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The Detroit times., 1916-07-13
Remember the Cat

One OF the serious problems with
which the organization with the
long name has 10 deal every summer
is the relief or merciful elimina,
ton OF pet cats Which have been left
in town by their owners without
provisions for their care. Many
man or woman in whom mercy TO
all living creatures j. a matter OF
instinct or training, will make the
plans for the summer absence from
the welfare OF Tom or Tabby. This
peculiar form OF heartlessuess--un
conscious in most cases. 1t must be
said--is TIE result of all erroneous
belief that the cat. OF all domestic
animals, Is a self-supporting mem
Der Of society; that II = forager.
amply able 10 take care OF itself
and find a well-stocked larder in
every alley.
The falslty OF this belief is dem
onstrated by the experience Of the
agents OF the Society for the Pre-
vention OF Cruelty 10 Animals every
summer And yet the old and cruel
error still obtains. very frequently
among people Who would be pro
foundry shocked by the results OF
their own thouEhtlessness, II they
ere 10 be confronted with them.
The dog is seldom exposed to the
danger OF starvation during the abb
sence Of his owner He is, in most
cases. far more intimate friend OF
| his owner than the cat Then, too,
the dog is far more frequently than
the cat a possession OF greater or
less money value. For either Of
fthese two reasons, he is usually well
| provided for II he IL left at home.
When you are making your ar
Irangements for the summer absence
from the city. remember that the
family cat Will De exposed 10 I'M
necessary suffering unless provi-
sions are made. either for Its sus-
tenance or for It's peaceful departure
to the cat Nirvana.-New York Mall.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-13

'Youngsfer, you don't know tchdt 20 is 20 De
without family, tctthout home, Without q
country. And II you are eUer tempted 10 SAP
scoyd or do thing that shall pat bar bettoeen
yoH and your family, pour home and your
country, pray God in His mercy 10 take you that
insfont home to His o,on heaven Stick BY pour
fdvsiIy. boy; forget that you hare a self rhile
sou do everything for them. Think Of your home.
boy; scrite and send and talk about Il. Let II be
nearer to your thought the farther y0u hare TO
troccI from IT.; and rush TO II 1heH you are free
AHd for your country, boy, nercr dream a dream
Dxt OF serving her as she bids yoR. though that
serUtce carry you through a thousand hells. No
matter tohot happens TO you, no matter toho
ftotfcrs you or toho abuses you, neper look at
oNother flag. never let night pass but you pray
God to bless the Stars and Stripes Remember
that you belong to your oton country as you
belong to your oton mother; stand oy her as you
sooSId stand by your oicn mother. Edward
Uverett Hale
The Detroit times., 1916-07-13
Harrfgan, the Town Dog

Harrigan is the public's dog He
Is a mongrel. TO be sure. but he be-
longs TO the public and TO no one
else Everybody knows Harrigan
and knows nothing but good OF him.
That is why he has been permitted
TO roam about the streets IA the
public's dog for many years, unmo-
lected and unmolesting. minding his
own affairs, keeping out OF scraps.
not barking at teams--simply living
dogs life and a life OF ease, peace
and contentment
Harrigan has special privileges
and does not even have TO be H.
censed. He Is perfectly at home in
the police station, where he goes al
night when Il r. too cold 10 sleep
out on the streets, and he Is Just as
welcome at the Union club, where
the town officials meet TO play check
ers and cards.
When he gets hungry he knows
where 20 find plenty TO cat, and by
his peaceable disposition he knows
Just how 10 wait patiently until he
is fed No one kicks MIN or throws
stones AT him. Everybody pats him
and speaks 10 him and calls him
"Harrigan' and ne strolls bout each
day over hts usual htunts between
Mainst. and Steamboat Wharf sci.
dom venturing elsewhere and sci.
dom travelling faster than a walk
Harrigan is the public's dog fai
and sleek and black and tan and a
pure bred mongrel-NantUcket
Mass, Inquirer and Mirror
The Detroit times., 1916-07-13
SchOolbOys on Farms

In Pennsylvania impetus has been
given 10 the back TO the farm"
movement by placing It upon a more
practical basis. II was with an en-
tirely different idea that this prac-
tlcal movement was started. II was
not so much an effort 10 increase
agricultural production as to benefit
certain individuals that the bureau
OF compulsory education In that
state last year made an experiment.
The plan of the bureau was de-
signed TO enable schoolboys TO get
into the country for the summer.
Inquiries were made among the
farmers as to whether they did not
desire the services OF boys between
the ages OF thirteen and sixteen.
who were anxious 90 attend to weed.
Ing, digging OF potatoes. and the
gathering OF hay in return for their
board. Summer homes were found
for nearly 100 boys in this manner.
and nearly all Of them stayed for
the entire summer. Some OF them
who worked last year have been
hired by the same farmers for the
coming season for 81 and $3.50 a
week. This year more than ESQ
boys have applied 10 the bureau OF
compulsory education for such work
in the country, and places are being
found for all OF them The bureau
Is backing the movement from the
conviction that II will open a new
vocation for city boys by showing
them what life In the country is like.
Many Of the youngsters who took up
farming last summer have express
ed an Intention 10 take up tho scri.
Gus study Of agriculture. The Penn
sylyania oranges are now aiding the
by furnishing the farm
ers and certifying TO their character.
So far no better plan has bee
evolved with a'yiew TO turning the
city overflow back TO the country
Post.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-13
"The Birth Strike"

number Of German women are advocating
birth strike" declaring they Will bring no more
children into the world to become cannon fod-
der"
And right there Is the incipient stage Of
mighty rebellion which. sooner or later, will lay
forever the spectre OF mllitarsm In Europe.
The movement will probably not become suf-
fcently widespread TO prove factor In the
present war. for animus toward their foes Is too
firmly implanted in the bosoms Of the women Of
both sides to be readily uprooted.
But when this war Is over, the women will
have opportunity for reflection, reflection fraught
with grief and mourning and heartbreaking re-
greet.
Then will the futility, the madness and the
full horror of war drive home. untempered by
the frenzy of patriotic fervor and the madness
OF hate which now grips them.
They will seek remedy should mtarism,
hydralike, attempt to grow another head
They will find IL. perhaps not in a birth strike.
but I'm n correlated worldwide movement among
themselves.
Woe to the country whose men provoke anoth.
or great war after the women have spoken!
The Detroit times., 1916-07-13
A Poem a Day
SUMNER WINDS

OF all the winds OF summer time
that blow.
: think the sweetest are the ones
that so
AZ early morningtide down tho hill
And up the vale. while yet the
world Is still
Bending the tops Of trees bit 20
And ripple into waves across the
grass.
Surely the very spirit Of the year.
Incarrate summer from the hilltop
here.
Had breathed into the air lntng
song
That gathered sweetness "a II
passed along
And out into the valley. uncon6ned.
Swept on and on till IL became a
wind
And sometimes. from vision haunt
ed night
wakeu at the mornings faintest
light.
or murmur OF that gently-movlns
breeze,
Stealing at dawn across the listless
trees
And wander through the forsstland
until
hear the song OF summer from IN.
hill.
Book News Monthly.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-13
Thomas Mott Osborne,
Again Sing Sing Head, to
Treat COnvicts Like Men

Thomas Mott Osborne has at last
come of victorious.
The private interests and political fac
lions can take back seat and rest
awhile after working overtime in their
high moral attitude over the poor prison
ers of Sing Sing.
They tried everything in their power,
md they are mighty powerful, to unseat
0oborne, and finally resorted to unsavory
rooual stories, which, of course, only
GoOf their ilk believed.
Mt Thomas Osborne really did was
The Detroit times., 1916-07-13
Pointed Paragraphs

A crank is person who thinks
you are crank.
Vanity is apt 10 be its own re-
ward-and no questions asked.
Some men either have to be on
the water wagon or on the tank.
Faith would have an easy time II
doubt didn't camp on its trail.
Did you ever notice that the
chronic kicker Is proud OF the title :?
A woman can be good to man
provided he doesn't deserve II.
Occasionally a man who is rolling
In wealth loses his equilibrium and
rolls out OF II.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-13
The Daily Reminder
ToDAY.s ANNIVERSARIES.

i7sT-consress by ordinance pro-
vided a government for tho north .
west territory. embracing the present
states OF Michigan. ohio, Illinois
Wisconsin and Indiana.
isis-Hiram Todd Dewey. who
established the nrst vineyard IN what
Is now the great srApe-srowing pelt
along the southern shore OF LAKE
isa1-oen. Nathan h Forrest. cele-
brated Confederate commandSrt porn
In Bedford county, Tenn. DIED IN
Memphis Oct IS, 1877.
her residencs In Buckin CHAM palace.
ls+i-A treaty for the settlement
OF the eastern question. involving the
differences between thu sultan OF
signed at london by the representa-
tives OF the European powers.
lsSs-Benito Juares, president or
Mexico. ordered a connscation OF the
isss-Beginning OF the draft riots
in New York city.
isss--The Empress carlotta de-
parted from M.xioo for France 70
is7T-The Russians. under Gourko.
crossed the Balkans
isS2-European portion Of Alex
sndria: Egypt. entirely destroyed by
lsso~John C. Fremont. famous SOL
der, explorer and first Republican
candidate for president, died in New
York city,, Born In Savannah o"''
isss-Admirai servera and cap
r i%Gts SRtRn''Ss GT''0n'r' arrived at
ONE YEAR AGO TO-DAY IN THE
WAR
New German offensive developed In
the direction Of Riga
Germans penetrated French lines
by great attack west OF Nerdun.
italian advance on coast toward
Trieste continued. with effective aid
OF heavy guns.
Lord IAnsdowne announced that
British army In France and Belgium
numbered upward OF 100000 men.
TODAY's BIRTHDAYS.
RI Hon Walter Hume Long. the
British cabinet member who Is given
chief credit Tor getting the conscrip-
ton bill through parliament. born
at Bath, So years ago today.
Mary F.. Woolley. president Of Mt
Holyoke college. born ~ South Nor :
walk Conn. 80 years ago today
Dr. William Tucker. president
emeritus OF Dartmouth college. born
at Griswold. Conn ~ years ago
today.
Rear Admiral Samuel ?. Comfy, Z.
:. Y, retired. born at Woodbury., y.
j.. g. years ago TODAY.
Or. George Leslie omwake, prest-
dent OF Crsinus college. horn AZ
Greencastle. Pa. IS years ago today
The Detroit times., 1916-07-13
The Old Gardener Says

The rose bug does not confne
Itself 10 roses, but also eats
peonies, iris. and other flowers,
and may even be found on grape
vines. Although II seems to fat
ten on most poisons. arsenate OF
lead will finally kill the pest n
used very strong, but will prob
ably destroy the flowers, too. A
new preparation on the market
this season forms a gas that IFS
said to surely XIII the bugs. but
u Is In the trial stage. One Ger.
tain remedy is hand picking.
early In the morning. when the
bugs are logy. with a pan OF ker
osene TO receive them. Choice
roses can be protected by cover.
ing them with paper bags.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-13
From Another Point OF TeD
By c. T. S.

Craftsmanship Congress is responsible
for a new liner classification: situation
wanted by young man, just out OF the
clinic and laboratory"
Striking newsboys were very much
taken back by the News and Free Press.
Possibly the little newspaper statesmen
pulled this off to show the Craftsmanship
Congress how to regain lost jobs.
An exchange says people in Akron
watched a skunk stroll down one OF the
principal streets" but does not give his
name.
ST. Paul and Minneapolis last year ate
100000 frog legs, one, probably, try
ing to Guido the other.
A scientific note informs us that cleo
tricity is now being used in Sweden to re-
fine chromium. For all that we know, this
is progress.
~ II Does, EvanoelIne, the Cubs Never Mentioned
II To Anybody Around Here
Dear Mister c. T. S.-I showed my uncle the
answer you put In the paper TO my letter and my
uncle Jumped UP and said-just as suspected,
g. T. S--the notorious Carlos Theodore Sly
hah-careful girl, careful. he Ia trim TO get you
into his sanctum sanctorium and j asked my
uncle what that and how TO spell II and he
spelled II like writ II and said II was awful
place the Editors had awful lookin room where
they took Cubs brains and hammered them into
Intellectual. Jimmy he spelt that for me too
all the letters on one side OF the line make one
word, an my uncle said / must never never
never go Bagley Ave. or Lafayette ave. OF
Shelby Street cause those places infested
with the most terrible Editors In the whole world
and he said II / did lose my way and get In there
and any Editors chased me 10 run quick TO a
safety zone an Mr.. Gillespie wouldn't let you
touch me there not even IL you was In automo-
bile cause nobody but People that amt Editors
dast hit you in one OF Mr.. Gilespies safety zone
and my uncle said Mr.. Hearst was awful
terrible Editor, was arrested for hitting People
when they was I'm their safety zones. ! don't
think my Uncle will let me writ TO you any
nore-Does It hurt those Cubs when you do
that TO their brains?
EvANGELTNE
Japan is collaring the ceIluloid indus
try.
A Kentuckian who killed an umpire has
been pardoned. Suggesting that the gov
ernor was at the game and that it was
against the home team.
We can think Of lot Of better jobs
than being an umpire in Kentucky.
1t looks, also. as if that lawsuit brought
! by Detroit sausage maker would be a
long drawn out affair.
Meantime, il should be borne in mind
that is sausage case and not necessarily
] case sausage.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-13
The State of Michigan Is
Willed a Body 1t Helped to
Wreck With Licensed Booze

And then, again, there is the case of
George McCory.
McCory wasn't his right name, but he
had some reason for going by that name,
and now that he is dead, let's respect it.
McCory roomed on Hastings-st.
Tuesday afternoon the landlady of the
rooming house smelled gas.
The smell was strongest near Nc
Cory's room, so the door was opened.
McCory's lifeless body was on the bed.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-13

The best method 10 to memorize
some com bination Of figures that az
feet your daily life. For instance
II you are ~ years old. remember
that you had four grandparents and
two parents. and that the four came
before the two. thus. ~. Or. II you
are q. remember that you have two
arms and seven, let US say. gold
teeth, and. Of course. the two came
first. The only drawback 10 this
method is the expense OF having a
new tooth inserted each birthday
In fact, all methods OF age remem.
bering involve frequent changes in
the methods or considerable expense,
except in the cases OF some women.
II you happened TO be born in the
nineteenth century In year ending
with the figure "0' much simpler
method can be used. II you were
born, for Instance, In 1890, you can
always learn your age by consulting
a calendar and adding 10 20 the last
two figures in the year. For instance.
THIS being 1916, you can take the hg-
urcs is. and adding 10 to 16 arrive
AZ the figure 26. which will be your
correct age. But always be sure
YOU have this years calendar.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-13
Let the People
Rule-and Write
Gould We, With Honor7

To the Editor Of The Times:
There Is no reason whatever why
Mexico and the United States
should 60 TO war. II we do so. his.
tory will never forgive us. It will
be little less than monstrous II this
powerful nation shall give the final
blow to the aspirations on a little
nation that has for Ave years been
struggling desperately 10 regain pos
session OF It's land and it's resources.
Moreover. these plundered Mex.
cans, for Ave years, have been max.
ing a brave fight TO throw OF their
oppressors and regain control OF
their country. Shall we be able 10
hold up our heads before the world
IL We pounce upon these poor PEG
ple7
SHERMAN BYE.
Cass City, July IL. 1916.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-13

\ McCory was 40 years old.
Just 1t the age when he should have
been doing his best work, with his best
AGart, and when he should have been
hooking forward to old age, to make it
comfortable for himself, he gave up.
Hope gave way to DESPAIR.
OF course, there was a reason.
There always is reason when men
Siys up.
But this was not suicide.
Suicide Is ones own act, but McCory
was helped to his death-helped by the
grlat state Of Michigan-the great state
" live In and the home of our pride.
This Il fact because the great state
q Michigan legalizes the sale of whisky,
and It was whisky that brought on Nc
Coey's death before his time to die had
ecmA.
This II fact because the great state
e Michigan permits licentious traffic
n minds, lives and bodies and tears for
PAY-for money, BLOOD MONEY paid
TO It In the shape of license money.
McCory left this note, before turning
a the gas:
II HEREBY TRANSFER TO THE
STATE MY BODY FOR THE PUR-
POSE OF DISSECTION. HAVE AL
WAYS BEEN A HEAVY DRINKER
AND THE EFFECTS OF DRINK
SHOWN ON MY BODY MAY HELP
10 SHOW THE EFFECTS OF ALCO-
HOL ON THE HUMAN SYSTEM"
The Detroit times., 1916-07-13
Boy Notes.
BY DR.. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. ny Frank Crane)

One of the most wholesome influences
of these times is being exerted by the
Boy Scouts. Nothing better could hay.
pen to our country than that every boy
be enrolled among their number.
Edwin Fuller, scoutmaster, has recent
ly issued book which is worth reading
and needing by boy lovers. note, and
pass on to my readers, some of the points
that have occurred to me in the perusal
of his pages. Some of these points he
makes. and some he made me think; and
a books value is quite as much in the
ideas it stirs up in the reader as in what
it tells him.
The boy has a boy viewpoint. 1t is
different from that of a girl or that of
a grown-up. You can't do much with
him unless you have imagination enough
to put yourself in his place and see things
as he sees them.
Boys are harder to bring up than girls
on account of physiological, social, con-
ventional, and family conditions.
Every boy has one ''inalienable right;
il is to be well trained
The greatest enemy to any boy is pa
rental indifference.
Every boy should be taught strict &C
countability in money matters.
The best insurance for happiness is
discipline. You can harm your boy no
way so certainly as to let him grow up
undsciplined. And this necessitates dis
ciplining yourself.
The mother has more influence over a
boy before his puberty, the father after
Boys are hero worshippers. Supply
them with heroes of the right kind.
The wanderlust is strong in boys.
Give it an outlet. Let him join the Boy
Scouts and go hiking.
Boys are often afflicted with morbid
sclf-conSciousness. Let them mingle in
gentle society Avoid criticism. Encour-
age self-expresSion.
About sex matters see that your boy
learns the truth. Most boys are hurt
by mass of misinformation on this SUBJ
ject. The best cure for morbidity is
knowledge of facts.
Obedience is habit. Eternal vigi-
lance is its price.
Avoid the repressive method Of train
ing. Guide rather by suggestion.
The best kind Of father is big
brother to his boy.
Do not strike boy. Learn how to
govern some other way.
But even beating with stick is better
than nagging.
A boy naturally loves a gang. See
that he has the right kind. That is the
only thing that can keep him away from
the wrong kind.
You cannot be everything to your boy.
He must have other relations to the
world 1t is enough to be good parent.
Surround the boy with good books and
magazines.
You are parent by the law Of nature;
you have to learn to be friend to your
| boy; and to learn this takes all that is
in you.
Don't expect your boy to be better
than you are.
Don't worry. The boy will outgrow
most Of his Objectionable traits. Time
and the steady pressure of environment
can do what you cannot. Learn to Ia
bor-and to wait"
And when. your boy grows I'D and
comes back to you, as friend and fell
low. with all that rich childhood expert
ence in his memory, you will be repaid.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-13
Honey From the Carcass.

What was II that old strong man OF the Bible
said about sweets coming from corruption7
The Russian duma has voted TO accord peas
ants the same civil rights enjoyed by other
classes and Russian aristocracy must face the
issue at a time when Russia life depends large
Iy upon her peasants From the corruption of
war comes human equality. Mighty will Russia
become, with sober and free peasantry.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-13

Now there are many prisoners in Sing
Sing who consider themselves superior
TO the common thief
They would not cOndescend 10 steal a
loaf of bread, never having been hungry,
but must deal in large amounts.
According TO their standard, the
larger the amount, the less guilty the
offender.
One of these was a man who only IN
dulged his sporting instincts in millions,
and he had embezzled this amount from
the Carnegie fund.
This man was practically living life
Of ease, his bed in comfortable dorml-
tory, his meals specially prepared and a
private office being given him where he
conducted his own private business.
There were a number Of New Workers
of a similar breed who were enjoying the
seclusion of prison life as much as money
and influential friends could operate 10
make it enjoyable.
Osborne spoiled all this; ruthlessly
sent these men TO share the fate of the
pickpocket and the petty thief.
There was, in other words, democracy
in the prison.
Such things, of course, could not be toll
Grated.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-13
The Lost Hero.

For sixteen years an old orderly
faithfully performed his humble du-
ties at the Newark City Hospital and
in his off hours amused the other
attendants with stories Of thrilling
fights with savage tribes In India,
of waiting with his comrades in
hollow square the charge Of Afghans
armed with spears, and OF being
called before the regiment and dec
grated with the Victoria Cross. No
one believed the wild tales. but all
heard them patiently and laughed
good naturedly behind the old mans
back. He died the other day. Among
his poor possessions was a rusty lit
tie bag. and in II they found the Vic
toria Cross.-Youth's Companion.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-13

TO treat the prisoners as human beings
and to treat them all AS equals.
There were no distinctions made by
him.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-13

Thomas Mott Osborne is Quaker
pacifist and humanitarian in the big
gest sense of the word.
He trusted the men in Sing Sing and
they justified his faith.
He never has been disappointed, he
says. in any of the 'rouch neck COM
mon prisoners.
II is the educated crook whom he
does not trust.
These are truly bad, he says, for cir
substances and ignorance have not
forced them into evil deeds. THEY
HAVE CHOSEN TO DO THEM.
Under Osborne's regime no guards
were necessary.
The prisoners ruled themselves and
had their own court in which they tried
their offenders.
There was little doing in the court
for long periods, and harmony generally
prevailed.
"And how was this done?" he was
asked
"Just by treating them like men, he
replied simply.
So now we extend hearty congratula-
tons to the warden of Sing Sing on his
restoration and earnestly hope that he
will be able to hold the helm against all
adverse winds.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-13

According 10 the scientists a bee.
weight for weight, IL at least 30
times az strong as q horse.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-13

The government Of India will ex-
tend its wireless system until every
army post has station In the
charge OF a trained officer.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-13
Work It Out This Way.

To the Editor OF The Tines; Can
memberins my aSsf -