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The Detroit times., 1916-09-19
Get Into Debt

In the October American Maya
zine, Louis z. Swift, says tina, men
should get into debt The writer
goes on 10 explain:
louis r Swift. president %
swift & Company. the great Chi
cago meat,packing company. has
The idea that being In debt Is the
surest way 20 succeed He urges
every one OF his $4,000 employees
20 get into debt and keep IN debt,
and he has organized 4 system 10
encourage them in this and 20 show
them how 10 do II profltahly
Get IN debt for something II
ir-rnsio value. and stay IN debt.
he says As soon as you Ee' one
thing paid up. buy something else,
and get IN debt again Stay in debt
never get out"
The Detroit times., 1916-09-19
The Daily Reminder
roDAY.S ANNiyEasARrns

1888 Gen. Andrew Pickens. who at
the battle OF the Coupons led the
militia which for the hrst time In
ter being once defeated horn in Pax
tom. Ia Died I'm fendleton, 5. c.
IS9g-Rohcrt Emmett. tho Irish
patriot, convicted OF high treason,
lSso--First general assembly OF the
state % Missouri met in St Louis
1880 Milwaukee, held It's nrst cleo
ton OF town ofhcerE
lNl Baron ~ydcnham. governor
general ~ canada. died IN Kingston
from luckJAW as result II fall from
his horse Born I'm England IN 1893.
tSa5-ConVention met In Topeka TO
form frCe-stAte constitution for
hansas
1870 Versailles surrendered to the
PrussiRus.
1871 James A Gaynslh. twentieth
~ esiQent or the United states. did
ln tlhcron. y. j.. as RESULT OF shots
bred hy an assassin Rorn IN CUys-
h'ga county. -. Nov. 49, 1881
1891 Former President BalmacedA
OF chile, committed suicide
isa3-sugtage granted TO women
ISs5-Tho National park on tho
site 81 the ChtcksmaGga battle
ground. Tennessee was dedicated by
great gathering or linton and CON
federate veterans.
iS1s-pouxolA In the Roudan. was
captured b. the Angio-Esyptian OK
1901 Last services we're held a,
Canton Ohio. over the remains %
The late President Mckinley
iFii--Mar'jal law was declared IN
spain on account Of revolutionary
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY IN THE
WAR
Russians continued 20 stem Tcu-
tonic advance on roVnO
bulgaria modified and announced
an armed reUtrs Hey
Germ ms rrsnr vigorous eou
Both French ana Germans claimed
minor victories tu ere west
TnDNN'S BIRTHDAYS
Kew l.rtW9U who has been renorii-
mated hy Nevada Democrats FOR n =
senator BORN In NioksbuvE Mss. ~
yea-7 aEa today
Lord yarln.k tslr Arthur Nieol-.
SOM veteran B-'tish diplomatic and
s.,Gt''man born 8 years aSo to-
Anthony Fsala- uot.a rs an Arctic
explorer ard writer born IN Jersey
CITY Heights y !. ~ years ogo 'o-
&e,rge ". wIck.rsNan. attorney
FNfshu~Eh. IS yc1rs ago today
pav george a.. Morse general -.
teruationRl secretary - me Y q
horn in Hudson. y. - Tcars
ago today.
'y.et born in south Amhoy y J N
John b N-frri.. IRA, hascrnan o.
Tho Th'lafe'ph.e American league
sssstAl! team. born y Gloucester
Mas. 70 years ago today
The Detroit times., 1916-09-19

There are many reasons why you
should reeoluteIy refuse 10 worry
Not the least important reason Is
the fact that worry has positive
~ disagurinz effect on the WORKERS
face
Good looks are a real asset in
life. They have a magnetic iuhu-
ence over other people, thus helping
10 smooth the road to success.
II for this alone. everything dam
aging TO good looks should carefully
be avoided And woTy. ! repeat,
is exceedingly damaging 10 good
looks
Just what f. its effect on the ap-
pearance7 Let me tell you in the
words OF one Of the most obseryant
scientists who ever lived. the great
Charles Darwin
When a person worries. Darwin
points out, the muscles OF the face
lose the tone" Characteristic OF all
healthy muscles AS result
The lips, cheeks and lower Jaw
all sink downward from their own
weight. Hence all the features are
lengthened
Moreover
"The eyes become dull ana lack
expression. The eyebrows not rare
~ are rendered oblique. which Is
due 70 their inner ends being
raised.
This produces peculiarly formed
wrinkles or the forehead which are
very different from those Of a
simple frown. though IN some cases
a frovn alone may be present.
The corners % the mouth are
drawn downward. which Is 80 uni
versaIly recognized as a sign Of
being out Of spirits that 1t IL almost
proyerbiaL"
Not an attra active picture this.
But Il f. a truthful picture OF how
person looks when he Is worried.
Let man or woman become a
habitual worrier, and this sunken.
repeIleu: aspect of the face be-
Gomez permanent
Nor does the damage done b.
worry 70 the personal appearance
stop here.
BY its action on stomach heart,
and other internal organs. worry
both pOfsons the blood stream and
slows the circulation Of the blood.
The effect Of this on the skin OF
the face r. most injurious.
No longer does the shn have n
The Detroit times., 1916-09-19
Do You Want to Know How
To Increase Your Salary?

In the October American Masa-
zine, there is an article about the
largest country store IN America
Three young men with ideas took
hold 81 the business when {, was
staggering and made Il what u r.
today One OF the young men says
In this article
Greet all customers pleasantly.
and make them feel perfectly at
home when they reach your depart.
ment Concentrate all your interest
and all your energies on the sale
In hand. not allowing your thoughts
20 be distracted IN any way
Take every locker seriously
by making an unusual effort 20
close sale. even though the odds
are against you The moro honor
comes to you 20 get sale OF this
kind. When 4 takes two hours 20
sell a pair OF shoes you know you
have won n victory worth while
"Tt we only had more OF the stick.
Ing quality we would get more bust
ness
Keep your stocks completely
filed up 50 that there may be no
loss ot sales o' merchandise actu
ally on hand Keep q let Of outs
and goods called FOR, and get your
buyers 20 order a. SODA A convent
ert
Introduce new merchandise. try
20 interest every customer tn some
thing not asked for, and strive 90
Do q in such a way az 70 add 20
your sales
Il was pleased 10 see a salesman
trying 10 cell a l5-cent razor. One
sale often suggests another a
customer buying pair OF shoes
usually needs new socks OF stock
ings Most ell shoes customers viii
buy shoe cleaner or polish. and
20 on al iuNni'um
The Detroit times., 1916-09-19
She Is Crushing the
Flower Under Her Foot

There IS rev Young person With " tnese
davs. between the ages % IS and - or there
sbouts. and she r. restless creature whose feet
are wad.ng IN the unsteady waves Of doubt and
discomfort. she has slipped her moor'ngs and
is drifting out 10 sea while her dispossesset soul
| Is crying 'whther1
When the school has closed i's doors upor Der
and has announced 70 all her little world 'Aa'
she has been graduated with honCrs. fitted for
hfe as il were she Is as one crying In he
wilderness She throws out tender Antsnnae. In
formless Questiorings but no satisfactory answer
can they touch She Is lonely and alone IN e
great world OF working. struggling busy human
beings and she has no real place therein.
This is our modern daughter who has re-
pudiated the idea OF marriage family, home as
the natural and ideal elimination Of her girl
hood and has feebiy fashioned FOR herself life
70 be lived or different lines.
Unless this life has become clearly defined in
her mind before the school has evicted her. and
unless she is rushed from the comm encement
exercises 10 the preparation for a definite line
of work. she IS sad and useless creature upon
whom her parents look with perpleIed and dis
appointed affection
The domestic cares OF the home 60 not in
tsrect are e-tftHStifottro EaNc 10
REAL place In LIFE, and what this young per.
son is psssionately craving Is Life as she con
celves a.
Never viii she waste herself as her mother
has done Never could she settle down 10 the
humdrum cares OF every day life and extract
one particle Of Joy theretrom, Never would she
care to marry, for all married men become like
unto her father; a good. ploddng creature. but
altogether dull.
No. there Is nothing that satisfies but a career
and what shall II be- That should have been
settled long ago II is hard TO hit upon IL now
with such stupid monotonous work and tina,
sort OF thing is not to be thought Of Also we
cannot wait. for age is approaching (nearly 20
years, perhaps, and no one would care 10 live
after $50
What then! Discomfort unhappiness: pale
cheeks, apathy. This is what our young girls
are facing The oldfashioned young person with
her chest OF towels and linen made with the
hope Of a home Of her own warm in her heart
the charming young thing who could cook. gar
den and make frocks is no more These things
do not belong to Life today. and our babe drifts
to the movies, the hotel cabarets dashes raadly
about in automobiles and spends her substance
IN riotous clothes in a vain endeav0r 70 extract
the essense Of this mysterious thing called Life
therefrom
Poor little girl She is trampllng under foot
the flower which she Graves and knows r not
She is eating the husks and leaving the kernel
She Is making the world her master while she
might be mistress OF the holy Of holes.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-19
Eight Million Women Work

The business q getting a has
band has been snperseded now by
The business OF earning money
That IA the opinion Of millions OF
women. and the October woman's
Home Companion tells how they do
H. Il says in part
As late az % year. ago. a girls
life vas marked By a certain sim.
pllcity % purpose. Her business
was 20 get husbapd' Never mind
what kind Jus. get him II was
a terrible thing 10 BE- called an old
maid Also, aside from the r1dl
oule Of spinsterhood, there was The
added fact that - involved depen,
denoy on some tolerant relative.
who doesn't remember the old
maid aunts OF orr childhood. al
ways busy. fitting over The house
in cap and shawl. and getting their
happiness in tho happiness OF 9th
ers. Why. they were old women
At 40l
What else was there for them
20 do except 10 marry Tho pro
fesslons and trades were closed 20
them. business had not yet opened
~ doors. and the stage was re-
gardsd "a not being quite nice
Woman's ono place was tho homo,
and n she didn't have ono, that
was her fault.
less than 70 years ago To-day
5000 900 women are AZ work, fg
uring IN every department OF IN
man endeavor. There arc more than
900 exceptions, believe. and
women are 10 be found in all Ok
cept railroad engineers and tcIe.
graph llnesmsn No avenue IN
closed 10 them, and society not only
edmits woman's right 10 a sane in.
diyiduslity, but encourages her in
tho development ~ her capabni
tea"
The Detroit times., 1916-09-19

Detroit to pronounce il failure.
The freedom of the ballot is fairy
story and a political ring manipulates
most municipalities to suit its eonven-
fence and its pockets
This has discouraged the best element
Of voters TO such an extent that il has
well nigh given up in disgust.
There are some. however, who are still
animated by a sense of civic responsible
ity as the vote for DIVE Dutfeld at the
recent primary showed.
While there is life there Is hope, and
with every city which successfully car
ries this reform. new impetus Is given
the government.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-19
WORRY AND YOUR FACE
6T WE BS n,
BY n. ApolNGToN BRUCE


healthy glow. II become ssllow and
dry Pimples are likely 10 invade
II.
The lips also suffer from the tn
reference with circulation. Their
healthy rosiness becomes a thing
OF the past. They may shriysl u
pleasantly.
Women. would add. seem 20 SUI
fer in personal appearance far more
than men do ~ they permit them
selves 10 WORN Many women re-
sort 70 cosmetics IN the attempt 70
repair the injury wrought by worry
Far wiser would they be 20 dis
pense entirely with cosmetics. aban-
don the worry habit. and cultivate
the habit OF serene, upbuldins self
control In Saleeby's classic book
on Worry" there occurs a passage
which I commend 20 the considera-
ton OF every woman. Listen 70
what Salesby says
There Is no cosmetic yet known
nor will any such De revealed by
the chemistry 81 the future, that
can for moment compare With a
merry heart, a lucid mind. and a
loving soul.
And OF all the ravazes that can
be worked in fair face there are
none against which your chemistry
IS more impotent--and your electric.
icy and massage and .ch!n-suaps and
depilatorias and their like-than the
ravages OF worry"
The Detroit times., 1916-09-19
Pointed Paragraphs

One pair in hammock beats
three of kind
No CordoliA. barrel maker isn't
always a hung-ler
EaHes, thing ia tho world to
suggest a remedy for the Ills OF
others.
Don't ge' into tho habit Of going
around with your bristles up.
Charity Ia a cloak that may cover
multitude Of queer performances.
Most women pvt OF new clothes
for the purpose Of showing them
aT
Too much sympathy is wasted on
old bachelors and spinsters
A boy shsves that he may look
older, man rhaves that he may
look younger
The more patience woman has
With her children the less she has
with their father
Most men pat ~ a lot OF time
trying 20 do things that would be
detrimental 10 their own interests.
How difficult II ia FOR man 70
get down 20 hard labor again after
nursing a political Job for a few
years
One seldom Eoes woman on the
street without a shopping bag. This
should be sufficient warning 10 old
bachelors
Life has boon described an n game
% give and take-and most people
give a lot more trouble than they
arc willing 20 take.
When your ueighbor begins 10
boast % his honesty 4, lie up 10 you
10 put an extra bolt on your back
door.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-19
The Actors Part

Remember that you are an actor
~ just such n part as IS assigned
you by The Poet % tho play; OF a
short part n The part be short; Of
n long part n Il be long Should
he wish YOU 10 act tho part OF a
boggar. take care 20 act Il naturally
and noblyi and the same 80 !, he
the part % lame man. or ruler.
or private man; for this f. IN
your power. 90 act well thn part as
signed 20 you but 10 choose that
part Is The function OF another --
Epictetus.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-19

life Of today il not alone respOnsl-
Die for this Lack Of health. ri wing
exercise. over-eating, lack Of restor-
ing sleep. over stimulation. the high
pressure ~ the race for power.
wealth and position. plus physical
neglect bring early decay.
The goal - reached-ywealth II
amassed-honor. position and power
are Just being grasped when the
apple Of accomplishment turns "a
the ashes ~ dissolution The bril-
liant mind becomes cl0uded. the
steady hand s. no longer accurate
the eye becomes dim and o. is no.,
long before the FINAL brca0up oc
curA.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-19
From Another Point of VieU
By c. 7. s.

Somewhere in this favored land
The sun was shining bright
But n wasn't In Detroit town
That saddest yesternigtlL
When with the winning runs or sacks
And we'd have yanked the bout
One Red" Mckee, with two and three,
Stood there and CAseyed out.
What makes il hard 20 take, however,
is the fact that IL was the Athletics
Now we expect TO hear from the Re
publican papers that Wilson ought 10 be
defeated for having failed 10 step in and
end that New York street car strike.
Billy Sunday has been invited to Stur-
gis, Mich, to help celebrate the damming
of the st. Joe river. The invitation 10
Billy would suggest at first that the work
hadn't been completed.
Judge Connolly ruled in recorders
court that the city is not the place TO
raise chickens On the other hand, out
in the country they entertain the view
that the city gives them the advantage Of
a better education.
We'd like to see the Tigers win.
We're full OF civic pride;
Wed Ike 90 root and al the game
We're not 10 be denied
We're with the fans. but one az them
We'd like 90 give bin--
The bug who interrupts your work
Ten times day with IF"
! Mary Vollen, Coaldale, Pa, has been
arrested, we read for living simulta-
neously with two husbands" This is in
direct defiance Of the law, as il is in Mich
igan, anyhow, which says that YOU may
live simultaneously with only one.
We are for Billy Sunday. too, if he can
convert the fellows who have put the
price of a hot egg sandwich up TO lC
cents.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-19

OF yOnr5Slf Tor
statisticiaus have
discovered that
the mortality rate
~ persons In the
United Sta s
over - years o.
age IS increasing.
The strenuous
The Detroit times., 1916-09-19
IL We Had a City Manager
In Detroit Right Now, We
Could Fire Him In a Jiffy

OOuIQ fire f1IW LII a Jill
More than 40 cities Of the United State:
now boast a city manager, being under
the commission-manager form Of govern
nent.
They are not, as we all know, popularity
\ elected, but HIRED, like any other bust
ness manager, by the commission. and
!. can be discharged at any time that the
commission considers them incompetent.
The commission itself is small, varying
b numbers in different places, the small
- commission having proved most sat
lsfactory.
This would seem to be return to the
"a autocratic idea Of placing the power
n the hands of the few, condition
which democracy was at pains to abolish.
On the contrary. 1t has operated TO
bring the people into closer touch with
Hhslr city government, by placing the re-
opousibility where 1t can be easiy traced.
The great safeguard and new principle
. this reversion to earlier days, is the
4 1Dcall, which gives to the people the
<powsr to do to the commission what the
i ocmisGion can do to the manager.
Although this form of government has
nnIy been used in small cities in the
Unitsd States thus far. 1t is in operation
- European cities of large proportions.
II Detroit could have five, seven or ten
jnsn chosen freely by the people from
omong her best citizens;
II these citizens were pubiic-spirited
enough to accept the honor;
II the commission thus formed could
bring to its aid thoroly efficient bust
ness man to carry out on a modern basis
TIE affairs Of the city, as decided upon
by the commission, the people would soon
make up their minds as to whether it
w1s wen or badly done.
II could call to account its small execu-
t4vs body, and, IL conditions did not i'm
prove, could put 1t out of Office.
In Germany the city manager is edu-
Gated for the position and the universe
! ~ Of Michigan and Texas, seeing the
cunning need. have arranged such a
course.
From all the cities where this form of
government has been tried, saving Of
- Per cant in municipal service has been
IMPORTED
Dayton has accomplished the most rad
lcal reforms
There the number Of employees has
Aosn greatly reduced, floating debts have
- paid and the habit of borrowing
- for current expenses has been
s ~ discontinued.
81 Rslitics in the accepted sense of the
tuFm 10 not ain it."
The city manager Is proud 10 assert that
he does not know the politics Of any Of
the men under him and disclaims that
my political pressure could be brough-
! - bear to coerce him In his appoint
rDsnts.
This would seem to SAVIOR of the millen
I ium did we not know that it had beer
successful in Europe where the graft sys
tom Ia tender acorn compared with tn
full-grown oak which America possesses
We have tried the popular form o
B rpvsrnment and need go no further thai
The Detroit times., 1916-09-19
Outside HIS PROVINCE

'Whats Tho troubIe between YOU md your
beau7'
oh we were building a nice castle In Tho
air"
''WeIl?"
u didn't mind him help building IT, bu, no
wanted 20 select the furnishings, too"
The Detroit times., 1916-09-19

what will be your chances N liv.
ing after AZ?
Pretty slim. nnIess you take care
The Detroit times., 1916-09-19
DEFINED

Freddie" said the teacher can You tell mo
tho meaning of the word dessort2'
sure can" replied Freddie Dessert Is the
stun YOU get n little bit OF for eating whole lot
OF things you don't nkO."-N. y. World
The Detroit times., 1916-09-19

We are for Billy Sunday, too, if he can
convert the fellows who have put the
price of hot egg sandwich up to 10
cents.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16
Prince of Crooks Eager
IN Testify Against Biddinger

D
rs.-s~o Anrl 15 Barney Ber'sche'
emf, .el prince Of American crooks
N was captured after a revolver
downtown Chicago two years
ago talked to-day on the Guy Bid
ln-cr case.
4po-'. vorrv." said Bertsche. 81
nov B.dd.nrcr. on. very, very well
Ma. i'm gong 90 -ell about that fell
.sr a caution. jill be the star wit
cess against him"
A. soon a. Der. sche finished lbs
,stfi~o.r hcrc. which led 90 the con
rr-,r " Captain ha.pin, o. the De-
f,r.re Bureau. or charge o. gfail-
~ fe went 20 New YORK. mere ne
~, employed 90 hunt down evidence
"a. -.t Biddlrgcr Il IS said ootn men,
on tne lookout for each other carried
..nr Sew York
aHsl We net on Broadway
Blr, .ae told a friend. that Rosen-
tlsfHecter ,hoosing might have been
crrlca-ed. heard th.t he told ms
friends lc would k.Il nae on seht
i Via. learned today that attorney
f.r number OF wealthy chicago Gu
t-a have been active DO preparing
20 c-arges against Biddinccr. IL b.
ff.d these attorneys represent men
v,o have paid large sums 10 CERTAIN
tUtta for silence about past nuns
cft.ona.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16
whitman Signs Extradi-
tion Papers-Deteotive
Surrenders.
oUT ON $4,000 BAIL;
CALLS CHARGES JOKE
o,Farrcll Sees Nothing for His
Nan TO Fear-Weil Denies
Complaints Are Outlawed.

,..~.-;.5oY rarcrs Tor Guy Bid
49,. the detective who was arrested
~,,,e-sav q. the Holland House 20 an
x,- ff,v-one complaints in Chicago
.;-1cl at & o'clock last night by
w. 80 whitman.
ps,rescrtatiyes q Governor Dunn OF
me-. reached Albany with tho pa
= a, noon. Their arrival had been
t- o. tolcrrsrh appeal from
r.,.,.ors in this city re-
c6ngers --"!e i9 '"
....-,. chat Governor Whitman delay
.-.... .bo ,ancrs until q hearing
as s"-'-e 80, ~ ellie ,to Governor
I'D been A.'
.rees. bu, lster amended inc occ'slo'''
.,~..- Voluntarily surrendered TO
-t ....b.ri.ior lie had
'a' .., ,..,r.s-,.s
,ec1 l'qcr srfFe .."ilo SAM,
-,.. sued for him three days ago IN
h.. uca5ouartors here had
.tleat'' 80, .,,r.,o,, ~
zen uaitIrc for a1 oHciai aOI''s %
r....- -,,o--
.he 81" n.AoA,
VI OfEor-
Early yesterday morning val y
n te,d of tho private detective ou-
'''' ..t ,rhi,b Riddincer is associat-
i,'- ....-,5 rrsncctor Faurot that
3D. 'e''f.''-., 80 ~bc tappv 20 meet
Bidcneef N0~-' -. De,art-
representatives OF the r0'''a -
-. o.. tho Holland House Aclihs
l'"- 49,. NJ tho 1st Branch Bu-
1sl'~." 800. avid hurried Bid
,esu. kept the. 'yIss S, 49, Building
anger 90 the q .i'i ''-0'
,or ar-a'-l nail-' ..ito1 away from
AZ bi-oinger ~ he Criminal
ls6re Car, cna ne $4,000 bail he
Courts bli--ins In1 -J ~s,fy remarked:
tsrred % ii..De go. @,.r 20 bo pinched."
Gee ., .eS 49,. Attorney Embree
Assistant D.s,i..' handed bail Of
$4,000 but tins sum sun. w., W. If Henry
ty judge Cram a. ~, tne p.o.' st+ornev.
J Goldsmith, blaoli.s. 800 made
Bail tor the aity-on.c ions, i liz agrre-
f.ainst tie ce'ecss'ssSS o ~ --''''
- more than SeJ wv. p;ddircer are
rte charges esalil .s E, 7 Voi 'O'''Farrell
L ioke. a COG .3, sal . SoT of The alleged
50, 80. ...s' ..,.- riace ten OF twelve years
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16

Of the petcoat this the uness Of the onc
and the beauty materials These peicoat fashioned de-
Taffe This the
the
the quality of
coo in
designs Dresden ow the choicest
olMBELS-Nan