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The Detroit times., 1916-08-22
The Daily Reminder
ropAr,s ANNIyrRsARIrs

iTT7-A detachment OF Americans
under Gen. sullivan landed on staten
island. surprised two regiments OF
| Tories and captured many prisoners
lsls-Ffre at Salem. Mass. wiped
out large part or the business sec
! ton.
vessel 10 cross tho Atlantic. was
IssS-Hoiy coat at Treves pro-
nounced by the Pope TO be the iden-
teal coat worn by Christ at the cru
is,s-venioe. after a long siege
| cApitulAted TO the Austrians
lssi-Jeremish Day, for many years
Haven: Born In New Preston. Conn.
isIGrs. ind.psnd.ne. o., Serbia
was proclaimed at Belgrade.
eslaisS se S:s:sa' in s' FsrH l;a
isss1L1,S my 4 Morris, former gov.
ernor OF Connecticut died In New
Haven: Born In Newton. Conn. April
isss-Hok. Smith. secretary OF the
interior, rsaGned. and was succeeded
by David r. francis
premier of drsAt Britain. died Born
ONE YEAR AGO TO-DAY IN THE
WAR
The Russians retired from the Me
men and Bohr lima
oernsns occupied Russian fortress
Pstrogrsd announced German
cruiser had been torpsdoed by a Brit
ish submarine In the Battle,
TODAr's BIRTHDAYS
Edwin ". n. Green. who has be-
come one OF the country's richest men
through Inheritance from his mother.
the late Hetty Green. born In Lon
don while parents were touring Eu-
Major Rossrt lee lee tow ff0W1, who led
squadron OF the Eleventh cavalry
In the Villa pursuit. born IN Rusk
county. Texas 50 years ago today.
James O'Connell. seco6d vice-presi-
dent OF the American Federation OF
Labor ana member OF the federal In
dustrtal relations commission. born in
Ninersyille. Pa, So years ago today,
RI. Rev. Alexander J McGAvick.
Catholic bishop OF Chicago. born in
Fox Lake. III. 81 years ago today.
DR.. Henry suEIallo. president OF
the University % Washington. born
In san w lG,. e 81 year, ,o az t .S.
ist and member OF the naval advisory
board. born In jamestown. ~ Y. s
years ago today
Daniel r Anthony. representative
In congress OF the First Kansas DIS
trict BORN in Leavenworth, Kas ts
years ago today
George NJ Mathews bishop OF tho
United Brethren church and promi-
nsnt leader In National Anti Saloon
league. born IN Cincinnati 50 years
ago today.
William l. Douglas. former cover
nor OF Massachusetts. born In Ply
mouth Mass, II years ago today.
Daniel Frchnan. one OF the fore
most OF American theatrical manss
ers and producers. born In sandusky.
| o, 81 years ago today.
Walter ". schang. catcher Of tho
I Phiiadelphia American league base
/ ball team. born In south wales. n Y d.
.s years ago today.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-22
A Poem a Day
NOONTIDE

NoONTIpE
The hour Is noon. hushed now each
drowsy bird.
lambert light the valley softly
nlis
within IN. grove no frsiiss, leaf Is
For summer Hes asleep upon the
hills.
The daisied meadows stretch serene
and fair.
Th-rs comes no taintest drone from
lazy bees
No hum OF insects hear we anywhere
Within the desmlnE shadows OF
the trees
A sof,.nsd hare IN, distant salts en-
Tn. sea 10 stiil.d like intAn, In It's
A peace profound comes with its
touch untold
A welrore guest by every soul con-
fessed
where drowSy blooms distN their
healing balm.
Al ease lie within tn. tranquil
Tn. mighty noontids hush. the glow
ing calm.
Each sens. drinks in the glory un-
Winfield Lionel Scott
The Detroit times., 1916-08-22
BITS OF INFORMATION

waternroof magnets will lift scrap iron from
tho river bottom In salvage operations.
Gibraltar less than two square miles is tno
smallest British possession. Canada, S,74o'Ooo
square miles. Is the largest
Japans production OF sniline dye 10 rapidly
fncreasing The dye merchants have formed q
trust for regulating the market
paper guncottOn and imitation leather ana
silk are n few OF tho articles that can now be
made OF cotton plant stocks,
There are about 1000 islands In the japanese
archipelago and they make MP n territory four
times the size OF Pennsylvania,
Judge Dougherty, of San Jose, Cal, rules that
Joseph Cirincollni, convicted ~ insulting women,
must never again walk the streets unless &C
mpanied by Mrs G.
South Dakota people utilize their automobiles
M prairie dog .e1terminators.' They destroy the
animal by conducting the exhaust from their
engines into the burrOw
YubA cry, CAL has had nobody In its Jail for
six months not a marriage, all the undettakers
have moved aud the city marshas only duty
I'm year, was TO kill dog,
weliknown American writer thinks that
peace will lead 10 an emigration movement that
will amaze the world After the FrAnco-Cer
man war In 1870 100000 Germans settled IN
three American Etates-NebTaska. Minnesota and
Iawn-
The Detroit times., 1916-08-22

The next time your wife. your
child. a friend. one % your en-.
2loyes, or . stranger you casually
nee, does anything tha' gives you
feeling % satisfaction. just speak
an apprecia.lve word 20 the one
who has pleased you.
Most people are 700 spariDg - ap-
preciative words And most people.
lnaappry. are altogether too ready
with criticism
when things 20 wrong they are
prompt enough "a csusgre When
'hings 20 right they seldom take
ne trouble 20 bestov praise
what they oggh, % DO "a 20 be-
have IN precisely the opposite
fashion. Faultanding tends 20 ere.
a,e fresh occasions for and!ng fault.
Appreciation helps % keep people
doing he RICH, thing IL the r.ght
way.
The truth ~ this has never been
more suggestively brought OUT than
~ ar investigator. william vernon
Backus. engaged IN special study Of
human conduct
AZ he tells The story In little
book. Making Happiness Bpi-
demic," that Is real contribution
20 wise living Mr. Backus put GER
tain questions 20 hundreds o; en-.
ploysrs and employees. To employ
srs be wrote;
Taxing = for granted nat ron
instruct your employees 20 be oourte-
Gus how 10 yoI ASCERTAIN
whe,hsr or not they are ooarteous7"
The answer 20 this question dis-
cioset that az rule employers give
10 thought 20 The compliance Of
heir employees with Tho instruction
20 be courteous. unless they receive
plants OF discourtssy. Then the
offending employe is reprinsndsd or
discharged
To employees Mr.. Backus pit the
question:
why are you not always courte-
Gus -
Always, he tells rs, the answers
he received were along these lines:
1T takes special effort % DO po-
lite under adverse conditions and
the enort seemingly is never appre-
ciated. f"
Excepting IN cases OF complaint
the empiSyer does not know, or at
Least shows no appreciation Of, the
attitude N clerks toward tho pub
lie
The cry ~ the modern business
world Is for efficiency Here, de-
cidedly, Is an efficiency Ieak that
had better be looked to
Everybody kasws that you cannot
The Detroit times., 1916-08-22

% years mo question OF Insulating
dwellings against heat has been
studied by German ssnitarisns AMI
scientists, with the result that
houses are now being built and 80
constructed as 10 aFord material
immunity from excessive heat. Think
what this would mean IN the crowd
cd city dweIler
study % pneumonia death rates
shows that thsro are comparatively
few deaths caused by cold. II would
seem then more important TO pro
toct dEellers from heat than cold.
The raInshaekle building OF
course il no protection against
sitlrer Thspe can be no aussusn
The Detroit times., 1916-08-22

make him SHAY The personal traits
which lead men 70 dare. and init
ate. and conquer may make them
successful il crime or In business
or in thought Il depends on the
manner In which they are directed
II the object OF imprisoning the
convict who saved the governor was
20 take vengeance on him for some
wroug-he had committed. the ques-
son arises a. 20 whether the saving
OF the life % anyone atoned FOR the
trespass. Which shows that the
vengeance theory will not hold
water.
Under the vengeance theory
George Washington ought to have
been JAILED for malicious mischief
A. The complaint OF any citizen for
cutting the cherry tree. even though
The warrant took him from the act
ot saving the nations life at valley
Forge
II the man vas there 20 be re
formed. The governor was warranted
IN assuming that II he was ready
20 plunge into the water 10 save a
human liie. hts reformation was
complete But what a prison sys-
TEN 10 Is which leaves TO the acci-
dent % the upset OF boat the con.
vict's opportunity TO prove his re
formation
r. reform IL The object OF con
viction. prisoners ought 70 have the
chance 70 live lives that viii test
I their characters daily.
Our prisoners are voiceless shut
ms Who cannot respond 20 the orti-
nary tests as 20 their right 20 60
I free. because these tests cannot
! exist.
Probably hundreds OF prisoners IN
Arkansas would have saved the gov
ernors life Y they had had the
chance.
And now ! hope the governor. and
the people OF the state OF Arkansas,
and all other governors and per
sons IN authority. and all people.
will Try. everywhere, 20 test prison
ers' ,rustvorthiness by giving them
the chance TO live normal lives
subject 70 normal temptations. en-
dowed with normal rewards. and
carrying normal responsibilities.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-22
Pointed Paragraphs

Prayer that is long drawn out is
apt 10 be narrow.
Beauty IN a woman often covers
a lack OF domestic virtues.
Gentlemen burglars think It ls up
20 them 20 break into society.
It's easy TO talk philosophically 1;
you aren't personally interested.
Just a little powder on a woman's
nose acts az a powerful nerve slim.
ulant
A man may lead a woman 20 the
sltar-after which he becomes a fol.
lower.
IL We ever have a woman ruler
she viii advocate peace at bargain
prices.
When widow takes second
husband for better or for worse she
always knows that he will BE- worse
Somehow the oId-fashioned mother
doem't want her 17.year-old daugh-
ter 70 do the same things she did as
. girl
4 woman never appreciates her
husband moro Than when he comes
homo and announces that his salary
has been raised.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-22

neglect a piece % machinery IL you
would have IL always IN good run
ming order Yog must tend 20 &
carefully Especially must you keep
8, ~eH oiled
So With the human machine Il.
too. needs 20 be oiled And appre-
clarion IL by all odds the BEST kind
o. lubricant II can have.
Better far 10 ignore even a seri.
ous mistake than % let commend.
able deed pass without a word Of
appreciation
In he home. IN the oface IN the
factory. in the s'ore---syeryw where
that men have dealings with one an
other. this ough, 70 be a guiding
rule Of life
Appreciation arrays pays IRE one
who u appreciative. II makes for
snoo,hness in personal relations &,
makes FOR efficiency. it makes FOR
greater EFFORT by those who know
that good work will be appreciated
Also f. makes for that happiness
OF which all men are In ques'~-hap-
piness on the part both 81 the ap-
prscia.or and the appreciated
Surely {, In worth while 70 utilize
AZ every opportunity the dynamic
power Of appreciation.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-22

From this it will be seen that the ba-
mana is rich in nourishment.
Bananas cost about seven cents
pound porterhouse steak about thirty.
John w. Beall states that in the states
of Parana and Santa Catarina, in Brazil,
he entire population subsists on bananas
as food, and are famous for their
strength and endurance.
Flour made from dried bananas is su-
perior in carbohydrates to wheat flour,
but inferior in protein or flesh-forming
values; but it is very palatabe and par
ticularly adapted to persons Of weak d.
gestive organs.
Buy a banana or so, and bag OF pea
nuts. for your lunch, instead Of gorging
Yourself on a table d'hote monstrosity at
restaurant, and you'll feel better, and
live longer.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-22
Less Laws That Invite
Their Breaking and We
Would Have Better Order

Americans are said TO be The most lawIess
people on earth
sortn OF crime. per capita, here than elsewhere
IL this because We are. tentatively. speaking
Q democracy
In n because We are supposed to believe in
equality liberty and Tho pursuit Of hSppnsss1
II Il because the idea OF indIyiduaiisrn wa
originally AmeritanI
fs a because tha country has been 30 vast
and rich, until economic feudalism fastened
upon M, that u has bred an irresponsible. Law
ism spsvtt In ~ chat cannot tolerate restraint,
- baG q othP spQsssf
VSoInvO -SASS-wA1b sAsrp is ssperabuad,
The Detroit times., 1916-08-22
LET CONVICTS LIVE NORMAL
LIVES TO PROVE CHARACTER

The governor d!d a very natural
act He did not feel at ease with
a man IN prison who had saved h.
lie. He may have reasoned. and
probably did hat the Negro showed
by HIS Willingness 70 brave danger
20 save another's lie. that he would
not be a very dangerous factor In
society Il left az large. The man
who "a eager 70 save life presuma-
lily Ia 10, one who will take Il. or
prey on lite by robbery or other
crimes against property.
Bat hero might save and the
mex; day the same in'repidity OF
spirit which made him a hero might
The Detroit times., 1916-08-22
~ HERBERT QUICK.

Two months ago the governor o,
Arkansas was ASKING in The waters
o., the state pen!tentiary farm. His
boat cAps,1ed. aad he would have
drowned, e IS stated rad not a Ne
gro convict rescued him.
Six weeks later the governor par.
don@d the convict
Was TIE governor tight
Presumably the convict was n
The penltentiary because society
would no, De SAFE with him az large
Or he was there 20 BE- made 20 SUI.
FER sor his crime " be was there
20 De reformed
The Detroit times., 1916-08-22
Bananas.
~ Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright, 1915, by Frank Crane)

The year 1870 is not SO very long ago.
Yet 1t was in that year, it is claimed, the
first bananas were brought commercially
TO Boston.
Whole fleets now convey this fruit
from the tropics to the American states:
in every city vendors sell bananas to
the multitude; in every country grocery
they are staple, in less than fifty years
they have become one Of the chief means
OF sustenance to the people of the
nation.
The banana ranks with the apple, the
potato, the wheat-grain. and the peanut
as prime minister TO the life Of hun
dred million people.
The reason is not far TO seek. In the
first, place the banana tastes good. There
are some things, like tobacco, that one
dislikes at the first bite: there are others.
like the banana, that no one has to learn
to enjoy. There may be some curious
palates here and there-freaks are every
where - who have a distaste for this
fruit. but they are not one in a hundred
thousand.
Children cry for them Negroes, China
men. college girls, octogenarians, invalids,
brides and grooms, messenger boys, rail-
road presidents, bankers, janitors, prize
fighters, and pacifsts like them.
Secondly. they are carefully protected
by nature herself in an admirable sani-
tary covering. You cannot eat the skin
as you do the apples. No matter how
unclean the wagon from which you buy
them, when you peel off the yellow coat
the inward meat is revealed pure and
white "as an undriven hack as Charley
Case would say.
They are good. they are clean, and
thirdly they are cheap. Thus they are
an ideal food for the millions. like to
eat what all humanity eats. know
some run TO caviar. canvas-back, and the
Widow Cliquot, but while they get the
sweet SAVIOR of exclusiveness they miss
that deep gusto which comes from COM
munion with humanity. This you obtain
when you drink water or milk and eat
bread, potatoes, apples, peanuts, and ba-
nanas. 1t is an important secret that the
most satisfying forms of pleasure are
those that are common TO the race.
Fourthly, the banana stands the test
Of science as being valuable food. The
government issues a deal of literature,
the product Of its hygenic experts en-
deavoring TO enlighten the people as to
what foods are wholesome and cheap.
Following is a comparison Of bananas
and apples, according to L. s. govern
ment report:
The Detroit times., 1916-08-22

III betcha on The old north Platte.
In the Wild Old Cattle days,
The guys who couldn't keep their hands
on Of other peoples brands,
Went hunting for more healthy lands
Cause the boys had fetchln ways.
But get me-. Partner In these parts
This Dragged Up white mans land
II va turn a bunch 81 mavericks loose.
Some Looping half-breed swings his moose,
An quickern "a en- SINCE goose,
He sticks on his own brand.
Col Hltemwi,tple.
We learn that Monroe Republican
who has declared that henceforth ne will
vote the Democratic ticket is a painter,
and therefore has right 20 change his
coat.
It's interesting" unused the conjunc-
ton "and, "to note that man in Gin
cinnati has held the same position 81
years but Just look. please, at the length
of time I've held the same position be-
tween coned beef and cabbage"
This position" the conjunction went
on, requires some little versatility, keep
ing corned beef and cabbage together
and keeping ham and eggs apart.
cornI. Mack says hls position In the race
10 due 20 the i-ek % just one good player.
Conrle's position ~ ths race suggests mostly
the Lack % ps-lscope.
We are watching with considerable n
tsrest 20 see Henry Ford Ia sos 20 get
through this esmps an without having %
seeep, office.
We have just read that after having
been candidate SO times, a Kansas man
has succeeded in winning 4 nomination.
Neutrality-suspicious. about that, Proctor
Knott2
An Erie hosteSs attacked two % her
| guests with hstpin. Which would seer, 20
be all right, a. that One certainly ought
20 be permitted 10 pick her company
Wasn't that sad about the fellow In
Philadelphia they found "hurrahing' for
the Athletics. The heat has certainly
gone hard this year with lot Of people.
! Fritz Zimmerman charges assault and
battery against John Engleman and John
Norris, Gentlemen, let's be neutral
|
n there must be a railroad strike, let's
hays a Wills Ga Egsrs ara IN Phlladslphla.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-22
The Old Gardener Says

Pconics may be sot ont OF
trsnsplsnted any time within The
merit two nunths, but II is a good
plsn 70 do the work early. un,
les tbs weather happens to be
WIZ drN II n wise TO divide
al isvxe eiumps IN the garden,
but peoniss require division less
cften than most other perennials.
II the amateur IL buying new
plants II win be worth his while
10 invest In some Of the single
vsrtet1cs,
The Detroit times., 1916-08-22
Russia's Resources.

The world is Just beginning 20 get a true con
ceptiou OF the tremendous resources OF Russia
In the midst Of what IL. probably, the greatest
offensive of the war and as $50 coo Turks are
reported on their way 10 reinforce The Austrian
army, Russia quietly sends 20 600 more soldiers
20 France.
Quite likely the statement that the Gar has
an available fighting force. which has never been
IN action. equal 10 Gerrnany's entire army f.
true Russia. rather than the Allies may win
the war.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-22

The man who
vsnts 90 keep
well now gives NJ
murh attention 10
rhis problem rs
he does 10 Keep
Ing out no cold
In winter time.
For n number
The Detroit times., 1916-08-22

This country appears to be nearing a
serious crisis in its history.
Not only do many people believe it
menaced from without, but it is far more
dangerously menaced from within, first
by its increasing tendencies toward mill
tarism and secondly by the labor ques-
Hon-
II the railroad strike which is threat
ening should be consummated, it would
paralyze the industry of the nation.
President Wilson is doing all in his
power to bring about an amicable settle
ment, but no one is obliged, by any law,
to listen to his counsel.
Free Americans are free 10 gag and
throttle industry and thereby enslave all
Who are dependent upon it.
In the event of such a strike who would
escape loss, inconvenience and often
much worse disaster?
When the railroad strike tied VI
France for a week, some years ago
Brieaux, a socialist, cut the Gordiar
knot with master stroke.
No one in America has that power anC
we are not favoring it.
But would not q tribunal like a SUI
preme court, made up Of just and i'm
partial judges, be safer means of ad
justment than the greed of capital on tht
one hand and the hatred and intoleranc,
Of labor on the other?
The Detroit times., 1916-08-22
from Another Point OF TeD
By c. T. 5.

Thou Shalt Not steal-Thoushts, Sentiments,
Money Nor Wives, for Law Les Gas, ard Honor
West Of the coUntrfs BIG oWds-5etrhs
Jitney.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-22

Few men have win power enough
20 DO The things they don't want TO
do and don't have N. but should do.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-22
A Threatened Railroad
Strike Wouldn't Bother
In Norway In the Least

Norway has found a solution Of its
strike problems, and it seems to be work
Ing out satisfactorily on all sides.
Norway is one of the most democratic
countries Of Europe. in spite of the fact
that 1t supports royal family, condi-
ton imposed upon it by England when
she financed the government at the time
Of its rupture with Sweden.
Women are enfranchised there, and a
woman sits in the Storthing, the upper
house of the legislature. Legitimate
children are cared for and their claims to
justice are recognized. Intellectual rather
than a financial caste prevails, if there
be any caste at all, and there is general
feeling of equality not noticeable in other
Scandinavian countries.
In spite of all this, or, perhaps, be-
cause of all this, there have been fire.
Quent and costly strikes, especially
among the metal and iron workers.
So alarming and wasteful did these
strikes become, that bin was introduced
and passed by the Storthing to create an
arbitration tribunal which would settle
all labor disputes after reasonable time
had elapsed and there had been no volun-
tary adjustment.
This bill made arbitration compulsory
and 1t was furiously fought in the lower
house by the representatives of the labor
party.
In spite of opposition, it carried and
Is now concerned with its first cases.
The satisfaction with which its deci-
sions have been received, thus far, argues
well for the future.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-22

wiIlis-Didn't you cay 81 Guild al.
ways try To make others happy,
mammal
Mamma-Ycs, dear.
Wnlis-Wsll, know a little boy
thst I could mako happy 10 had n
niokd,
Mamns-who In ue little boy?
wfilis-Why. MS me.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-22

" you would keep IN health build
your horiss 10 keep out heat.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-22
The Keep Well Column
HEk1f

but people should be properly
housed. This means protection from
tho weather be they what they may.
Properly insulating tho walls and
foundations of dwellings, 20 n 10
AFFORD material protection from CT
cessive heat, would also mean pro-
lection against cold in the winter,
and reduction IN fuel bilh,
In tropical countries where the
United States public health service
IN I'm charge. II Insists upon rn
proof dwellings as protsctfoo
against Bubonic plague.
II Is quito within tho possibilities
that within the near future IN largo
cities sanitation legislation will pro
vide laws for tho proper protection
OF city dwellsTs from the dangers
and discOmforts OF torT1d summers
when adults suGer and babies dis
by the thousandB.
Health Questions An1wereu.
y o. B--"How can ] prevent heat
rash on my baby7"
Dust her With talcum powder f~s
o. three times aydsy.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-22
APPRECIATION PAYS
BY X. AooiNoToN BRUCE

-Psyeaaasy Paren,so
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-11
R. BLACK WHITTEMORE DEAD
Broker Was for Nine Years n Governor
Of the Stock Exchange.

Richard Black Whi,tcmore. seventy
eight. for nine years a governor Of the
New York Stock Exchange. died yes
terday in his Brooklyn home. 1876 Pros
pect Park West. lie had been i'll for
some time. Ten years ago he retired
from The stock Exchange. where he
had been active for many years as =
member OF Whittemore < Co. lie Their
became associated with Jewett Bros.
stock brokers.
Mr.. Whittemore was born in Man
haitian and was active in Staten Island
affairs W 10 q year ago. when he went
20 Brooklyn II served as Police Com
missioner for staten Island for eight
years before j, became part Of New
York City. and had been q trustee Of
he old township for many years. lie
was member of the Calumet. New
York Athletic and New York Yacht
clubs