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The Detroit times., 1916-04-13

rODAY,s ANNIVERSARIES

l17,--Eli Terry. the father Of the
HmsriSsn clock INDUSTRY. born AT
lsis-Alexander 4. Buiiitt, pioneer
Kentucky statesman. died in Jeffer-
son county. Ky. Born In Virginia In
iUs-First Odd Fellows lodge In
America. Washington lodge No. ]. or :
ganissd In Baltimore through the ef-
forte of Thomas wildey.
isfs-British parlia ment passed the
is5o-rwo ships sailed from Aber-
deem. Scotland. In search of Sir John
issS-conyr.s. passed a resolution
diers' graves from Dissertation.
lsss-Capture of MaSdala. and sui
eide OF King Theodore of Abyssinia.
1e1o--ChArter granted for the Me-
tropoaitan Museum of Art. New York
isso--samusi J. Randall. former
speaker of the national house OF rep
rssentatives, died In wAshington. ..
,s sirn IL pRR ss RRles.S Sf' dimsas
Catholic bishop OF Cleveland. died at
gov. scotland. sept. IS. issi
the Z. & esttYessip Mi..oSri Killed
10 men and injured f,ve more.
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY IN THE
WAR.
Russian troops advanced on both
sides OF Ondawa river into Hungary.
French captured German trench at
Berry su. BAe and oombArded han
Berlin reported Russian offensive
had been arrested. but fighting still
terrific.
maiiy asked for time to repair his
shin at Newport News.
ToDAY'S BIRTHDAYS.
Dr. Ray Lyman wilbur. president
OF Leland Stanford. Jr. University.
horn at Boonesboro. Ia. II years ago
today.
states Minister to Argentina, born In
Washington. u. C.. ~ years ago to-
Frank w. wooiworth. who has
risen TO the front rank OF the world 5
OF the chain store idea. born In JEFF
ferson county. n. Y. 81 years ago
today.
westphalia. Germany. II years to-
John Hays Hammond. Jr.. inventor
of the wireless-controlled torpedo,
born In San Francisco. - years ago
George c. Tyler. prominent thestri-
cal manager and producer. horn at
Circleville. o.. ~ years ago today.
DIT. Richard T. Ely, professor Of
political economy AT the university
OF Wisconsin. born at Ripley. y. V,
81 years ago today.
John w. Davis. solicitor general of
burg. W. Va, "a years ago today.
Lucius r. Johnson. president o'
the Norfolk a. Western railway. born
at Aurora. nj, 70 years ago today.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-13
doc" Meyers and Booze
BY j. NJ ALLISON. IN THE CINCINNATI TIMEs-sTAR

Doc" Meyers, who went TO a
grave in Calvary cemetery this
week, is one man who made pitiably
good for the temperance lecturers.
The most extravagant exhorter
could hardly paint a more lurid pic
ture of the doings Of the demon
drink than Doc" Meyers, and his
wife furnished in real life.
twenty-five years ago Doc" Mey-
ers was married to Alice Foy. The
wedding was a notable one. for each
was the favorite child OF parents
who were among the wealthiest and
most prominent people In the Bronx.
Alice Foy was famous as . beauty
and a great marital catch. Emil
Meyers was conceded to be the very
man FOR her. He was the hand.
some and popular son Of Prof. j.
VI. Meyers, head OF the department
OF languages in the public schools.
Prof. Meyers had been made rich
by the increase in the value Of the
family properties in the Bronx.
Emil had become a veterinarian.
studying in this country and abroad.
He chose his profession on account
OF his great love for animals. The
wedding was almost q public event,
there were so many guests. Docs
father presented him with the big.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-13

Some folks say
That IL we all had everything we need
We would all be happy
Having everything we need
Would make few Of us happy
It's not just the things we need that would
bring happiness.
It's the things we want, that we think are
necessary TO such state of being
There's whole lot OF difference
Between what we really need
And what we want
The chances are that II everyone of us had
everything we want today We would not be
happy tomorrow
BY that time We would have seen something
the other fellow had that we didn't have
And we would want that
But IL everyone of US bad everything we really
need
And would proceed to get all covetousness. en-
Wy and greed out OF our systems
And get love. charity, mercy and kindness into
our systems
And would keep the latter on the job all the
time
We--true happiness would be more general
than II ever has been.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-13
A Poem a Day
An AMERICAN IN EUROPE.

m AMEHIGAN IN w ROW.
Tis nne TO see the old world and
travel up and down
Among the famous palaces and cities
To admire the crurnbIy castles and
the statues Of the Kings
But now ] think rye had enough OF
Anticipated things.
So IT'S home again. and home again
America for me,
Ny heart 10 turning home agsio.
and there I long TO be,
In tho land OF youth and freedom
beyond the ocean bars.
whsre the air IL full Of sunlight
and the nag In full of stars.
Oh. London IL a mans town. there's
power In the air.
And Paris IL a woman's town. with
flowers In her hair;
And It's sweet TO dream 81 Venice.
and it's great 20 study Rome
But when N comes to living. there's
no place like home.
Tx. the German hrwoods. in green
battalions drilled.
like the gardens OF Versailles with
flashing fountains hlled;
But. oh. TO take your hand. my den-
and ramble for a day
In the friendly western woodland
where nature has her way.
know that Europe's wonderful. yet
something seems to lack
The past IL too much with her, and
the people looking back.
But the glory OF the present IL to
make the future free
We love our land for what she Ia
and for what she IN TO be.
oh. It's home again. and home
again. America for me,
want ship that's westward
bound to plough the rolling sea.
To the blessed Land OF Room
Enough beyond the ocean bars
Where the air In full OF sunlight
and the nag - full OF stars.
Henry Van Dyke.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-13

OF interest In nuts as food
and perhaps on this account pea
nuts in the form Of peanut butter
and in other forms are used TO a
greater or lesser extent as articles
OF diet by many families.
That IL Ia perfectly possible TO
provide a diet in which the bulk OF
the protein is furnished by peanuts
or other nuts Is shown by recent ex-
pcriments carried on by Prof jana
at the University OF California.
The men studied lived in health
on rations composed largely OF
fruits and nuts. peanuts being used
in several cases. II should be re-
membered. however. that experience
does not indicate that a diet re
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gest and finest livery stable In New
York as a wedding gift. The brides
father gave her $4,000 for her
marriage portion.
Over 20 times. In the past I'VE
years, Doc" Meyers and his wife
have been arrested for vagrancy,
often while begging for dimes in
business buildings which were once
owned by the father Of one or the
other of the pair. There was but
one thing which was not sordid
and repulsive and awful In their
downfall. II was the fdelity of the
bedraggled and dsgrsced woman
for the man with whom she had
sunk TO the dregs. When he was
committed 10 the workhouse by
Magistrate Breen-who had been a
guest at their wedding-'Doc's"
wife followed the prison van. and
camped out for Ave days and nights
AT the Manhattan landing OF the
Blackwells Island ferry. waiting
until he should return 10 her. That
time. they had been arrested for
sleeping In Railways.
How did II all come about? Just
plain, simple booze, Just the same
sort OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
that We all invest In There vas
no sorrow and no illness and no
other excuse for the engulfment OF
two God given souls In an ocean OF
cheap alcohol. Together thief
drank. together they loved drink
and together they went to oblivion.
That was all. After their first for
tune OF more than 100000 was
gone--it dribbled away slowly--they
fell. together. almost to the depths.
Then n second fortune. almost as
large came 10 the woman II went
in three years. Then Seo,00o more
came TO Doc" by inheritance. n
lasted year. They had every
chance. But booze had the best
chance. The charity OF an under
taker saved Doc" from potter's
field. The woman. still with traces
Of her former beauty In her appear.
ance. now wanders. alone. unkempt
and forlorn along the bypaths and
amid the dust heaps where for is
sodden years they staggered to.
gether.
And there are those who laugh.
and those who shudder with the
thoughts which her fate inspires.
Once. there was poet who missed
greatness, for no one knows his
name. But he wrote this:
"Ah, God. have drunk unto the
dregs
And hung the cup at Thee.
The dust OF crumpled righteousness
Hath dried and soaked into itself
Zen the drop I spilled to Bacchus,
Whilst Thou. all patient
sendest purple vintage for . later
The Detroit times., 1916-04-13
MUSIC GIVES POWER.
BY n. ApDiNcToN BRUCE


A musical instrument in home
is, next TO the Bible and the moth
er's knee, the greatest civilizer"
Who IL was said this cannot now
recall. but whoever said il stated
truth which parents should take
TO heart
Most of Us give little thought to
the ciyilizing influence OF music.
Most OF US, for that matter. fail 10
appreciate that music net only helps
TO civilize men, but also helps TO
give them improved health and
greater power
As healing agent music has long
been made use of by wise physi-
clans. II is especially potent In
nervous and mental diseases.
In hospitals for the insane music
is today a recognized aid in treat
meat Many and remarkable are the
accounts of its remedial influence.
And IL has great preventive as
well as curative value.
Even IL he cannot play or sing
himself. the lover OF music has only
10 invest a comparatively small sum
In mechanical player In order to
be assured of an unta:ling means Of
easing the tension OF modern life.
Listening TO Wagner. TO Beetho-
ven, to Chopin. to Mozart, or any Of
the worlds great masters CT music,
he forgets his cares and worries in
the sublimity Of the emotions their
music calls forth.
n lie in this emotional appeal that
music is of unsurpassed value as a
civilizing. power-developing agency.
II only for its influence on the emo
tons. every child should be taught
early il life to know and love music.
As President G. Stanley Hall, ad-
dressing the National Education as
ISOLATION, once pointed out:
THE prime end Of musical educa.
ton in the grades IL 10 train the
sentiments. to make children feel
nature, religion. country, home. duty
and all the rest, to guarantee sanity
of the heart"
And President Hall added:
II would have a mechanical player
in every high school and college,
with a few scores Of wellchosen
selections.
Every tune introduced should
have a moral and aesthetic justihca'
ton. and should be admitted TO tho
schoolroom only after careful DELHI
GRAFTON and for good AMI sufficient
reasons"
The Detroit times., 1916-04-13

In accordance with the last paragraph
of the above order, this advertiser is US
ing the daily newspaper in every one of
the thirty leading cities of the country
that offers the most wholesome environ
ment for their attractive copy.
We consider this significant; that is
why We devote all of our editorial space
to it today.
BY the Ingersoll watch it is time for
the American newspaper advertiser who
espouses Truth to buy as he believes.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-13

Refining the sensibilities and rein
forcing the virtues, music further
has a broadening effect On the mind.
II increases a mans capacity to
understand and sympathize with his
fellow men. thereby making 1t easier
for him TO get along with other
people. 1t increases his efficiency in
his own vocation, through exercising
a stimulating effect on his brain and
bodily organs generally, this stimu-
lation coming from he pleasure he
experiences In listening 70 IL.
And. further still. love and knowl-
edge OF music have a direct uphuild-
ing effect on the mental processes.
To quote Professor w. @. Cham
bers:
The greater the number Of the
tones distineuishable BY the human
The Detroit times., 1916-04-13
The Keep Well Column
PEANU s.

stricted to such food possesses the
marked advantage that some Of Its
advocates have claimed.
II Ia worth noting that In the
southern United States and other
regions where the peanuts have long
been cultivated they have not be-
come a staple article OF diet. but
have remained food accessories for
occasional use.
There are many persons who find
that roasted peanuts eaten in large
quantities are indigestible. In a
sense OF producing pain or distress
In the abdomen.
This is probably on account OF
their rich. concentrated character.
though this distress seems to be
due to eating peanuts which are
roasted TIL they are very brown.
II seems 10 be fact that when pea
nuts are eaten In connection with
other food as bread, the I'll effects
are less noted.
Furthermore peanuts should be
thoroughly masticated.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-13
Makes Nitrates From Air

The factory for making nitrates
from the air now in operation at
Niagara Falls produces $4,000 tons
OF calcium cysnsmh q year. II en-
pIoys $50 men. and used 30,oo0-horse
power, derived from the Canadian
cataract. The rest Of the world by
means Of waterpower. gathers this
nitrogen product from the atmos-
phere In the following number of
tons q year: Norway, 10000; swe-
den, 10000; Italy. $4,000; switzer-
land, 1900: France. 1900; Ger
many. $1,000: Austria-Hungary. a.
900. and Japan. 1s.ooo.-Farm and
The Detroit times., 1916-04-13
School For Stage Children
The only school for stage children

The only school for stage children
in this country In run In connec-
ton with the Rehearsal club. In
New York. an organization Of the
atrical women. The classes are ar
ranged to meet the hours Of child
actors and actresses. and capable
instructors give their time and ef
fort gratis to instructing the youth
full thespians.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-13

ear an individual is responsive TO.
the greater are the probabilities OF
his correctly perceivins and inter
preting the world in which he lives"
This alone would be sufiicient rea-
son for advocating the teaching OF
music TO all children. and for begin
ming their musical education In tho
first years OF life. when habits and
interests are most readily formed.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-13
DIABETES.
~ Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)

Diabetes is the name applied to that
condition of the human body wherein
sugar is present in the urine.
1t is very common. Many people have
it and don't know it. It is not always
fatal, but it predisposes its victim to all
sorts of disease. II is more dangerous
in youth than in old age. A diabetic is
like "a house founded on the sand" It
is therefore necessary that he know what
to do to relieve his condition.
Diabetes is not disease. No one
knows just what it is, but it seems to be
an impaired functioning of our internal
apparatus which attends to our metabo-
lism, which means the process of turn
ing food into bodily tissue.
In recent time great advance has
been made in treating this trouble. For
merly all sorts of medicines were vended
to "cure" diabetes. They are all fakes
Some of them stopped the sugar, which
is not a difficult matter, but none re-
lieved the real difficulty.
1t is to the Investigations of DR.. Allen
of Rockefeller Institute that is due the
modern intelligent treatment of diabetes.
He has published a small book on the
question, and rather full information
about his method has appeared in the
New York Medical Journal, the Ameri-
can Journal of Medical Sciences, and
other medical reviews. Every up-to-date
physician ought to know about it.
No two cases of diabetes are alike. II
you wish to get we'll it will help deal
lf you cooperate yourself with your doc
tor.
The Allen plan is, first, starvation. The
patient partakes of nothing at all except
water, with perhaps little coffee and
whisky, as his physician may advise. At
the end of three days the sugar usually
disappears. although sometimes it takes
longer. Fasting will not hurt you. Keep
quiet; go to bed if necessary. Don't
worry about hunger pains, or losing
weight.
When the sugar Is gone you begin to
eat. first. vegetables of not more than 6
per cent carbohydrates, such as celery,
lettuce, spinach, cucumbers, cabbage, to-
matoes, and turnips.
Test yourself every day to see IL sugar
is present. If it does not appear you can
20 on to a more liberal diet. and you can
keep on increasing and varying your food
until you find out what you can eat with
out danger. -.
IF sugar appears, back up on the diet;
and. if necessary, fast again for day.
One days fasting in seven is good plan
in any event. :.
Then begin again, always inspecting
the urine to note il sugar be present.
Thus, by and by, you learn your own
point Of tolerance"
This is very imperfect description OF
the Allen method, but it may serve to
give you the gst of it. to let you know
that modern science declares that you
have a mighty good chance to overcome
this arrangement, and to warn you
against taking any sort OF diabetes
cure" whatever. :.
There is no reason why a diabetic, II
taken in time, in cooperation with an
Intelligent medical man. may not live out
all the DAYS of his normal expectancy, and
|noocof,,lly d;o of something else.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-13

OF fat and it's re-
Sc m b | q n C e l n
taste and use TO
the true nut, and
indeed II Ia popu.
larry with the
nuts.
At present there
IL a good deal
The Detroit times., 1916-04-13
Why the Ingerson
Watch Advertising Will
Appear in The Times.

There Is q forward-looking firm of
manufacturers in New York who make
6od watches and wage incessant, in
1|irent warfare for commercial justice
M good faith.
- q : part of their creed that a
6e-marled product should not be
htected to rate-cutting as lure for
- customers; they have also repro
6d IN other forms of deception and
kouesty in advertising.
ne manager of sales and publicity
this Arm has for years been promi-
nt II the effort of the Associated Ad-
1ing Clubs Of the World to make
printed representation of the bust
realm absolutely believable.
Z m tie following correspondence this
1aiImer Of the word becomes a doer
~ word AS between q maximum
kir1cter and confidence and maxi
q circulation, he chooses a news
that provides the maximum OF
W. and confidence:
The Detroit times., 1916-04-13

~ 49,
" a ~ $3.50 experience we are BEGINNING to
- 41Mslal$ts q perhaps tn III. o. aos me
~ - ID g @ sap:sls q sssfcssi, I. ; my
~ 49, es.s 10 Detroit. That YOU
- -. GA When found that our sssn.
Hf a. ---------- on the list l asked
71ISIs& NY have sent me in reply.
V6r6 because when we came TO call
691D1s eopiss Of all q the newspapssrs
a99 S s.smsn eo1 their :aSsrtIsins col
= - dgwa quite largely e : mater after
NJ "a tSe strong newspapers in nearly All
Y n els5So seem TO carry At least q modi-
SsSS Is 1sd Il that the papers that are
Sts1 sYsIS poiicy purely a. a business pol
q 61DGye0tIy. and m cloak 10 the fact
~ s2trossse. That IL. they are weak in
NJ fe6Dect and enothers commercially; and
az: q. g sS.s YOU'D Of Soe eo%:
4 49, "a general merit.
~ WH0l9 Thing 10 90 complexities ana aim
<knk n confess TO q good deal OF con-
non't want to start on campaign
~ - gOtug 70 fail because the mediums
~ not nfgong and, on the other hand. we
want 10 70 out In . newspaper cam
Is thai % seemingly going TO overlook
w Uooero that stand for decency. and give
"a 6n{g0nngo 70 those that have objection
g EWeineSa: and otii1 q third alternative
~ ~ a. not want TO face Is that OF being
'RDo6 peFs, X we md q situation calling for
III St tnis i have written you not because
~ m lmpOrtant thing for any paper TO get
- little Sit Of bustness that we going
k2lve, hut wanted your own frank state
|111 % what you think an advertiser ought
~ when he nnds himself In situation
e ~ csn't q Into the newspapers success
Nv Apparently, without using those that
III % @ecticnabie copy. We have need for
4 Newspaper advertising. What are we
~ 3lsk . say that what have said con-
UI81 oC1De OF the newspapers which adopt
91ex 11oreiy - = policy. know Is not true
3Yu f1ee; bat, on the other hand. accord.
~ ~ toeor1nattcn given on the enclosed
o4114um. We could not use one news
)4E ma have u The Times. and expect TO
10 yeus territory sufhcientIy well TO meet
4 wa kSsd regards. am,
'f.-I y. ~ Il Very truly yours
WM. n. fNGERSOI.L.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-13


1870. ~ lngersoll.
- &pEerson 4 Bro,
Nv -. la9eFseii Tho question submit
- Go8f fyonk letter of the 23d. formulat-
~ 1)D1t or the accompanying circula-
~ e1upl1e4 from the reports OF the
I1uuu o. Calculations by your adver-
nxU1G reduces to this:
nnu0l0 q reputable advertiser pay
M Per thousand for a clean news
* 0o6oQuate circulation when he can
~ 9nel4aa newspapsr Of nearly three
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"a 5Sl ouke pour perpIexity would have
loxe< not usus u your agent had
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>L Wo yDoq . teot q circulation values
I'll ~ Wo10mgton Irvlng's Dutch bur
~ GnnS6Vo1 ID od5uptinE disputes over
n4@Gs The D0tchman weighed the
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U1n1fo0 OF agents TO consider the
nnUGo< - the cnee. with references
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~ ~ Ne oeeociste 10 hit tho
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The Detroit times., 1916-04-13

The peanut is remarkable among
the legumes for It's large proportion
The Detroit times., 1916-04-13

y Ingersolrs serious quandary-
\ y the quandary of many honest
}Sers hating between consistency
diency- the publisher of The
sought to solve in the subjoined
The Detroit times., 1916-04-13

The receipt of the following order for
the insertion Of the first advertisement
of the series for the Ingersoll watch in.
dicates that this prosperous company be.
lieves its best interests lie in the ad
vancement of clean and dependable ad
vertising as an ADVERTISER as well as
an ADVOCATE:
New York. April 10, 1919.
Ts Publisher 81 The Times.
Detroit. Mich.
InseYt the sAveStfseneat 81 Robert ~.
Isgerssn Dpe. % seeuDy SEQ Hines IN
Issue ~ April 17tb Ger 18th. sad charge
Agency. lac.
Fake sAyertisiss largely destroy. the
va1ue 81 the space used by legitimate
manufacturers. IL n pSlI~y o favor
those newspapevs which hold the hiGhest
sdvertfsing staRaarAs.
CHELTENHAM ADV. AGENCY, INC.
The Blackfoot optimist., 1916-12-07
DUBOIS COMES BACK

Washington, Dec. 3.-Fred Dubois of
Blackfoot, Idaho, former senator, is in
Washington to remain for the winter.
He will shortly be joined by Mrs. Du-
bois. The former senator went into
Democratic elapse after the Baltimore
convention in 1919, where he managed
the campaign for Champ Clark. But he
emerged in the late campaign and did
such remarkably good work for his par
ty in the west that he is now as radiant
politically az a full moon. There are
whispered rumors that he is to Gland
politically under this administration.
One of the most interesting revela'
tions of western politics is that he has
given up his political feud with the
Mormons and will hereafter ! refrain
from warfare against the alleged acti.
vity of the "hierarchy' in politics.
Church Out Of Politics.
Mr.. Dubois insists that the church
has gone out of politics and he seems
to be as happy as any other Demo
crat over the election of King as sena
tor to succeed Senator Sutherland
King being Mormon Democrat and
Sutherland, whom he defeated, a gen
tile Republican.
The Blackfoot optimist., 1916-12-07
DR.. W. D. POINTER HERE

DR.. D. w. Poynter, superintendent OF
the insane asylum at Blackfoot, is in
the city on business matters connected
with the asylum. The physician was
caller today at the probate court and
there announced that Boise and Poca'
tello were sending by far the greatest
number Of patients to the institution
He is in favor Of the enactment of
law 1T the coming session Of the leg
islature which will compel counties
sending inmates to the institution te
bear the expense of keeping them and
also to prohibit the sending Of inebri
ates from one county or state to an
other.-Capital News.
The Blackfoot optimist., 1916-12-07
BILL TO REPEAL FEDERAL
NATIONAL GUARD ACT

Washington - Senator Borah Of Ida
no announced Monday that he had pre-.
pared bill to repeal the act which
federalizes the national guard.
rThe liberalization of the national
guard has been demonstrated in the
Mexican situation to have been a fail,
ure,' he said. cit will be useless ia
attempt universal military training a
lonw as the present militia law remains
on the statute bOOks.'