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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-27
THE CURFEW BELL.

So many towns ring the eurfew bell TO warn
the children that o'clock p. m must find them
safe In the home nest. II s interesting TO know
that the curfew bell originated In the time OF
William the Conqueror A "curfew" was fire
cover OF metal, shaped like hood, with han
die by which IL was lifted. II had an opening
on one side, and was about ten inches in height.
Because fires in early days were made on large
open hearths, the smoke escaping through rude
chimney or even through hole in the roof fire
risk was great IL was ordered that every
householder before retiring must cover his IRE
with a couvre-feu meaning rcover his IRE
He scraped the embers together at the back OF
the hearth, putting the cover over them, the
open part close against the chimney.
A bell was rung In the market place at an
early hour every night, as a signal that people
must extinguish their fires and go to bed. TIE
term "curfew" was associated with the ringing
Of the bell. But In William the ConQueror's
time curfew was nothing more poeficaI than
Q plain metal nre extinsuisher. = Peoples
Hose Journal
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-27

When you get up In the morning,
do you dress hriskly. or do you
cawdle along. taking an unnecessary
amount OF time to put on your
clothes.
II you are a dawdling dresser. |
would warn You that you are handi-
Gaping your power TO do your day
work well. For every morning you
thereby retard the tuning up" pro-
cess essential 10 efficient action OF
mind and body.
There even Is warrant for sus-
pecting that by dawdling while you
dress you give your mind definite
set in the direction of working ali
DAY less energetically than IL should.
The fact that the mind has TO go
daily through a tuning-up process
is one unsupported by most people.
But II has been clearly demonstrat.
ed by scientific research both in
this country and abroad.
Especially impressive are the re-
suits Of experiments made by an
American psychologist. DIR. Howard
d. Marsh. The object OF these ex-
periments was TO learn definitely
at what time OF day the working
power of men and women Is at its
highest.
The popular belief. Of course. is
that the maximum OF working efIi-
cheney comes in the early morning
hours, when the mind has been re-
freshed by sleep. But DR.. Marsh
found that in most instances this is
not the case.
Experimenting on a number OF
people engaged in different occupa-
tons, he discovered that low
state of officieEcy usually prevails
for some time after rising, as com.
pared with the efficiency evident an
hour or two before noon.
SO marked was the contrast be.
tween the eficiency OF early and
late morning that DR.. Marsh found
n
himself driven to this conclusion:
Sleep imposes an inertness
more or less pronounced, whose in
fluence but gradually passes away
from adults on arising. This first
condition represents, as II were, ar
adaptation OF the organism to noe
turnal inactivity, to remove which
some little time IL required after
awakening to the exigencies OF &C
tive life.
"As the period prior to awaken
ing can be thought OF as one Of
dwindling internal stimulation--oi
passing sleep effect-so may ths
subsequent period be considered as
one OF increasing positive auto-stim
ulation--of growing awakeness."
Obviously II Is desirable tc
shorten the period Of early morning
ineficiency as much as possible
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-27
The Daily Reminder
rODAY's ANNIVERSARIES.

.i7si--s. +. p. Morse. the perfscto,
Of the electric telegraph, born q
ccn n,,,it1r Mass Died In New York
,ly. s.ri . :sou Hn Is per o sG'; On
imported cotton and wooden goods
and specific duties on iron.
sishtsensh president OF tn. United
states. born at Point Pleasant. O.
pied at Mt. Mcoregor. n. Y. July fs
isss-steamboat igan" launch
1Sso-Foundation stone laid for
the new Houses OF Parliament In
isss-Hundreds OF paroled Federal
prisoners OF war. returning TO their
homes In the North. lost their lives
through a boiler explosion on the
tansi n.ar M siysr steamboat sui
is7s-william e. Macready. ia
nous actor. died at Cheltenham.
England Born in London, March ,,
ls75-cardinai McCloskey was In
vested with the -beretts in ST Pat
rick,s cathedral. New York city.
lS!6-Queen Victoria made EN-
isss-Raiph Waldo Emerson. IA.
nous poet and essayist, died at Con-
cord. Mass. Born i'm Boston. May 90.
display at the dedication OF the new
Grant tomb In New York city.
l9iS-The international womcn's
Peace congress opened at The Hague
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY IN THE
WAR.
Allies recovered positions lost TO
the Germans in Ypres region.
Paris reported the French had re-
gained s-Weilerkopf in
Alsace
Germans made extensive use OF
poisonous gas in driving French out
OF trenches
Allied forces made good their foot,
ing on the Gallipoli Peninsula and
Adriatic side OF Dardanellss.
TODAY's BIRTHDAYS.
William Draper Lewis. eminent
law authority. for many years dean
OF the Law department OF the Uni
v-rsity OF Pennsylvania, born in
Philadelphia 80 years ago today.
Rear ACmtral Chauncey Thomas. Y
;. ", retired born at Barryville, ~
", es years ago today.
William Lorimer. former Illinois
congressman and Republican leader,
years ago today.
John e. Wilkie. former chief III
! the United States secret service. born
In Elgin. N. SO years ago today.
Frank Gotch. champion wrestler OF
the world. born at Humboldt. Iowa
ss years ago today.
n. n. Myers, outneider OF the
BROOKLYN National league baseball
team. born at East Liverpool. o.. q
W. w Mecredie. one OF the con.
trolling powers OF the Pacific Coast
baseball league. and owner Of the
J Portland club. born in Montrose. sa.
/ "a years ago today.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-27
BY HERBERT QUICK.

The rivers and harbors bill has
passed the house and gone to the
senate. II appropriates over $37,.
100000.
believe in the development OF
our inland waterways. | have writ
ten books in advocacy Of their de-
velopment. l believe that our sys-
tenn OF transportation will never be
complete until every river capable
of being made navigable shall have
been improved.
believe the Missouri should be
controlled and made navigable 10
Fort Benton, and probably far be-
yond. that the Columbia should be
made navigable far up into the
mountains toward its sources, that
the Atlantic and Gulf rivers. the
great tributaries OF the Mississippi,
the Father of Waters itself. the
Ohio and its tributaries must even
tually be so improved as TO carry
the heavy slow freight which Is now
breaking the backs OF the railways
and causing our freight blockades,
our car shortages and our embar-
goes
The present freight situation
proves conclusively the necessity OF
developing our water trafic.
But I am opposed to this bill.
am opposed to the passage OF any
rivers and harbors bill which car
ries a cent more than is necessary
10 promote commerce In waters
which now accommodate large
trafic.
am opposed to the development
Of our inland rivers until we ind
why commerce does not spring
up and flourish on the rivers
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-27
From Another Point OF NieU
By c. 7. S.

Maybe Mrs. Ruth Van Wyck" gave q
fictitious name when she had goods
charged in a Woodward-ave. store for
fear if she gave her own it would be
turned down.
pronounce as in lamp.
Still, if they start crusading for the
crook with an airship, it will remain the
same old problem Of how long he goes
up for.
A Wayne farmer is suing a divine
healer-you know. DIVINE healer-for
$4,000 for alienation of his wife's at
fections. If the farmer gets the ten thou
sand he will be pretty well healed.
Will he not?
The game in st. Louis yesterday was
called off on account of cold. 1t takes
st. Louis long time to warm up to
base ball.
We asked a friend if he wasn't afraid
the bottom would fall out of the sub
urban lot he bought, and he said he hat
| been down as far as ciothesline would
reach and didn't believe it had one.
|
This is confession.
| There is a certain matter that /!
bothering us.
We can't get it off our mind.
Because we haven't the price of new
one.
What has become of the old-fashionec
small boy who used to come to the dool
with a peck Of dandelion greens?
| A saloonkeeper was fined in court 10
failing to obey the signal of traffic OF
ficer. Maybe the traffic officer made
mistake and gave the signal at the wrong
door.
Gasoline remains at % the gallon--1.
the half gallon, and so on and so forth.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-27
A Poem a Day
4 LOVE AND NEED THE OPEN AIR

Give me the sky and the open range.
The rolling hills and the verdant
sod.
The face OF the prairie. ever strange.
The century plant that rears its pole
Above the plain In It's rugged pride,
The tran to the distant water hole
And glare and CLEAN OF the bare
hillside,
Give me the yerve and the spirit
thrill
When the dawn is breaking in the
east,
And each grassy swale and hazy hill
spreads FOR the eye a beauty feast:
While the dew that dampens hair
and face
Glints in the light of the waking
with a sparkle that a crown would
grace,
AS il tremblos on the ieaness thorn.
Give me the yelp and tho lonesome
or the prairie wolf. when the day
Is done.
The stealthx hlzht OF the prairie owl
And the sense OF loss when light
While the stars like jewels stud the
sky.
The AIR Is sweet as an infants
And the prairie breeze Is stealing by
As calm and cool as the shade OF
death.
Give me the trail and the lowing
herd
The binding dust and the thirsty
way.
The watch at night when a run" Is
feared.
And lots OF work through the busy
day,
And you may retain the counting
room,
The desk. the books, and the ONCE
chair.
With their luxury. their ease and
gloom,
For l love and need the open air
Jake n. Harrison. in Springfield
Republican.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-27
Pointed Paragraphs

But too many men work OF ex.
ouses as reasons.
Why Ia watered silk classified as
| dry goods?
Being on the right side in politics
means being on the inside.
It's good thing to have tenn.
Ter II you know how to handle 1t.
Instead OF speaking his own mind
many a man echoes his wife's.
Good looks may catch a man. but
It takes good housekeeping to hold
him.
A woman's idea OF a sensible man
If one who makes a food OF himself
ever her.
a woman can adjust her figure
to show up best at the point she
wants II to.
Even the youth who claims TO
have finished education has a lot
TO learn.
II our neighbors would mind their
own business we would be more
apt to mind ours.
The upstart who says trade Is
vulgar Is usually slow when II
comes to paying his bills.
When q woman tries to describe
lecture II sounds as II she had
been consulting her dressmaker.
A woman says a man Is only half
man until he gets married. Yes,
and even then be Is seldom the
whole show.
Poverty may be a sure cure for
dyspepsia but the most OF us would
rather take chances with the dis.
ease than the remedy.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-27
q Presume 1t Is Law. and
That the Judge Is Right,
But We Can't Follow 1t

lido Chester, one of the visiting
1dgos hearing Wayne county circuit
Et eases during April, has told wife
~ seeks Z divorce that she will have to
|>t for her decree until her child is
o, - that i will have name.
E&D judge seems to have, dug up this
eennowhers, and we presume, now,
\ ~ bodies born after divorce is
nted win BE- nazneless, and cast upon
"a, unfssling world.
"a IN, should it be followed, would
ly>ey woman. no matter how
W ~ or cruel her husband
- b him and b his
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-27

Brisk dressing is undoubtedly val
liable means TO this end.
BY its rapidly OF movement IL
involves healthful stimulation OF
the blood and the bodily processes
generally. with beneficial effect on
the powers of the mind. Also il
has the direct effect OF habituating
the mind OF work energetically from
the start OF the day.
This second effect can be gained
more fully If while dressing the
thoughts are TUNED 10 the day 5
work.
Dressing itself can and should be
done automatically. leaving the
mino free to occupy itself as il
chooses. The trouble with most OF
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-27

lawful spouse until after the trying
event which brings her child into the
world.
1t would mean that she may not have
a fairly comfortable and partly serene
time during pregnancy, but must endure
any kind of treatment if she is unfor-
tunately married so that her babe may
have q NAME.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-27
Commencement Scenery.

On the stage they doing away with de-
tailed scenery because the great artists say
that the audience doesn't see it, The makers OF
the new stage pictures rely for their effects
on color and light.
There's hint for commencement girls Why
spend money and dressmaker's eyesight on lace
embroidery and tiny ruffles that don't look good
at q distance anyway?
Get lines OF soft white in any kind of goods,
giris-just lines Then see that your stage
manager Is an artist.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-27

There is no question about the wife
and mother having a name and legiti-
mate one, but her innocent child will be
branded unless the mother continues to
be the nominal wife of the father up to
the moment it sees the light of day.
Just why things change miraculously
at that moment, We would like to know.
Is it's father more its father before it
is born than after?
Or is its mother more its mother and
less its fathers wife?
Are the months before its birth i'm
mune from law proceedings by any nat
ural law (Which, after all, does not take
stock of any legal matter whatever), and
are the days and weeks afterward in
some way different so that the machin-
cry of the courts may go on?
There is no doubt about the legality of
the marriage or there would be no chance
for divorce.
On the whole, this looks like law put
ting a premium upon illegitimacy, for if
the mother had not been married, there
would have been no trouble about it.
We do not follow the law at all.
Perhaps they have this case mixed up
with the old story of who was the mother
of the chickens. Since incubators came
into use, no doubt has been felt on this
subject.
The mother, who knows nothing
whatever about law, said simply that she
didn't see that it mattered," and we
agree with her.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-27

could be avoided.
Careful attention TO the M OF
ones shoes will prevent the form
ing OF blisters. An ill-htting shoe
that rubs the heel wilI cause bIlsters
TO form the very hfst time you take
spring walk IN the park.
Another spot where bIisters are
apt to form, unless ones shoes 3t
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-27
PARIS MARRIAGES POPULAR.

The French marriage contract, which Is quito
apart from the vows and has to do with dowries
and other unromantlc financial considerations. Ia
being disregarded in war time as never before.
possibly an indication that convention and artih.
ciaity are really being stripped away by suffer.
ing, as 40 many assert. and consequently thu
number OF marriages In Paris has risen from,
76s In January. 1915, to 1,2s9 In December
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-27
2ere Ii q Real Estate
Tip, With q Tip Contained
For Many Other Lines

II The Detroit Real Estate Board renders
y public distinct and valuable service
70 warning it against real estate crooks
This city just now is what these char
Inns term good picking" a
They ride In always on the wave OF
Itimate prosperity, to take advantage
~ 1eeitimately inflated values.
n Detroit and surrounding territory have
ntoyed genuine boom in real estate,
IA the result has been tremendous in
- of professional "come-ons," whose
Rage il always notably shy of
uplss.
Ehey have NO USE for scruples be-
ron they interfere with the sharks OPP
i1ions.
heee operations are carried on princi-
Nv ia newspaper advertising-news-
lpor advertising which lies and which
Stains many representations that never
I(DDaor IA the contracts the crooks make
I'm their victims.
me INIT necessary to warn man who
txied It once. against sitting on a red
tstoye.
- int necessary TO tell a man who has
bitten by the real estate shark to
ND HIS CONTRACT if he makes a
n1 investment or he is likely to be
tpn again.
81 - necessary to warn man who has
y 10 little money and who intends
~ lot somewhere with it, against
nlng the papers for the lot WITHOUT
AIDING them.
ho service the Real Estate Board per-
1nns Il, therefore, all the more valuable,
canse it is service to the inexperi-
- and the uninitiated.
The board is using advertising space
ntioning the public to look for the line
Eomber Of Detroit Real Estate Board"
l0oI estate advertising, thereby guar
6toeing the advertiser and his represen-
1itious.
81 - doing which the board has taken a
1fop conforming exactly to the advertis-
~ ideals for which The Times has SO
~ contended.
< Il b easy to contemplate the result up
~ III advertising if there was such q
nofantee to go along with all advertis.
-, Or if those who are engaged in the
ktous other lines were SO well organ.
o6 and as brave and as active against
T. W crooks with whom they are compelled
r. associate In the columns Of newspapers
NJ are not particular where they gel
III money from.
4 You will have only yourself to blame
after buying your lot, you find yo,
We been made victim of an irrespon
~ dy-by-night dealer.
ho Real Estate Board has warned you
rs sspossd the way in which the crool
eIs and has given you the password
t,1luble dealers and q safe deal.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-27

pun up and grow
tender and ache.
But IL peopl e
W ould 81. We as
much attic n tion
daily to their feet
as they do TO
feel big an d
heavy. and they
their hands, man,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-27

The warm, moist days Of early
spring bring foot troubles. The feet
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-27
At the CIup.

Il see bore coming"
THAT ausurs badly."-Boston
Transcript.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-27
DRESS BRISKLY.

AoplNoToN BRUCE
of
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-10-20

hard fried eggs, rich pastries, soggy or under
done breads, he will soon find himself seeking a
relief from headache, slugishness, constipation
and biliousness, and the patent medicine route
out will be the way he will likely choose Pills.
purgatives and most any patent medicines will
find hearty welcome and become false friend
to persons who so poison themselves. The trou-
BILE arising from eating food Of this kind is that
it ferments in the stomach, becomes poisonous
and creates condition which calls for stronger
poison in the form of medicine to throw off the
food poison. The patent medicine habit is ac-
quired and the digestive organs of the stomach
are wrecked and no longer perform their natural
functions, and thus it is medicines become false
friends.
ION the other hand, whoever drinks freely of
pure water and eats freely of fruits vegetables
milk butter, salads, cereals and nuts-foods pre-
pared by nature for man-not only avoids diges-
tive troubles but he is spared the evil effects of
food poisons such as rheumatism, headaches,
sluggishness, and biliousness. He also escapes
the patent medicine folly. He eats according to
natures demand and needs, and no medicine is
required as an after DOSE"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-10-20
The Industrial Display

The industrial display during centennial week
make US think about the pioneer days when man
had to make all the little comforts that now are
to be had by pushing button Our forefathers
could not press button and have light; they
had to make candles first. They could not step
to the wall and turn dial and talk with New
York. They had to rely on the slow mail or make
the journey. They could not ask to have suit
of clothes delivered, but had to raise the animals,
shear the WOOL spin it, and make the clothes
themselves. They could not call up the grocer
for supplies but had to raise them in the garden
or go many miles to the settlement.
All of us have become very dependent Great
ures. We rely upon the whole world to feed and
clothe us, and to supply us with comforts and
luxuries. Of course, with the distribution of
labor, others are just as dependent upon our
knowledge as we are on theirs, so in the long run
there is an equalization that is satisfactory to
everyone.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-10-20
Copyright 1915, by the Mcclure n
THE coBBLER'S OLD SHOES

Once upon time poor cobbler
sat disconsolate on the bench in his
small shop. Times had been hard
had been i'll, his wife had died and he
was left alone with four small ones
to support and care for all by himself
Out into the night shone the CLEAN
OF his candle, lighting the dark road
so that travellers could see their way.
But within the room was cheerless.
In the fireplace few Goals f1ickered
and on the table there was only loaf
of bread and jug of cold water.
1--WE will do the best we can," said
the cobbler bravely, as he seated the
the Lady of the Mountain may yet
help U.S."
Now, in the neighborhood there had
long been legend that far up on the
mountains lived a nymph who was
noted for her kind deeds to the deserv-
ing poor, but the cobbler had never
believed the story. Still, he thought
to cheer the hungry children who
munched sadly at their dry bread
Presently it began to snow and the
wind rose high. TAP, tap, tap" came
a knock at the door, and the cobbler
opened it to woman dressed in
shabby skirt and ragged coat hang
ing to her heels. Over her gray hair
was faded shawl.
Il wish to have these mended and
will be back for them tomorrow" she
said, placing in his hands a pair of
worn shoes. Then she went out and
shut the door quickly.
The cobbler thrust his hands into
the shoes SO as to see what was
needed, when his fingers struck some
thing hard. Drawing it out, he saw
a gold coin glittering in his palm.
How lucky" he thought, at once,
glancing around at the children nod
ding before the fire. This will get
them a good breakfast"
Then he remembered that the money
must have been left in the shoes by
mistake. He must run and return it
to the owner. Without waiting for
hat, he ran down the road, calling
loudly, but no one replied Only the
wind howled through the pines and
the snow swirled abou. his feet till
he could hardly stand. But he kept on
and on till at last he saw the first pink