at Jackson prison. We have estab-
lshed the fact that men can BE-
made better BY most intelligent in.
dustry. that welldirectcd energy Is
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GARRICK


Piyoting ABOUT the piquant vii OF
strong CIVILIZED and purposeiul wo-
man, and seasoned thruout by the
quaint naivete OF the provincial Eng
lish, "Hobson's Choice" product OF
The pen % Harold Brighouse. opened
in the Garrick theater for weeks
run. Monday night The plot, The
Dialogue, the dialect and thy setting
are different" and are refreshing
i'm the act that they vary s" much
from the conventional drama.
Miss Viola Roach, The Crly re
r,aining m'mber - Tho origiEai CON-
pany. strongly and capably portray
the character, Neggio !iohsJn who.
thru her dpp 'uyti1g power of will
overcome az cd CurmudEcOa uf .
father, sgccrcd. in true icar year
fashion .u securing 4 hus band ion
herself, altho consigned by the
grumpy parent &c lifelong spnater
hood, and lft"r choosing brothers.
in.laW 60 her king by marrying her
two sisters TO SWANS of h"r OWL
Choosink. cducates her loulish h"s
band who had been q bench hand
IN hcr fathers shoe shop and
him a successful man Ct bus
mess.
odd dialect which Is smoothly
rocled of by members OF the cast,
the out-ofthe-ordinary plot and the
even balancing OF the production
thruout. make IL n play Well worth
seeing and does not discredit the
Judgment Of the play going public
Nho have supported "HobsoA's
Choice" thru two New York and
road seasons The play finds favor
particularly with the women. in that
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delightfully."- Around the World
chronicles The adventures OF a house
party who leave an estate I'm Ala.
htmbt taRe a private yacht 10
France visit Paris. Berlin and Lon
don and finally wind zap in a New
YORK hotel ball room. There are
pretty costumes. lively and tinkling
songs and some electrical effects
that are surprising.
The sully Family. FIVE OF them
and an Sullys. run the headliners a
close second They present an act
called The Information Bureau
because the scene Is a railroad sta
ton and the Youngest of the family
Is the information clerk. The
sketch IL pure tomfoolery but il
introduces song and dance numbers
that are way above par, and the
audience Monday afternoon gave
them something like dozen cur
tain calls and encores until all five
were exhausted.
This weeks show opens with VII
lie LANCE. who knows how 10 make
a xyplophone sing. Then come the
Dorm sisters. who sing and dance
After the Sullys is Olive Briscoe
the unusual coincidence whose hu
Nor is contagious and who sings eN
cCedingly we'll Senator Francis
Murphy Is last but not least with
his humorous monologue. in whicr
the hopes and aspirations of the pc
litical parties are dwelt on in p
comical manner As usual, Univer
sal films open and close the per
Torrance.
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turned and started for home He
would have liked to stay and watcl
Jerry. but Jerry had called hin
'loafer," just as had Striped Chip
munk and Chatterer and Happy
Jack and somehow he began 10 feel
that these busy workers looked
down on him and the feeling wasn't
comfortable one As he happened
along toward the dear old Brier
! Patch whore he could sit and dozc
and dream 20 his hearts content
with no one 10 call him unpleasant
names, he met Danny Meadow
Mouse hurrying as If he had no
time To lose.
What's your rush." demanded
Peter
TIM making the most Of this fnc
weather 10 hll my storehouse with
seeds for the winter replied Danny
Meadow Mouse II can't afford to
be a loafer like you, Peter
This was too much. Even little
| Danny Meadow Mouse called him a
loafor Perhaps none Of them really
meant ANYTHING but just the Same
| Peters feelings wete hurt All the
/ brightness Of the beautiful fall day
i was gone for Peter When Striped
! Chlpmunk called him lonfer h.
| hadn't minded. hut when one after
! another his other friends bad called
I him 'he same thing Il had hurt The
more no thought ~ II tho moro It
hurt Could II be- that they looked
down on him because he never
worked? II certainly looked that
way he reached tho dear Old Bricr
Patch and crept into his favorite
resting place without letting Mr.
/ Peter know that he had returned
lie wanted TO he alone to think
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THEATERS

II portrays triumph for the weak
er sex" and Maggie Hobson's "'old
your 'ush" is greeted with salvos OF
soprano laughter from the members
of the fair sex in the audience.
TEMPLE
In VIII NJ. Cressy's portrayal of
a country squire in "A City Case, "
this weeks headliner, theater pat.
rons are given a rare bit of histri-
onic mastery. Cressy's work is flaw
less, or as near n as any work can
be, with the result that his audi
ences soon find themselves convinc-
ed they are beholding an actual
scene instead of make believe one.
Cressy appears as Squire Tappan,
called 10 New York by an actress
who used 10 live In his home town
and wants his services as an attor-
ney.
The squire is onto" the wiles OF
city life because he has little book
telling how the green goods men
work IT, II takes some time 10 con-
vince him that his employer. well
portrayed by Blanche Dayne, Is sin
cere. Then the squire gets capny
and does "A lot OF good with sly
falsehood.
Rae Tlnose Ball is in Detroit
again and more than welcome, for
she brings the sweetest melody of
which the violin is capable.
Dorothy Re6al and her company
have skit that teaches an old les
son in new way. The Girl at the
Cigar Stand" shows the villainous
Beau Brummel eventually exposed
in his iniquity and wedding bells
signalling the triumph OF the right.
The Volunteers bring an act with
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ORPHEuM,.

There are many musical come
dies floating around in vaudeville,
but none precisely like Around the
World" a spectacular affair which
tops bill Of excellent variety in
the Orpheum. this week. Around
the World is really a spectacular
extravaganza, for there are six
scenes. three OF them being OF tho
full-stage variety, host OF pretty
girls including n sister team who
are nimble acrohats, and four prIn-
cipals. the leading woman, Ardella
Cleaves. being quite the best in the
party. Miss Cleaves has stun.
ming stage presence, she can sing
and dance and she plays the violin
The Detroit times., 1916-09-19
SEAbuRy W00S
PROGRESSIVES
New York Primary Candidates
Putting In Last Efforts
To Line Up Voters
BY UNITED PRESS.

NEW YORK, Sept. l9.--Making 2
last effort TO win over the supper.
of the Progressives, judge Samuel
Seahury. candidate for the Demo
cratic gubernatorial nomination, to.
day held conferences with prom
inent Progressivos prior TO the open.
ing Of the polls for the state prl-
maries at o'clock this afternoon.
Gov Whitman worked until well
on into the night lining up his sup.
porters
Both William VI Calder and Rob
ert F. Bacon expressed confidence
today that they will win the Repub-
lican senatorial nomination. This
fight and the battle being wsged by
whitman and Seabury for the Pro
gressive nomination furnish the
greatest interest for the statewide
voting this afternoon. William F.
McCombs is a candidate for the sen
atorial nomination on the Demo
cratic ticket.
PriptipR--fhe plain n~nt kInd--tbat
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PPiDtinR--the plain neat kInd--tbat
IL rtRbt--Times Job Dept.-Natn $500.
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MILES.

The lively Capers Of a troupe OF
Negro dancers and singers give a
kick 10 the bin az the Miles this
week, the. performance OF a loose
jointed darkey being comparable to
Fred Stones famous scare-crow
dance, while the effect of the 'Holi.
day in DiMeland as the act is
billed, is similar 10 the "Whang-
doodle" in old Kentucky" Start
ing out with a. conventional en-
semble number the darkies get
their act across with a punch when
their spirits run rampant in a whirl
OF clogging and hand-clapping, leaps
and gambols The e-jointed per
former in a comedian role has a
touch Of real originality. while H.
burleseques the worn-out steps OF
hundreds OF clog performers with
his hatfootcd shufhes and mdicrous
wriggles
The unexpected makes the Wayne
trio's novelty effective and the evi-
dent fraud on the audience in two
OF the performers mounting TO the
stage from the orchestra in the role
OF casual playGoers is kept up to
the end. The acquiescent audience
is enjoyably fooled again by Ran
som and Knight whose little com
edy skit has quite unexpected de
noument
Hopatson and Swaybell have
some frstrate dialogue and up-to-
date vaudeville wit. Anita Osgood
sings and Adair and Adair force
gasps by their gyrations on the hori-
zontal bar
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p ETR OFT TIM & s

the tang of Broadway This was
one OF the "Friars Frolic" hits,
which means that little more can b.
said by way OF recommending II 10
Detroiters. This male quartet puts
over It's song offerings with the aid
OF clever comedy.
Eadie and Ramsden furnish nov
city and a few minutes good enter
tainment by virtue of the contortions
of the latter's legs. Ingenuity u
presentation and staging effectively
disguise what Is little more than 6
contortionist Offering and give it tl,
flavor OF dancing and musical mum
Der.
May Gilmore and Violet Carleton
use a few minutes 20 advantage IN
comedy work The Dudley trio pre-
sent a gymnastic act of merit well
staged as snow scene. Roy and
Arthur juggle and Hitter the stag,
with shattered dishes
The Detroit times., 1916-09-19

Chicago. Sept. l9.-Miss Winifred
De Wolf missing since April and
found In the ranks OF Theodore
KoslOff's Russian dancers here
after search by secret service
forces OF three nations. says che
will not go back home 10 her moth
er, Mrs. Edgar De Wolf OF San
Francisco, who has come to get
her
When Mis- De Wolf leftS San
Francisco she sailed straight into
the port OF missing woman Mrs,
De Wolf appealed 10 Senator James
d. Phelan Of California. for aid
Acting on the belief the pretty
Tensas gazette., 1916-12-08

and the salesman began to extol the
various advantages of the car.
That's all right. I'll take her." said
Snyder shortly "Trot her out and
show me how she runs"
Snyder learned the points of his ma
chine and ran it for a week or two.
One day he appeared at the Cardinal
ball park via street car.
Where's the automobile. Frank?" a
fellow player inquired.
Shipped her home to Texas. Can't
lead the National league in hitting and
catch good ball if l run that thing
around" was the answer.
Nobody had noticed that Snyder's
work had been affected by his auto
mobile driving, but the attitude taken
by the young catcher shows his seri-
BUSINESS of purpose. It's the something
in Snyder that wins while other play
ers fail and complain and seek alibis.
They say Frank Snyder never smiled
but once, and he seldom talks. That
smile came to his lips when Mike Don.
lin tried to get his goat one day by
calling him a name no Texan takes
1t was smile terrible to behold. That
Tensas gazette., 1916-12-08
Horned Lark
(Otocoris alpeStris)

Length, about seven and three
fourths inches. The black mark across
the breast and the small, pointed tufts
of dark feathers above and behind
the eyes distinguish the bird.
Range: Breeds throughout the
United States Except the South At
lantic and Gulf states) and Canada;
winters in all the United States ex.
cept Florida.
Habits and economic status:
Horned larks frequent the open coun.
try, especially the plains and deserts
They associate in large fiocks, are
hardy, apparently delighting in ex
posed situations in winter, and often
nest before snow disappears. The
flight is irregular and hesitating, but
In the breeding season the males
ascend high in air, singing as they go
and pitch to the ground in one thrill
ling dive. The preference Of horned
larks is for vegetable food, and about
one-sixth of this is grain. chiefly waste
Tensas gazette., 1916-12-08
NEW STYLE EVENING GOWN
Something Of Departure From Fash
ion IL Said to Receive Quite Sc
rious Consideration.

This season the American woman Is
considering the adoption of an eve
ming frock in the bodice of which fine
silk net is carried to the collar bone.
Sometimes. in Difference to accepted
custom, there is a V-shaped opening at
the back, but in the majority Of gowns
the net comes high back and front and
is caught together at the base OF the
neck and at the beginning Of the arm.
and there are sleeves of some kind,
either in the form of floating draperies
that are caught up again at the wrist.
or in the form of fiaring elbow sleeves
that are edged with maribou or col
ored beads. These gowns are offered
for every kipd of evening affair. and
1t Is rumored that they will be worn
to some of the smartest balls given in
the country places as contrast to the
winter evening gowns.
Tensas gazette., 1916-12-08
MAKES USEFUL TRAY STAND
Cheap and Easily Constructed contriv-
ance That Is Bound to Be
Great Convenience.

Just a soap box, with the sides
knocked out and the ends strength
ened by an extra nail or two, then
turned upside down 50 that the bot
tom becomes the top. And you have q
strong little stand that fits over the
invalid's knees and keeps the weight
of the tray from her.
OF course, If you have all the money
to surround your especial invalid
with all the luxuries and easing-up
contrivances invented, this sugges-
ton is wasted upon you, unless you
happen to have someone sick when
you are deep in the woods or other
inaccessible place. But, II you're
having enough troubles paying doc
tor and drug bills and buying extra
things to tempt that fitful appetite,
the idea is worth your while.
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- eSAS -g Interesting infor.
nIY0 TnhhNA nation about
NAL1AQ L A/AA I~I them supplied
1kSY ~ by the Bureau
~ >" 0r0 0H9HCA of biological
Il IA XA>A A~OAX xA Survey of the
Birds Z2s;S:::=;$: Z2$;:;:s;;$s: s$;;:: ;:,:' 8

Habits and economic status: The
food of the mourning dove is prac-
tically all vegetable matter lover SO
per cent?. principally seeds of plants,
including grain. Wheat, oats, rye,
corn. barley, and buckwheat were
found in $50 out of 237 stomachs, and
constituted 32 per cent of the food
Three-fourths of this was waste grain
picked up after harvest. The prin'
cipal and almost constant diet is weed
seeds, which are eaten throughout
the year and constitute GA per cent OF
the entire food. In one stomach were
found $500 seeds of yellow wood sor
rel. in another 6,400 seeds of barr
grass or foxtail, and in a third $500
Tensas gazette., 1916-12-08
SERIOUS BALL PLAYER
Frank Snyder of Cardinals Is
Greatest Catcher in Game.
Discarded New Automobile Because 1t
Intefered With Batting-Smiled
Once When DonIin Tried
to Get His Goat. d.

Frank Snyder of the Cardinals is the
greatest catcher in baseball today, bar
none John McGraw says so. and
there are few fans who have seen Sny-
der play who will deny what McGraw
says in this case.
A little incident previous to the de-
,arture of the Cardinals on their last
trip east last fall indicates why Sny-
der is a great ball player and why
he means to stay one. says Sporting
News. Several st. Louis ball players
had bought automobiles. Snyder hadn't
given the buzz wagons much attention,
but he finally got to thinking about it,
80 one day he took a walk along au-
tomobile row in ST. Louis. He hadn't
any particular intention of buying, but
just thought he would give them the
once over.
Passing a show window, he saw an
automobile that struck his fancy. He
may not have known a carburetor from
friction drive, but the machine had
class that even Snyder could fathom.
In he stalked, and pulling his six feet
and two inches and his A chest up to
the approaching salesman. said short
ly: How much for that automobile in
the Window
THAT will cost you two thousand
dollars, complete. with all the latest
Tensas gazette., 1916-12-08
Maupje Note in Paper.

Strange to say, the magpie note in
wall paper and furnishings still pre-
walls, although the color scheme Is
lightened to the extent that the design
is in black upon white background,
which is just the reverse of the orig
inal vogue. The black and white wall
paper is used in halls. summer rooms
or boudoirs, and with gay chintz cur
tains and a few upholstered chintz
chairs along with willow furniture
supplies a color scheme that - as
fresh and cool looking for summer as
a neat percale gown.
Tensas gazette., 1916-12-08
ONE PITCHED BALL WON GAME
It Resulted in Triple Play and substi'
tute Pitcher Achieved Most
Unique Worlds Record.

One man in baseball history placed
himself in the hall of fame by deliver.
ing just one ball-calling for probably
only a few seconds actual participa-
ton in the game.
He was Manager Childs of the Ports
mouth CO., team.
In a game with Marion June 20.
1910, Childs went into the box and
pitched one ball. 1t resulted in triple
play, and Childs got credit, Of course,
for pitching an entire inning with one
heave. the only time it has ever been
accomplished.
Tensas gazette., 1916-12-08
New Baa Designs.

The designers of the newest bags
have appropriated all the fads OF the
dress creators. Some Of these bags
are in velvet with several tiny rufiies
of taffeta running around them. and
have fine clasps Of silver set with
rhinestones. e,
Then. to match ones afternoon CO.'S
tune. there is a bag made in combi-
nation of maize and black silk. The
top of the bag, which resembles the
yoke of a'skirt, is made Of the lighter
silk shirred with a large ruffle Of the
dark silk hanging from 1t.
Tensas gazette., 1916-12-08
Steam and the Home.

Steam shelled industry out of the
home as one shells peas; put 1t in the
factory; the family. father, mother
and the children tagged after. and
home survived merely as a place to
eat and sleep. Applied to transporta.
tion, though, steam did even more. It
dissolved the population which had
caked and clotted in one parish for a
thousand years. and made it fluid to
run uphill about the earth. uphill from
low income to higher. Nobody lives
now where he was born IL he can get
away. We're here only till something
better somewhere else turns up The
attics under the ancestral shingles, full
of horsehide trunks that hold the bro
caded satins in which our great-great
grandmothers danced with Lafayette
you just read about them in the story
books; they don't exist-Eugene
Wood. in Century.