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The Detroit times., 1916-05-01

Monday TO many OF US is day OF
dullness and depression We feel
blue and incapable Of working up
20 our usual jewel Of efficiency.
IL. as some men unfortunately do.
VIC have been dissipatirg Saturday
night and Sunday, our condition on
Monday is easily understandable
But many who do not dissipate find
themselves nevertheless out of sorts
Monday morning.
So common is this condition that
employers of labor sometimes heart
d. wish there were no break In the
weeks work such rs is brought by
the Sunday holiday.
In this they are In error. For II
has been proved by experiment that
no man can work continuously sew
en- days in the week and keep on do
ing good work
Nature unites with religion insist
ing on cessation OF work one day in
every seven The trouble with those
afflicted with blue Mondays Is. there
fore, not that they have had holi-
dsy. but that they have used 1t un-
wisely.
Many of them. TO begin With.
make the mistake Of sleeping far
into Sunday morning.
II a mans work all week has been
unusually exhauxting an hour or 80
OF extra sleep Sunday morniny may
indeed be needed. But many late
sleepers do not really need the
amount OF sleep in which they In
dulge.
When q man takes more sleep
tran IL really necessary. there Is an
unfayorabie effect on his organism.
As that authority on sleep. Marie de
Mznsceine. puts IL:
III one sleeps longer than the re-
pose OF consciousness and the re-
pair OF the tissue require there will,
In the first place be an enfeeble-
ment OF consciousness from lack OF
exercise.
And, In the second place. there
will be an adaptation Of the vessels
10 an Abnormal state Of the nutri-
tive circulation. TO the detriment OF
the functional circulation"
This would no matter so much II,
after rising. tho Sunday late sleeper
bestirred himself vigorously.
But the reverse is usually the
case He dresses slowly and sits
around idly until dinner time. Pos
sibiy be amuses himself glancing
through. though not really reading,
the paper.
Then, at / or ? o'clock. he eats an
unusually heavy meal. The chances
are ne will follow this by an after
neon nap. prolonged until or 5
| o'clock After which he puts more
The Detroit times., 1916-05-01
What Are American
Ideals? Will They Tell Us:

There is an organization being formed In De
troi, as he Michigan branch OF the Committee
for the Advancement OF American Ideals.
This is interesting because II we can discover
just what Americaa ideals are. We shall be no
longer in this darkness and confusion as to our
thought and action.
American education. az present. is strangely
at loose ends.
II began by being democratic. founded upon
the principles laid down in the Bible and
~Americanized," in q sense. by the Declaration
OF independence.
Thi. worked quite well for a time
Things were comparatively simple and the
industrial stress had not yet come upon US.
With this latter came the cry for efficiency
which is TO America what militarism Is to Ger
many.
The end being IN the one case money In
the other "the fatheriand."
Efficiency was accepted complaeently up to
certain point, but I: was found that in order 10
carry II out effectively. we were obliged to lay
aside the broader education and more humans
tic side OF American life.
We were drifting away from our ideals
Without being able to put their feelings into
words. Americans instinctively rebelled against
this new god which seemed bent upon putuns
tnem into the hopper and grinding them out as
lake as peas In pod
II meant bigger wages. perhaps, but there wa
a price to pay: the old Bible price OF the birth
right snd the mess OF pottage.
II vas q certain sense OF freedom that America
stood for. and this freedom was being gradually
squeezed into smaller divisions Of time ana
space until II meant few hours out OF the
week, and the little place called home
No freedom OF opportunity; no longer freedom
Of green fields
This is not the habit OF mind OF Americans.
Though called materialistic, they reoef hsune-
lively from the discipline which taxes away
mans liberty and Initiative, even though ~ gives
him more material wealth.
This is shown in the wave Of protest which
is going up all over the country against mif
tary n aiming in the public schools
Al what then vs. American education aiming
N must represent. IL good for anything. Amer
can ideals, but IL seems TO have no very oennte
end In view.
A xmattering OF literature. on the one side;
technical training on the otner,
both GOOD but what Is the central idea, Inere
is no training along humanistic lines; no train-
lnx for q social and socialixed sense.
Are we endeavoring to combine scientinc
knOvisdge. which viii make as capable and In
depende with the. broader. finer education
which would teach Us 10 know each other ana
10 UNDERSTAND,
II would seem that this might be an ideal
worth considering by the new committee; ar
IDEAL which should be an outgrowth OF the spirit
OF America combined with her prodigious. ur-
precedented material progress
The Detroit times., 1916-05-01
Is Roosevelt Ineendiary?

In his lingo statement OF April ID,
yheodore Roosevelt said:
I'VE stand for peace. put only for
the peace that comes as q right TO
the Just man armed and not for the
rs ace which the coward purchases
by abject submission to wrong.
The peace OF cowardicc leads in the
end TO war after a record Of shame.
The Filipinos obtained peace by
submitting 80 wrong perpetrated- by
the United States. Does Roosevelt
consider them towards for doing so?
Does he hold that they should there
fore take up arms for indepcndsnce.
should congress refuse TO grant ~
The Colorado strikers obtained
peace by submitting to Rockefeller.
Does Roosevelt hold that they
should have continued armed resist
ance? There is q long list Of similar
purchases OF peace by American
laborerr. even after the courts de-
MED them their constitutional
rights. Roosevelt declares such
submission cowardly. Fortunately
his foolish remarks are not likely
TO be taken seriously. Otherwise
there would be state of disorder
and violence from coast 70 coast
The Public.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-01
The Daily Reminder


Il
ists-flenry NJ. Rector. governor
Of Arkansas at tho beginning Of ths
civil war. born I'm -. Louis. Died
In Little Rock n 1893.
ed frst mayor OF tho city. OF Boston,
| is.i-First issue OF the Hong kons
istS-cornerstone laid for the
ists--poiish Insurgents In Posen
massacrcd by Prussian troops.
Isas-Gersrai thank.siv'ng iD Eng; 9 |;
isSs--The schooner Friend. nyink
the Fenian hsg. captured the British
sche oner Wentworth and scuttled her
issf- REV Daniel sylvester Tuttis
was cousecrated FIRST Episcopal mis-
sionary bishop OF Utah. Idaho aud
Isis~DavId Livingstone. famous
traveller and explorer. died in Central
Africa. Born In Scotland March ~.
issi--Princc Bismarck was elected
isse--The Persian shah. Nasir-ed-
Din, was assassinated at Teheran-
iSe;--Ths Tennessee Centennial ex-
isssmunited states squadron un-
der Admiral Dewey destroyed the
spanish feet In Manila bay.
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY IN THE
WAR
French claimed to have regained
possession OF Hartsmanns- Weller
Two German torpedo boats and one
British destroyer sunk In light on the
Dutch coast.
:, Aas,ro,,;srmsn forces, so,ss. broke ra ,,.a; tn;
Russian retreat began.
TnnNN.s mIRrpQnAYQ
Duke OF Connaught. uncle OF KinE
George " and present Goveruor-6en-
eral OF Canada. born So years ago
today.
carew. inspector, general of the
British territorial forces, born In
Cornwall 81 years ago today :.
Harry LEON wilson. author OF
rspaisr asss stories or ea and piays 's born ns q,
Oregon. III. - years ago today.
Henry wheeiwrisht Marsh. who
has been serving az American Red
born at wsl,ham. Mass. IS years ago
jeseph Y. wii.>s the presen,
United statcs Ambassador TO Spain.
horn liz Washinston. ID. C.. 81 years
Charles X. Harris. author Of AFTER
the BalC' and other popular songs
born at poughkeepsie. y. ". 81 years
pr, John T. Harmon. president o.
! Kansas Wesleyan university. born ~
| olrry. Ill. sS years ago today.
Maud Allan. widely celebrated as
n classical dancer. horn in Toronto
| % years ago today.
Rt. Rev. Thomas pSorman. Catho-
Tic bishop Of Sioux falis. born In
I Boston. - years ago today.
pr. Thomas McsielIand president
/ OF Knox college. horn in County Der
ry. ireland. 20 years ago today.
| David j. Lewis. representative In
| Congress OF the sixth Maryland dis
trict. born In Center county. Ia. q;
years ago today.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-01
Flower Color

Many students have doubtless OBJ
served that one OF the commonesi
flower colors IL n sort OF purplisli
pink that often just misses becom-
ing a distinct rose or a decided red.
As a matter of fact. good reds and
pinks are comparatively rare in any
fora and the reason for this is com
ing to be well understood Tie nor
NAL color OF the pigment which pro
duces both red and blue flowers IL
this same purplish pink. when the
sap OF the plant Is alkaline this
purpiish pink turns to blue and
when Il Is acid the flowers become
pink or red. when this Is realized.
several other peculiarities OF nowc,
color become Ineligible. For in
stance. there are many blue flowers.
such as the lungwort tMertensia
virginical which are pink In the
tud. As the flowers open and oxi-
dation processes reduce the acIdity
Of the cell sap. the pink must %
necessity become blue. This also
explains why so many blue flowers
have pink counterparts or the re
verse. Let a strain with a tendency
&c acid cell sap appear In a race
Of blue flowers and It's blossoms are
likely TO become pink or red The
rose-colored variety OF the common
New England aster may be ex.
planned In this way There are also
many white flowers that are pink
either at the beginning or end OF
their period OF bloom. Apple bios.
SONS, and the flowers OF the white
trillium and cotton will come to
mind in this connection. In these
flowers II apparently needs but a
slight increase or decrease In acid.
ity to develop or destroy tho color
We do not. however. have to depend
upon instances like these to sub.
ssantiafe our theories regarding
changes In color. Almost any pink
or blue plant Juice may be- used 10
demonstrate the facts. Anyone who
viii boil out the color from purple
cabbage may turn the Juice blue
by the addition OF a few drops of
ammonia or little baking soda and
restore the original pink color BY
adding q few drops Of vinegar or
other acid. Beet Juice and most
OF the fruit juices act in the same
way and II IN therefore not surpris
Ing to nnd that the familiar Iitmus
paper 30 commonly used in testing
for acids and alkaIi n made BY
dipping strips Of paper IN the Juice
OF certain lichens. Many pink now
ers may be turned blue by exposing
them TO the fumes Of ammonia for
few minutes and blue flowers be.
come pink when exposed 10 acids
In making these experiments, how.
ever one Ii often astonished to flnd
the color change produced f.
neither pink nor blue, but green. a
fact which opens up other avenues
OF speculation. but in all OF which
we discover how cieveriy nature pro
duces a variety Of effects with ay.
most identical fnaterisls--Americar
Potanist.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-01

Tho motion picture Is moro tnan fifty years
DID, ~ We understand by that term any device
for producing the optical illusion Of moving OBJ
jects. These toys were called by various names,
such a. thaumatrope. zoctrope. stroboscops.
phcnakistoscope microscopic cabinet, kinemar
toscope. etc. The first exhibition of photograph-
10 motion pictures was made by Henry Heyl, IN
BY successive careful poses, thrown On As
screen In such way that the movement of the
subjects kept time with the music Of IN orohoe
trs Many other inventors worked on TIT ~
bIem before Edison. IN 1899. produced ~ 0us
modern apparatus OF TIE type 70 fomiliog g -
tcday--Ths Christian HesaN
The Detroit times., 1916-05-01
The Keep Well Column
THE tcE BOX.

The box should be cared for thor.
oughly at freauent and regular In
,erysls. The Interior should be
washed first with cold water and
soap and then rinsed with scalding
water. The drainage pipes should
se kept free from slime.
Economy and health will both be
served BY placing the drinking wa
ter In a receptacle next to the Ice.
This will bring n 10 ~ low tenn.
peraturc az In besIthfuI.
Red meats should never be frozen
or placed In contact with Ice.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-01
From Another Point OF NeU
By c. 7. S.

Our own opiaion is that the Chicago
Judge who decided that Bacon wrote
Shapespeare had his rind-
A Detroiter complains that when a
patient in the municipal hospital ask for
food. all they get from the nurses is
sass" The real complaint lying in the
fact, of course, that it isn't apple.
The mother of John Jacob Astor, aged
four, complains to the court that $3.50
day is not enough for the boy to live
on. Can it be possible that one SO young
buys gasoline?
Observation compels the opinion that
one of the best talking points out our way
is the back yard fence.
This much, however, is true; if there
were no Monday morning there could be
no Saturday night
Well, we bought new lid. The clerk
says the effect couldn't be improved up
on. Rather unusual, you know, for a
clerk to commit himself like that.
Just our luck that gasoline should be
where il is and the engine running so per-
fectsy it is hitting twice on two or three
cylinders.
William Alden Smith says he never
entertained an idea the presidency would
seek him. Lately, we presume, he has
been convinced of it.
A father to his young son said:
What e'er you do. do well, sir:
Pitch In. no matter what your place,
And make your efforts tell. sir.
The boy pitched In his place TO win
And started In q cellar.
Now with q bank his efforts tell
Because he In the teller.
The troops are to remain in Mexico un
til Villa is captured. This is what VIZ
call fixing a maximum limit with q ven
geance.
Unless we are greatly mistaken, Tho
aurora borealis has been discovered IL
Detroit now once more than the Pennsyl
vania railroad has.
President Wilson recently appearet
In public to dig hole for the tree. Thert
have been times the last four years, M
doubt. when President Wilson wished h,
were the tree.
We have II on excellent authority tina
there y no change In the price, per gal.
lef oasoline.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-01

young children In the family the
proper care of the milk requires ice
in order that II may be kept at q
sufficiently low temperature to pre-.
vent II from becoming a poison.
For the proper care OF food dur
Ing the warm months cleanliness
Of the ice box IL essential.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-01

ward the ice box.
From now on the
ice box VIII be a
necessity for the
proper preserva.
ton of milk and
meat.
Where there
are infants and
The Detroit times., 1916-05-01

To the Editor Of The Times: WHY
40 soap bubbles show the coiors ~
the rainbow JEANETTE.
For Just the same reason that a
rainbow II made by rsindrops.
The rounded surfaces Of the
bubble, and Of the drop, reflect the
ligAt and In 10 doing. split II MP. 30
that aome rays bend and reach the
eye IN one color. some bend little
more and we see another Color. and
the next are turned by the round
drops or the round bubble. just .
little more. 30 We zee aii the col
ors separately, instead Of mixed to.
getber ~ white light.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-01

The Grst steam war vcsseI Of the
propeller type was the princeton" !"
built for the United States navy In
1872.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-01

This is the time OF the year when
the housewives attention turns to-
The Detroit times., 1916-05-01
Ne Failed to
tGress Beyond the Idea
Animals in the Jungle!

k4& OSyUAsO SAsS AuSO
& Animals in the Jungle!
knsy service," says John Dewey,
xunnedy Of despair despair Of
Gnf q inteIligence."
81 other words, . frank admis-
kat n.an u still in the stage where
nales right; where the strong
II 1c1iealIy carried out) could dash
~ ~ h1lpIsss child If he sees fit,
~ xishtsous conqueror.
1o eonco1es that . man has such
= ~ svsry American would con-
IA : dastardly act, bat this is
rIat happens when militaris-
~ Wipss out : weak and trust
M thn. 90 On and arm. that
1 ~ ~ the weaker one, but. as
|11 eon ~, this is : vicious circle
A ~ can never escape.
% 80 enti1e code of action and
- ne material strength Of
~ pAysical strength Of
e ounooition to the entire
81 V11f6ntion which began
thirsty performance in
uH ths king Of the beasts
~ I'm the tsrritory in which
~, unIeas outwitted by
S~suvsrs
t,,,veled - far on our
80 roed and still held
Y nl1 1vn method as the only
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The Detroit times., 1916-05-01
RJAL PAGE

the way for war and ever more war in
the future.
Which shall it be?
The Detroit times., 1916-05-01
TO DODGE BLUE MONDAY.

n. ND0IN0T0N BRUCE
Parenthood
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-26
A Diet Experiment.

An interesting experiment is being
tried in Chicago in the matter of diet,
one of the municipal officials having or
ganized squad of twelve people for an
experiment in economical and nutritious
feeding. The maximum of cost was fixed
at the outset at 40 cents a day for each
person. After three days it was found
that the squad was actually gaining
considered the advisabilty of reducing
the cost to 10 cents a day for each in
dividual. 1t is reported that all the
members of the squad are enthusiastic
over the experiment. declaring them
selves to be as we'll nourished and sat
isfied with their meals as if they had
been feeding at expensive cafes. or even
at their homes. The menus are changed
daily. and. according to examples print
ed, comprise varied and wholesome
meals.
Repeatedly the truth of the statement
of the late James j. Hill that the trou
Bile with the country is the cost of high
living rather than the high cost Of 2iv
ing is demonstrated. Much of the eco
nomie stress of this time is due to the
fact that the people of this country have
grown accustomed to much more elab-
crate feeding than in the past. They
are living much better than ever before,
save perhaps at this time when the
commonest food necessities are exorbi-
family high in price If half the people
of this country would follow the example
of the twelve Chieagoans of the expert
mental diet squad and reduce their daily
menus to point of simple nutrition.
prices would probably begin to fall and
would soon reach normal. Rates are high
because chiefly Of demand. and they will
continue high while that demand per-
sists.
From the point of view of economy
and for the sake of the physical wei
fare of the American people it is to he
hoped that this Chicago experiment will
set standard of living. Not only is
the average American diet unnecessarily
expensive but it is less wholesome than
it should be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-26

pie have been grievousiy smitten, her
industries we'll nigh wrecked. The work
Of reconstruction will be painful and
costly It is in this work that the chief
danger lies. In Austria itself there is
less difficulty than in Hungary, where
political factions have always been
strenuous, even throughout the course Of
the war. Charles Francis is q young
man, with little experience. He is per-
sonally popular, being of a democratic
disposition. AS to his character, little
is known. He seems a good-natured,
we'll balanced man, of no particular
force The late crown prince, assassi-
mated at Serajevo, was of distinctly
different type, a man of great power,
autocratic in temperament and much
more likely to have succeeded in the
difficult task of rehabilitation than his
successor. Yet he would not have been
as well liked by the people as it now
appears Charles Francis will be.
Whether popularity will carry the new
monarch through his difficulties remains
for events to disclose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-26
The New Emperor.

Charles Francis, the new Emperor Of
Austria Hungary, enters upon his reign
in conditions that promise grave trou-
bles, whatever the result of the war
may be. This young man will have first
of all the task of holding the two com
ponents of the empire together. His
great uncle, the late emperor, was recog
nized as the primary factor in the co
hesion of these two elements, so an
tagonistic that the strain at times seem
ed too great even for his remarkable
prestige. But even should he succeed
in this task, apart from alien infiu-
ences which may tend to the disruption
of the empire, the domestic situation in
Austria will for years be such as to call
for the wisest craftsmanship. Austria
has been terribly hit by the war. Her
losses have been tremendous. Her peo-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-26
Oh, My Cayuse,

Oh, My Cayuse.
Awake oh slumbering East, Forsake
the rest
Which has been yours through years by
comfort biest.
The world is turning round the other
way,
And now the sun is rising in the west
The elephant. a-weary. hits the hay
The bull moose has grown feeble In his
play.
But unrestrained. the cayuse buck
and snorts,
And cen the donkey's half afraid to
bray.
oh, energetic creature. all aloof
Till circumstances put you to the nroof
resign
And tremble at your elevated hoof
Your neigh has stilled each old machine
that honks,
AS well as elephants. bull moose and
And as you look New Yorkward YOU
The limping trail Of that old Buckins
Bronx.
No more meath olive branch, with lug
of juice,
We ponder on pet themes in phrase
abstruse;
The paradise of dreams we must for
sake
When you start a stampede, oh, my
cayuse!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-26
1HEoDoRE w.. MOVES. /. Editor il
The Evening Star Newspaper Company
Wilson and a Third Term.

The majority of politicians assume
that Mr.. Wilson will retire from politics
in March, 1921. After leaving the presi
dency he will not care to follow the
game further. Having held the highest
place. he will not consider lower
Hence they figure him as returning to
his study, and preparing probably an
intimate history of his political career
That it would be best seller is easy
to believe. Macauley's history of Eng
land put all the novels temporarily on
the shelf, although Thackeray and Dick
ems and George Eliot were. all three
writing at the time. History prepared
by a master hand who has mastered his
subject makes what Mr.. Greeley called
mighty interestin' readin" Mr.. Will
son is master writer: and the inside
of his eight years in the White House
and the outside also. as limned by him,
would be readable i'll the highest de-
gree.
President will try to name his successor
Jackson did; and he is likened to Jack
son in success with his party. He has
dominated it completely Indeed. he has
surpassed jackson in handling Con
gress.
And yet there are politicians who do
not follow this line of speculation They
listen, then rub their ehins. glance at
the ceiling and inquire. "How about a
third term'''
And on that line they will say some
thing like this: "Mr. Wilson likes poll
ties. and plays the game successfully.
He takes big risks at times. but leader
ship calls for that He is entering upon
large opportunities. When the war
closes, some very sweeping readiust-
ments in our national and international
affairs will he necessary; and they can
not be made in q year or two. Suppose
1920 arrives. and Mr.. Wilson has mat
tiers successfully in hand. May we not
hear again the cry that had potency in
the recent campaign. May we not be
warned again about swapping horses
while crossing stream. the democrats
first about their nomination.
OF course. ALI this depends on how
successfully Mr.. Wilson manages the
work of his second term. He will start
with Congress divided against itself. or
small a majority. business in that body
will be performed with difficulty. And
If his second term does not measure up
to his first he may be powerless even to
name a favorite for the succession.