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The Detroit times., 1916-09-02
Rest An Illusion
~ Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Cranel

Rest is an illusion. SO is stability. So
is permanency. There are no such
things.
Many man has worked hard nine
tenthS of his life, getting ready to rest
the other tenth, When he arrives at the
rest period he is disappointed, He can
not rest. He ii esn't know how. His
last tenth is usually boredom, often rapid
decay
\ common idea of heaven is that it is
eternal rest loafng forever and ever. But
to an active personality the prospect of
never-ending inactivity is not inviting.
When we look about us in nature we
ind that what We term stability does not
exist. Nothing abides. The mountains
crumble The ocean continuously alters.
The stars burn up. even as the grass
withers.
What we call stability is merely the
equilibrium of constantly active forces.
The keystone in the arch remains for
centuries not because there is no force
eXertcd upon il. but because the oppos-
ing pushes are always balanced.
The atoms in brick or piece of steel
are in a. lively motion as the atoms in
running stream.
The stars seem fixed. bat really are
whirlng INCREASINGLY in their courses, our
own earth spinning on its axis and driv-
ing forward MI its circuit with the
others
The garden mould, the tree trunk. the
brooding bird. the nest egg, the motion.
less pond, The quiet flower all are hives
Of myriad activities.
Nothing Is dead. Motion is every.
where In the solids motion has simply
retreated farther into microscopic ob-
security.
Let the soul then. look for relief, not
IN cessation, not in annihilation. not in
Nirvana or repoSe, but in the restfulness
that comes from changed activity.
1 Rhythm is the eternal law. Life goes
in waves Rest is simply the trough of
the fluid wave.
/ shall go forward and backward, shall
rise and fall. shall labor and play, shall
wake and sleep but never stop.
| am a note of the coSmc music and
must go on vibrating forever
In makinF-plans for old age one should
arrange for some sort Of absorbing work.
/ For without interesting activity old age
/ IS likely to collapse
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The Detroit times., 1916-09-02

Draw ND tho shades and Tot ~" sunlight IN.
Sunlight Is the tonic of lie bringing clcant-
ness health, happiness and optimism with H.
The window shade ia ns enemy.
n YOU keen down YOUR window shades YOU
harm Only your ~ and Your family You re-
strain the best d.nfcctaut from Killing the
gorr7a that accumulate IN your home. Germs
live ard thrive iu darkness.
YOU draw ycgr shades 10 keen the carpets
and drgp"ries fran fgfing Uvt while you do
that the cheeks of your children fade, instead
Better 20 have faded rugs than faded children.
Dc,ond the physical effect from the sun IL
the mental You feel light, Joyous. good na'ured
and optimistic while the sun shines. And who
wants 70 De Eloowy. grouchy, those days
Let he sunshine into YOUR ho'lc. into your
body and all tho world will b. blaze Of glory
20 YOU Then. YOU viii Ike living. and In spite
0f all tho adversitics YOU may meet. YOU will
keep on viewing life from the JOYOUS side
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02
A Poem a Day
THF c,RRUIotxIE.VEs

THE GtRRTLOI LEAVES
They lisp on the sprinzttme
When Hr-t on the scene.
inCo0 seluent prattir
81 those VINO are green
They chatter In summer
And gossip With S.st
" nst east winds Save told them
And south winds and west
They whtFpar In autumn
In spl"ndor ~ gold
And sigh rnrogEb r Nsan he's
For what has been told
ThNy dry up in winter.
EtIih.rInE then
A sium rurps s-inR
The wisdom ~ men
" t-tufburg Wilson n New Yorl,
un
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02
The Old Gardener Says

Tho amateur gardener whose
soil u too poor 20 grow hrst
class crops can improve II won
derfully AZ small expense by
sowing rye. crimson clover. or
vetch a. fast as the different
Vegetables are harvested. plough
ing In those cover crops when
spring comes. Not only vill they
enrich the ground, but they will
also make u much easier 10 work
next season. Farmers call this
green manuring.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02
KEEPING HER BUSY

An old lady went one morning 10 q friend
who kent poultry 10 purchase setting Of eggs
rho latter not having many on hand. asked
"IIave YOU got your broody hem"
well no answered the prospective purchas.
or hut our old hen has broken her leg and she
might as well spend her time Matching out some
eggs a. 20 ait around doing nothing, Ladies'
IT,ruc Journal
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02
from Another PoU7t OF IleD
Ey c. 7. )

That White House of ours is indeed
some flag Shanty.
President Wilson will be taken into a
quiet corner today, where il will be
broken to him gently that he has been
renomlnated.
1t was considered best to keep the fact
from him until he had settled the threat
ened railroad strike.
We have il on the authority of our old
friend. "One Who Knows" alias The
Highest Authority" alias 'One Who
Stands Close to the Administration. that
the president will accept.
Two pickpockets taken before Judge
Connolly were given four hours to get out
of the city. They could just about COM
ply with the judges order by taking the
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.
Having Met the Supreme Test, ard Also
Having Had Err. We Respectfully
Pass
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02
Well. That's Better
Than n Golfstick

-Wombat used To- be great out
door man and allaround sport Is
he reconciled TO married iifc7'
II think so ! called on him re-
Gently and found him sitting ashes
with an old tennis racket. Louis
vile Herald
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02
Heath oue,,lons A,,,,,.a

\ ". 7 asks how 10 prepare
oatmeal water for a baby
Two tablespoons of oatmeal In
Two quarts ~ water boil mixture
10 ono quart n too thick. adH
little cool water previously boiled.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02

mitted by insects.
Plague - spread
almost exclusively
~ feas There
seems 20 be a TAR
- good cas- o
gainst The cock
roach a. 4 carrier
%! infection OF
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02

Sunday School Teacher Willie.
can you tell me what pride is
Little Willie-Yes. ma'am. iis
walking with a cane when you're not
lame
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02

It was all in play.
1t was the annual war game" of Uncle
Sans navy.
And YET. it might not have been a
game, but a horrible reality.
How close it came to not being game
only few men know, though the coun-
try vaguely senses.
We might have been at war with Ger
many the approaching fleet might have
been German one.
We might have been at war with Mex
ico-probably would have been at war
with both countries if with either.
Instead of viewing these maneuvers
with pleasant curiosity, the people'of the
United States might have watched them
through blood-red haze of fearful APP
prehension.
y We are thankful it was but game"
We are thankful to kind Providence
which decreed that il be but game
We are thankful to the man, guided
BY Providence, whose sheer strength of
character made il but game-the man
who WAS TOO PROUD TO FIGHT.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02

= I'm"o a'ir primary is 70 BE-
held today N fhc Scyen.l Virginia
district 90 nominate candidate for
c0ugro. 90 tcoe,f Jamrs Uas. who
has Hesn gwen 20 federal 3uGgship.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02

81 This Is campaign year.
A presidential election is TO be held in
November. 4
.N The president for whom we give
UlAnks, the man ''too proud TO fight" is
y Democrat.
= Theodore Roosevelt is a Republican
sometimes a Progressive, but just now
Republican, aiding the Republican who
seeks President Wilson's place.
Theodore Roosevelt made speech
Thursday night in Maine, in which he
criticised Wilson for "a lack of courage
to lead the nation in the path of high
duty" and for having "loosened the
moral fiber of our people and weakened
our national spirit"
a II is easy TO follow Col. Roosevelt
when all you have TO do Is to remember
that he is 1.-TWO gun" man.
The spirit" for which he speaks is a
spirit which would make out of the
navy's war game" reality
The same kind of spirit has Europe
Needing, crumbling and weeping today
II is the spirit of MILlTARISM. /.
Praise God for Wilson.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02
1t Was Only the Nays
Annual War "Game," But
Would You Have 1t Real?

OFF the Atlantic coast of America, two
great battle fleets were cropping for each
other amid the obscuring mists of the
ocean.
One, of fifteen battleships and flotilla
\ of fanking war craft, conveying thirty
transports. sought to land an invading
army upon the shores of the United
States.
The other swept seward. behind line
of scout ships nearly six hundred miles
long. to repulse the invader before he set
foot upon our sacred soil.
/. Already mob of un-uniformed men,
\ In sympathy with the foreign hosts of
invasion, had seized Sewell Point, on
Hampton Roads, destroyed great stores
Of coal and supplies collected there for
the use of the defending feet, and had
burned the pier.
AT other supply points the ahen-born
clans were gathering and threatening.
The government Of the United States
had its whole army, regulars and volun-
tcers, on the border of far-away Mexico,
and rail communication had been cut.
The military authorities were helpless
to stay the hand of the traitors.
The fate of the nation hinged upon the
ability of the thin line of the defending
feet to find and check the approaching
squadron.
1t was perilous moment and leaden
fear weighted the heart of every man
and woman beneath the Stars and
Stripes.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02

Tommy said hi, father. ~ you
had a ii''l" more spunk you would
stand better .0 your class. DO you
know what punk is"
Yes s'r replied the li''le fellow
'Spunk is 'aa past nf pank.'
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02

y ~
the intimate association Of a distressed lady
with oldfashioned boils for five weeks
please writ II for From Another Point OF
View az ! would like TO get a laugh out OF
the gloom and see If the ordeal has Jeff any
sense OF humor. T. H. VI
As the Corner Grocer remarked when.
during the heated SPELL We pleaded for a
chunk OF ice, it cant be did"
Bet when the federal officers dropped
in and seized that gallon OF moonshine
whisky from that Washtenaw county
farmer. they took his breath away.
They insist upon including the Phila-
delphia team in the American league
standing, when it hasn't any.
Have YOU taken
Note o. any o. this futurist
That is aying about
II sou have
You
VIII b. quick 70 discern
Tha' as fufuri-t
Poetry
Goes
This futurisJ
Poem
Is some
Class
The &. o. D., very evidently. isn't TAX
ing anything for granted this year, send
ing T. Il. into old rock-ribbed Maine right
off the bat
The melancholy days have come:
The saddest 10 The soul
when the dealers get together
And boost up the price Uf coaL
Very evidently that fellow who used
an AK on the head OF another man. on a
d. & c. boat, never thought about the
anchor.
There was always penchant on the
part of the Greece TO hurdle out Of the
frying pan into the fire.
en- Route Sept 2. 1915.
Hon. Woodrow Wilson,
White House,
Washington. o. c.
Your ESeeleney: You have sVerted ma.
tonsl calamity. thank you.
WEARY WILLIE
Concurred IN BY the publishers in this
! particular neck Of the woods of several rail-
J road guides
The divorce news discloses. also. that
Emily, may it please the court. would like
to sidetrack George Train
We take it she wishes she had missed
him in the first place.
But after that New Jersey man gets
his model city built, whom will he get 70
live in it?
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02
IMPROBABLE.

A si1veeks' old calf was nibbling at the grass
4, tho ward and was viewed In silence for some
minutes by the city girl.
"Tell mo" she said, turning impulsIvey 10 her
bosiosa does " really paw you to4keep AZ small
a COW as that --Harpers Magazine.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02
The Keep Well Column

Some OF the most serious dis
eases Of man are caused or trans
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02

To catch burglars an Englishman has patent.
cd mechanism 20 drop person who steps in
front Of safe AZ certain hours into pit. doors
closing over him
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02
The Daily Reminder
ronA,,s ANNIVERSARIES.


l;sS-tirst court held in ohio nt
Marietta.
iSoo-pr willard Parker who -
tablishcd the nrst College clinic IN
the United states. born at lliilsn"ru,
y "a Died IA New York city, Aprn
iSlG---A great hurricane devastated
- CrofN, one of the priuCtpal Stands
% the West Indian group which the
United states 10 now seeking 10 par
chase.
lN51-Watts rrst steam engine vas
lost IN IRE that destroyed tne elias
gov Polytechnic institution
iss?--Gen. Kirby smith advanced
on Cincinnati. and martial law was
proclaimed IN that city.
1870 Napoleon III and the gar
ri-on At sedan surrendered 20 'ne
1873 Nnn,vcisar, ~ sedan ,ele-
hrsted at BerNu by un,eiling ~
lN>l Prohibition party of kansas
9rganiEed I'm state convention AZ
iS92-Rsvis,on Of Belgian Consutu-
ton completed after four years dis
cuss7un
iSst .Awtul condensation n, H,r,k
leN and other GOWNS IN Minnesota
lNsN-Sir Herbert Kitchener. COM
handing the Rytush and EgJpCan
army ia the sudan Won "A great VIC
man. near khartoum
1905 The Emperor 81 china issued
an 'uL.t promising constitutional
ls6S The French defeated $1,000
Moorish tribesmen on the Algerian
frontier
ONE YEAR 400 TO-DAY ~ TuE
Wan.
Gr"dn2 'eu before Germans. lN-t
~ Srcat Russian for'rcssrs on from
tier
-Four Turkish trarsrcrt. sunk -
Rr Z sh suhmr -'0~s .u lardaUeNe-
CARDINAL Gibbons de'.,.r"i TIE
Fop~ = wc-snEe 20 President Wilson
Ps~ts reported severe artillery
Hghfirg on th" Msrt river. az >'s.4-
mort B"lg um and many points n
France
ToDN's BIBTHn.iS
General Victor DrISman.s. ,ht.f ~
star ~ the Greek army born on the
island - corfu. % years ago today
Hiram " John Eon *. ern.r -
california rroErsysIve ndtant" Tor
,}-s- president anu Republican rardi-
Go. "a 20 3"ar~ az today
tf,kn smith. United states senator
from Georgia. horn ~ Newton. y e..
81 var. AZ today
tor 81 ~leetrirs devices and ordinance
'.ru IN Rr"nNrn. y g years a@'
today
if- frederick starr. celebrated an
, fEropoioxis' - tr~ Uni rrsitN -
."f,tgo. born - Auburn. y y. 50
Years axe todrt
hduch"ss Elizsh'fh. aaught.r =
the late crown Prince RHip'Uh 90
\ StriA and Princess S'erhante boFu
- years ago today
Henrietta CrosUan. one - me
We. known aCtr~sses - the Amor.
an stage born At Wheeling. " Va.
Years ago today
Gen James a Wilson. ono % 80
/ few surviving general vfrrers - lh.
Union army horn A. ~hawu"eiUt'b
III. - years ago today
Henry n Flood representative IN
! congress ~ to Tenth virginia 4 e.
If~f~t. born IN fua't.N county
I Va. ~ wears ago TO-DAY
Rev $eWeN DIV Sht FEls noted
I clergyman and aIthr-. Ns-rt g.. Max.
aolia Iowa. IS years ago today
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02
ENEMIES OF POISE
az n. AooiNoToN BRUCE

FersonaIt y "Psychoosy and FsTen stc
The sun., 1916-08-27
LABOR CHIEFS OFF
FOR UNION CONGRESS
MahOn and Wall on st. Paul :
Tree and Canadian Rail.
road Men Aboard.

Two American labor leaders sailed on
the steamer st. Paul OF the American
Line yesterday. boupd for Liverpool, to
attend the coming British Trades Union
Congress as fraternai delegates from
the American Federation Of Labor. They
were William ID. Mahon. international
president OF the Amalgamated Associa-
tion OF Street and Electric Railway Em-
ployees. who took part In New York's
trolley tieup. n Matthew Wall. presl-
dent Of the P~hotoengravers Internal
t!onal Union.
Other - ssenger were Sir William
Mackenzie and n. Il. Hanna. president
ard ,icc-presiden; respectively o, the
Canadian Northern Rai,u~. who were
accompanied by their families. They de-
clIned to talk about their pu. pose in
going abroad. Also on board was Sir
Herbert I,eerboim Tree. tire noted Eng
lish actor. with his daughter, Iris. re.
turning homc aztec successful cag
ments In this country presenting shake
spear before tse foot.ights and the movie
cenera
Mrs. Rlanca T.. de Saul,es. who re.
Gently sued for divorce John l.. do
Saulles, former Yale football captain and
Minister to Uruguay. was another pas
scnger. She sailed in with her
sister. Miss Amalia %F.rrazuriz. AID he.
brother. Lieut. ,;uillermo Errazuriz. who
Ia returning to his duties as secretary 10
the Chilean Legation at London.
Among others on board were MIR. and
Mrs. W. II. Farquhar OF westbury. l.. l.,
with their daughter. Jean, and Bradley
Martin Of New York.
The sun., 1916-08-27

one which members Of Congress are dis.
posed 20 take on the eve Of an election.
The executives are stalking their cause.
NO far as IL II TO be Judged by the pub
lie. on the principle OF arbitration. Pres
ident Howard Elliott Of the New Haven
said to-day:
THE American and British Govern
ments, through the Geneva award arbi-
tratlon, reached O conclusion OF very
serious differences. which otherwise
might have resulted In war between the
two nations.
The American and British Govern
men,s arbitrated the Venezuelan boun-
dairy dispute.
president Wilson has Just appointed
a commission to arbitrate matters In dis
pute between our Government n Mex
loo.
NATIONS representing many millions
Of people resort to arbitration to settle
disputes Of vital importance.
Arbitration for the settlement OF the
demands Of about $4,000 men upon the
railroads has been denied. The health.
happiness. prosperity and lives of the
American people are in Jeopardy because
Of this refusal to use the method Of set
Element found satisfactory in great In
ternstional disputes"
The sun., 1916-08-27
DR.. HILL SUED AGAIN
BY MISS CONVICTION
100000 Sought From Clergy
man Previously Accused Of
Breach Of Promise.

Miss Lucille Covington. who last fall
sued DR.. John Wesley Hill. president Of
the International Peace Forum and ac-
tive In politics. for 100000 for alleged
breach OF promise but later was sup
posed to have Withdrawn the suit, filed
another suit for the same amount agains,
the clergyman yesterday In Chicago. &C.
cordins to dispatches received last night.
Only the pr,ecipe Of the newest action
was filed In the Cook county Circuit
Court, 30 II cannot be stated positively
on what grounds II is brought. Counsel
for Miss Covington in Chicago said last
night that the suit was based on an al
legation Of breach Of promise.
In statements issued In October Of
last year loon amer the first suit had
been filed Miss Covlngton. then In Al
pena. Mich. said the defendant had i'm
plored her with tears In his eyes to
marry him and be a mother to his
motherless brood" lie old her. she
said. tina his wife was dead. She had
been the manager OF a lyceum bureau
which had charge Of his speaking en-
sagements and In that way met him.
He gave her, she said. stock Of the face
value Of $4,000 in the Old Spanish MIN
ing Company Of chihuahua, but Finley
j. shepard. who investigated It for her,
told her the supposed securities were
worthless.
+ Ia the way he talked to me-"
she said. "'fou are so sympathetic, and
| admire o 80 for your sound sense.
your beauty, your warm heart and splen-
did SOUL"
The Rev. DR.. Hill. his son and Balm
bridge Colby. his attorney. denounced
Miss C~ov!ngton, saying her suit was a
"~shakedown.' Colby said many threats
OF disasreeable publicity had been made
before the suit was filed. Dr. Hill is So
or SO years old. Miss Covington Is
about 30. She said she had been acting
as field secretary for the Mckinley Me-
mortal Association and lar collected
&l25.000 to erect q memorial to the
former President at his birthplace. Niles.
Ohio.
The sun., 1916-08-27
R0USING PORTUGAL FOR WAR.
spanish R~efOrniiat Party AIsO

BArALHA. Portugal, Aug. 2s-The
iirstmeeting was held here yesterday In
n campaign for the purpose of stirring
the interest and patriotism OF the PJrtu-
guese people and explaining the reasons
for the nations intervention In the war.
Among the speakers were Premier AL
media and other members OF the Cabinet.
the democratic orator Alexandra Braga.
formerly Minister OF the Interior. and
Il number Of deputies and Senator's.
PARIS. Aug. 26.-Thr national con-
vention Of the Spanish Re'orm!st party.
says a Havas despatch from Ovicdu. has
decided To- send IA commission headed
10y M~lqu'ades Alvarez. III" Retormist
leader. TO Lisbon to express the par,y's
ppproval of Portugal's intervention In
the war. The commission, the despatch
adds. will then proceed to Paris 10 give
the Entente Allies assurance OF Spanish
sympathics.
The sun., 1916-08-27
THINKS HE SAW THE BREMEN.
Capt. Ackermnn sighted Boat
Headed Toward Philadelphia.

The captains of two steamships which
reached port yesterday reported run
h.ng close TO two German submarines,
one C-boat possibly being the Bremen,
the observer thought.
This submers!ble was detected on
Thursday last by Capt. Alderman OF the
Lcvisa. which arrived here from Banes.
cuba. lie said that when fourteen miles
northeast OF Cape Henlopen he saw a
per!scope moving at "A speed Of hfteen
miles. The course the undersea boat was
steering would take il TO Philadelphia.
the captain said. No distinguishing
marks were visible. but the captain sur
missed II might be the overdue German
boat.
The other submarine was seen by the
crew OF the Norwegian steamer kronstad,
from Marse!lles. when twenty miles south
OF Cape Sebastian in the Mediterranean.
The u boat was IN pursuit of another
steamer to the eastward. and the krons-
tad put on full speed to escape.
The sun., 1916-08-27
IBulgnrs Seise Territory.

In the occupation Of Aegean coast
towns in northeastern Greece Bulgaria
has spread troops over some nfty miles
OF territory IN u manner likely to gain
t"o ends. The Bulgars have now mill
tary possession. which may be nine
points Of the law. OF the strip Of Greek
territory south OF Bulgaria and east OF
the Struma which Greece got after the
Balkan wars. and which Bulgaria
wanted and has coveted since.
Besides this, the Bulsars have now
placed IA serious obstacle In the way Of
an allied advance directly into Bulgaria
by the Struma Valley. While !ndica-
tons have been that the Allies planned
TO enter Serbia first by the Vardar. re-
conquer Serbia and then invade Bull
caria.. the possibility of Il march UP the
Struma has been admitted.
The fetish official announcement 10.
night :, : nothing Of the Bulgar opera.
tons or ( he repu,se OF British cavalry
patrols. There was only artillery ac-
,ivlty ~ the Struma and Dorian fronts"
says the statement. Our aeroplanes
bombed enemy amp at Ku!a, Topolca
and Trosen!k. about six miles south OF
nemir Hissar." The burning OF Pros.
mix. "A Greek town, by the Bulgars was
told OF yesterday.
Tho Balkan front IL to extend west to
Albania. where the Italian troops have
been established at Avlona for months.
according to dispatches from Avloua.
The Italians garrisoned at the Albanian
por; have occupied Porto Palermo ana
the ummit OF Mount Kalaret, In south
ern Albania
The sun., 1916-08-27

ROME. Aug. 2s,-The Italian War OF
fee issued to-day the following report
In the Posina Valley We repulscd an
attack against our positions on Monte
Selugsio. The enemy suffered heavy
losses and left some prisoners in our
hands. In the Fassa Alps our Alpine
troops made progress toward the ridse
OF Monte CauriOl
our vigorous pressure In the Travlg-
nolo Valley continues. and "A counter
attack against the northern slopes OF
Col Rricon was repulsed, In the Ira
vanenzes Valley and the Upper lIoite
We advanced along the slopes of To-
fano.
On Monte Piano. at the head Of the
Rienz Valley. our troops carried n
strong enemy trench beyond Forcclll
del Castrati. taking about thirty pris-
oners. including M officer, a counter
attack was checked promptly. ON the
remainder of the front there was some
artillery activity.
One of our air squadrOns bombarded
the railway station at San Christoforo.
north Of Lake CaidonRzzo. causing
heavy damage. All the machines re-
turned except one. Above Goritz, after
lively air fighting. one of u aviators
forced "A hostile acroplane To land In
the neiGhborhood OF Aisovizza.