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The Detroit times., 1916-02-10
Have Patience, Mrs. fowler,
We Are About to Attend to
This SalOOnkeepers Case

To the Editor of The Times:
Is there a law prohibiting little girls going
TO saloons for beer in pals. to carry home
from the saloon.
have in mind little girl not over seven;
others eight and ten years OF age.
have seen them myself go TO the door
and wait for the beer The saloon Is on the
corner of Fort and Crawford. Where and
how shall make complaint,
MRS. C. Z. TOwLER
Feb. s, 1916 IS Reissman
Yes, Mrs. fowler, there is a law
against selling intoxicating liquors to
minors. but of what use is law when
there is no one to enforce it?
What you have seen; this law defiance
that you have seen, everybody in De-
troit has seen. with the possible excep-
ton of those police officers who, before
anybody else, are expected to see.
We doubt if it would do any good for
you to complain.
The thing has been complained
against, time and again. but to no avail.
King Booze is on his throne, here in
Detroit.
But not for long.
We congratulate you upon that fact,
Mrs. fowler.
The people of the state of Michigan
are going to act, soon. in this matter,
and to secure society and homes against
the saloonkeeper who, for q measly
nickel, sold beer to these little girls,
they are going to wipe the whole busi-
ness out of existence, once and for all.
We feel that positive about it, Mrs.
fowler, because the man of Detroit who
takes his drink in moderation and who
sometimes visits the saloon. and whom
we call liberal, is going to help vote the
saloon out Of existence.
He has been disgusted by this kind
of saloonkeeper, by this kind of law-de-
fiance and by the apathy Of the police Of
this city.
The dry forces Will be Joined by this
citizen, not that he loves the saloon or
his own drink less, but because he loves
Just common decency and respect for
the law MORE.
K The people are about to rise up like
q strong man out of sleep and step on the
serpent's head.
Just have patience. Mrs. fowler.
It won't be long now.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-10
A Poem a Day

THREE MILLS
There II . hill In England.
Green f,elds and q school I know.
Where the balls ny fast In summer.
And the whispering elm trees grow.
4 little hill. q dear hill.
Aud the playing nsids below.
There II hill In Flanders.
Heaped with thousand slain.
Where the shells ny night and noon
tide.
And the ghosts that died In vain.
4 little hill. Q hard hin
To the souls that died In pain.
There 10 q hill In Jewry.
Three crosses pierce the sky,
On the midmost He In dying
To save all those who die.
A little hill. kind hill
To souls In jeopardy.
--Everard owen. In London Times.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-10
THE TOBACCO HABIT

Tn. New York Medical Record publishes an
article ON ~The Tobacco Habit" by pr: Robert
Abbe. the senior surgeon OF st. Lukss nospuaL
The doctor IN of the opinion that In our nortn'
arm climate there II little need for the sumuIe'
tton of mind or body BY tobacco. Exccssive
smoking during work." he says. rs delusioe
vhen men claim that II clears their brains ana
reeps them active. II 10 like the Sootchmans
snu6. n one analyses the result, however, ooe
can sec that the false energy 10 ~ abnormal =
the vhip lash to a horse. and In the ana hurttM
On the other hand. one sees numerous hign 0eyt
ciaIs IN corporations Of national importance. VINO
think their weighty responsibilities are best mee
by cool clear brains and natural balance OF !uoe'
ment. unwarped by stimulants. either alcohoHe
or tobacco The stand taken By many aeainet
tobacco II an unpopular night The frontier man
snsers st the tenderfoot who refuses whisky
and 9 chew with the remark: Don't drinkr
Don't chew? What do you do to smell uke
man. The college undergraduate 10 invited q
attend smoker and IL initiated IN reeking
Atmosphere OF tobacco. Yet, at West Point,
smoking was prohibited In 1891. and fifteen ysars
later the summary Of medical records shows tho
rreat Advantage In work and discipline. In cct
iese a group Of men subjected 10 ergograph teste
during abstinence and again after four daye
smokins In ssid 10 have shown . loss Of 70 pef
cent. muscle power In tryouts for football
squads II 10 said that half "A maay smokers -
nonsmokers are SUCCESSFUL.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-10
ANOTHER FIBRE PLANT

Cuba 10 experimenting with local plant which
IN claimed 10 have very strong nne silky hber.
At present. the sole object n to use this new
material instead Of hemp for making sugar bags,
but there seems no good reason why II should
not be available for other purposes u found
suitable for this one. II is Just another warning
to cotton growers Of our own country not 70
take their good luck as a fixed and inevitable
thing At present they have wellnigh mon0p
-ly on the worlds chief cloth making material.
but there is no imaginable reason to suppose that
this monopoly will go unchalIenged long. The
silk cotton tree Of Java and now the "malva
blanca" Of Cuba are already being groomed fof
the lists. and other entries may be expected
At any time. The sooner the south takes up the
work Of improving its great fiber plant until n
can meet all rivals. the better.--Chicago Journal
The Detroit times., 1916-02-10

Every man should cultivate a
taste for reading, and every man
should build up a library Of his
own. Also, the earlier In life that
he begins to do this. the better.
There IL a man o. my acquaint.
ance, q retired merchant. who.
throughout his business career, sel-
dom looked at any kind OF book ex-
cept an account-book.
When he was well beyond middle
life. and found himself prosperous
enough to 90 out OF business, he
decided he could not spend his re-
tirement more pleasantly than by
reading books. Forthwith he start
ed to acquire a library.
Having no experience in this d.
rectiou, he entrusted the task of
purchase TO an agent. whom he sent
abroad with instructions to pick up
as valuable books as he could pro
cure. In a remarkably short time
the agent assent. a really fine
collection OF books. and shipped
them TO America
Many OF them were rare and
costly, and in bindings that bore
the marks of age. Their shabbiness
appalled, the merchant, and nc had
them rebound at an enormous out
lay. Then he settle- d,wn among
them TO begin his reading.
And how did you get on"
asked him at this point in his story.
Il didn't get on at ALL" he frankly
confessed. I'm fact. ! was greatly
relieved when q regular book-col-
lector took them on my hands.
found that reading, like everything
else, needs training. And I hadn't
been trained TO read"
Now, I believe that. even at his
age OF life, this ma. could have
developed taste for reading. But
II undoubtedly is the case that, un-
less q man becomes really fond 6t
books In youth or early manhood,
the chances are that he will never
become fond of them.
Therefore, do not walt until you
are In middle life before you start
to develop the reading habit. And,
while still a young man. buy as well
as read books.
Even II you who read these words
are no longer young. and II. like
my friend the merchant, you have
never been trained to read" build
The Detroit times., 1916-02-10

Despite the success of England in rails
ing an army by means of display adver-
tising, the German preference seems to
be for liners.
Said biIlposter once on a time:
For me, sir, different cline;
Its SO cold here the paste will not mix"
So he picked up his brushes and pals
And they tell us tomorrow he sails.
To hang out on river called Styx.
On the liner page we find that Detroit
man wants to exchange "a beautiful
rooster for suit of clothes" Would ex-
change, that is to say, fine bird for fine
feathers. Which goes to show you what
a dude'll do.
The typewriter stopped, and said a
voice: II always write martial troubles
and marital music" There may be such
a thing as martial troubles, but it Is gen.
orally held that marital music cannot be
done.
Several of our townsmen who own au-
tos are using substitute for 18-cent gas
oline which sells at seven-for-a-quarter.
One of the beauties of our form OF gov
ernment is strikingly set forth in the
circuit court, where rival manufacturers
Of levels in law suit have met on an
even plain.
We take it from the tone of their re-
marks at the Lincoln club banquet in
Pontiac that Messrs. Townsend and
Smith of our state are not of Mr.. Will
sons party.
The postoffce in White River, Ark,
located on a raft. is reported floating
Town the river. Instead of a raft, ii
looks as If they should have had it set
lup on a return postal.
Our local on ag'in, of agin gambling
lid is once more on aa'in-
The Detroit times., 1916-02-10
Trade Embargo Would Spell
Ruin to u. s., Says Gardner

Rep. Keating. OF Colorado. has In.
troduced bill 10 grant TO en-
ployes in the classified civil service
OF the United States the right 10
appeal to the United States board
OF mediation and Cancellation in all
cases affecting the reduction in rank
Of the employees or their dlsnissal
from the service. The bill empowers
the mediation board TO investigate
charges. review the decisions OF de-
partment heads affecting the en-.
ployes' salary reduction or retention
OF position. and reverse such de-
cisions IL found to be unjust upon
investigation.
The principle involved in the
Keating measure--the right TO a
hearing and the right TO an appeal
lis one for which the civil service
employees have long felt the need.
Under the present civu service laws
the ar dtrary power OF removal IL
vested in the department oflcial.
There Is no appeal from his judg.
ment unless the religious or politi.
cal issue ia raised, when the civil
service commission at times excr-
cises It's authority and investigates
the complaint OF the employe dis
missed or denoted.
The Heating bill has the support
Of the National Federation OF Post.
once Clerks. According to Thom-
as =. Fiaherty. secretary OF the
clerks organization. the need to
postal employees OF legislation TO
protect them from the tyrannicai
power OF transient political ohicials
Is greater than any other class of
government workers.
The postofice clerk IL the most
highly specialized workman In the
country" said Flaherty. He &C.
quires an expert knowledge OF mail
distribution schemes upon his own
time after working hours. This
knowledge. the result of 10 or rs
years Of constant study. can only
be utilized In one place, the post.
once. Hence TO the postal worker
his job is his all. He is helpless
In any other occupation. He can
not sell his expertness to any ON.
ployer but the government: there ID
no rival postal concern TO bid for
his services. II is unjust to these
men to place their positions. which
are everything to them, at the
mercy OF any one man. A biased
postofYice inspector. an incompetent
postmaster. an inexperienced oflcial
at desk In Washington. can pick
any man out of the service and
there 10 no tribunal to which an ap-
peal d be made. The department
ofYicials are the compIainants. the
jury. tho judges and the execution.
ers. No appeal can be made from
their decisions. We feel that II the
mediation board was empowered to
review these decisions there would
pN iNWtf NdsSb VI mSn oSiu8 un-
Justly denoted or dismissed.
First Assistant Postmaster-Gen.
eraI Roper fred an assistant post.
master for his lack OF tact In dis
cusing the presidents engagement.
He refused absolutely 10 alter his
decision until Mr.. Wilson Inter
vened. There are many cases In
which Mr.. Roper has acted as arbi.
trarily in dismissing employees as
he did in this instance. but the
president. unacquainted with the
facts. has not overruicd the irst as
sistant, and the men have no re-
dress. The need OF corrective leg.
islatIon a. contemplated In the
Keating bill is imperative TO ths
postal workerp."
The Detroit times., 1916-02-10

low being. Yet
many people en-
deavor to eyade
rational restric.
tions necessary
for the protection
OF others.
In the enforce
ment OF the laws
The Detroit times., 1916-02-10
MIDDLENESS
~ On. FRANK CRANE
(Copyrtght lSlS. By Frank Cransl

~
The anthropoid ape and the pig more
nearly resemble man in their reception
of ideas than other animals, according
to Professor Robert M. Yerkes, of Har-
ward, who spoke on Methods of Study
ing Ideational Behavior in Man and
Other Animals" at the twenty-fourth
annual meeting Of the American Psychic
logical Association at the University Of
Chicago. Pigs and anthropoid apes
learn by experience, the professor said
in making his point. adding:
For instance, they obtain the idea Of
'middleness, SO to speak, from the fol-
lowing test: Take five boxes with two
doors in each and place food in the CEN
tral one. Let the pig find II several
times. Then try it with three and with
seven. Pigs will learn to select the mid
die box"
Some time Professor Yerkes has day
off should like to engage him to give .
few lessons in middleness to certain per-
sons have in mind.
Will he please tackle the Germans and
the English? We understand there il
not loose stone in Europe the inhabi-
tants are not yearning to throw at the
United States. The central powers hate
us because we sell ammunition to the al
lies, while the Teutons cannot get us to
buy. The allies hate US because we will
mix up in quarrel which is none of our
making and the cause Of which we in
nowise understand. Will he kindly give
these fractious folks little instruction
on middleness!
And there are a lot of people who need
to learn that the rigidity of an arbitrary
alternative does not always hold. II do
not choose A, it does not follow that ]
must choose B. Why not C.? And there
are also other letters of the alphabet.
Because do not altogether approve OF
your head, and the cerebrations in 1t, Is
no reason why I should like to knock it
off.
Because | am not Catholic it does
not imply that am Protestant. ! may
be Mahometan, or what Mrs. Parting
ton would call an "ognastic."
II do not love you, must perforce
hate? Possibly don't care.
II am not Republican ] don't have
TO be a Democrat. might be suffra-
gette. Or a mugwump.
II omit to join your organization for
the abolition of poverty and the bring
ing in of the millennium right away, must
you write me down as in favor of pow
erty and feminist the millennium? 1t may
be just possible that don't clearly see
low your plan will work.
One of the inalienable rights OF man,
along with life, liberty and the p. Of h.
is to remain undecided until he makes up
MIS- mind.
For every question that can be an
swered by yes or no there are twenty that
would better be answered by Il don't
know"
Must you be terribly right or terribly
wrong? Must decide right now which
you are? Perhaps you are little OF
both.
II pigs and apes can learn middleness.
why not you?
The Detroit times., 1916-02-10

for the protection Of public health
numerous instances occur which
show how the innocent are made to
suffer for the carelessness OF others.
Rather than undergo a temporary
restriction OF their usual activities.
people will often expose others to
The Detroit times., 1916-02-10
PRONOUNCE IT:
BRAND-ICE!

Louis d. Brandeis. President
Wilson's nominee for the su-
preme court, pronounces his
name a. n It were spelled Brand.
ice. with the accent on the "ice."
The Detroit times., 1916-02-10

Not all employees In Pennsylvania
welcomed the workmen's compen.
sation act which became effective
The Detroit times., 1916-02-10
e0rding to the Savage
IIld Heather and the Lack
Of Civilization in Us

OF Civilization IN Us
&IIQtsa say that . citizen of Detroit
coN appear before one Of our police
1iees and say:
IN i hive come to see you, judge, about
& family that lives next door to us.
NJ had trouble some time ago over
~ fence, and since then they have
omGny annoying things against us.
B Cterday, one Of their boys took
M ma threw = stone through win
W = cur house. His father laughed
son's act"
oCS supposs citizen should visit
oltco justice with this story, and
es supposs the police justice
tey Gnough guns to arm every
S a1er u your family.
1e snongh ammunition for
H.'' 80 n1l moor .nAt = ns COM
.Z 3. \. =. - ~ - a'nss your u'sn'y
sy, go - s
nseenDor sives onense again.
ece = kilL
nh6o Hsfnge with his family in
9 6n0Ga ~ flre to it, or station q
g aud cut off his supply OF
1 1Tocories, and milk for the
W. has : well On his place, put
6 4.
m ~ have forced him with his
- the open having smoked them
UtnxyUd them out, bring out your
Nh TIE euns, and shoot him and
& . I'm = maim, 10 widow the
% runder Ills daughters father
v brothsrIess and leave them de-
.
- the women that they may
w. ~ ut u their lives"
3 IN. suppose the police justice
01 md Tor the man who lives next
~ ard ten him what he had advised
ai9hbor:
si Supuose the police Justice should
1nns and ammunition and arm the
1bsrs Of HIS family; to burn or
~ the men folk and thus widow the
old render the daughters fatherless
W otherIess and dependents, to spend
N u their days in grief.
& ~ wculd be your opinion of such a
~ justice7
1 wouM Iook upon him as somewhat
+ would y vrnog for q police JUS
- g1ve this kind Of advice to two
Dc1oy and tor their two families to
The Detroit times., 1916-02-10
The Keep Well Column
HEALTHY DUTY.

Few people would willingly en-.
danger the life and health of a fell
The Detroit times., 1916-02-10

Don't try to be q strong man"
for the champion athlete eften over
strains himself. Be a moderate but
persistent exponent OF daily sxer-
The Detroit times., 1916-02-10

communicable disease. for instance
scarlet fever.
Measles. whooping cough and .
number OF common ailments OF
childhood are looked upon ~ in
evitsblc by people Who are ignorant
OF the dangers OF these diseases and
the possibility OF avoiding them.
II Is criminal to expose children
tc disease because Of the belief
that they will eventually fall q
victim TO H.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-10

Nothing else Is quite so sure as
ones finish.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-10
BUILD UP A LIBRARY

n. ADDiNcToN Bruce
OF
The Detroit times., 1916-02-10
From Another Point of NieU

Despite the success of England in rails
ing an army by means of display adver-
tising, the German preference seems to
be for liners.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-04-20
BIRD HOUSE EXHIBIT AND
AWARDING OF PRIZES

Tuesday, April %, $50 pm. is the
time when the big meeting OF the
boys and girls Of the town is TO be
held on the college campus around
the new Band Stand where the bird
houses made by the boys will be on
exhibition and will be judged by
competent judges and the prizes
awarded.
AT the same time the flower and
garden seeds will be distributed free
TO the boys and girls between the
ages Of 8 and 10. Here is your OPP
portunity 10 get seeds TO help you
in the contest for identifying Berea.
This will be a big time boys and
girls! The band will play, Mr..
Herndon will make you a short
speech; Mr.. Spence will say a few
words, the Quartette will sing and
you are TO be there TO have a good
time. Time, Tuesday, the 25th. $50.
Place, around the new Band Stand,
College Campus.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-04-20

German military critics point tri-
'snphantly to the fact that all the
French counter attacks, furious and
determined as they were. have broken
down under the German fire, and that
the crown princes new front IL firmly
held, the intervening lull being well
utilized by terrifying II and consolidat-
ing the new lines of communication.
In Germany, the failure OF the
French counter attacks IL taken as q
clear indication that the driving
power" Of verdun's defenders har
been so seriously Impaired as TO make
Il impossible for them to wrest any
OF the lost positions from the Ger
mans. The Paris reports that the
new French lines are really much
stronger than those lost TO the crown
prince are ridiculed, experts pointing
to the counter attacks as proving that
the former lines must have been valu
able enough to risk terrific losses.
French observers, on the other hand,
insist that General Pelain has mot
begun yet" and is storing up his re-
serves in men and ammunition for a
counter offensive that will roll back
the German hosts, once II IL set in
motion.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-04-20
DOCTOR HALL HERE

Wednesday afternoon the students
met in United Chapel TO listen TO DR..
q. Stanley Hall. He is one Of the
greatest educators and psychologists
in the world and is widely known.
His writings on educational topics
are read and studied the world over.
The students have been awaiting
the arrival Of Doctor Hall with in
tense interest which did not at all
abate when he came.
He gave an interesting and in.
structive talk concerning the modern
trend Of educational thought. After
hc had cone l,ldc1, President Frost
asked him to give the latest points
in education TO our faculty. He re-
sccrdcd with u masterful preserta-
ton Of the modern efficiency"
movement, saying that by the use
of efficient training the energy ex-
pended in all lines Of work may be
reduced from one-half TO two-thirds.
The students and people Of Berea
are greatly indebted TO Doctor Hall
for his presence and message. He
was en- route TO the annual meeting
Of the Kentucky Educational Asso-
citation at Louisville where many
Of our students will doubtless hear
him again.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-04-20
EASTERN KENTUCKY NEWS
Continued from page g.
LEE COUNTY
RaaffvviIIa
Beattyvills

Beattyville, Apr. i7.-Since the
recent tide; fishing has been fine in
the Kentucky River.-G. w. Booth a
hustling merchant and business man
from the Big Sinking Country was
in town Monday on business.-Miss
Elizabeth Cable is visiting friends
and relatives at Torrent, this week.
Rev. 2. Ball, of Monica, held services
at the Christian Church here Satur-
day and Sunday which were we'll
attended-County Judge Green Kill
burn called a special term of the
Lee Fiscal Court, last Friday and an
order was made to build bridge
across the Middle Fork Of the Ken
lucky River, at the mouth Of Lymans
Creek; the proposed bridge will cost
some eight or ten thousand dollars.
Eli Newton, Constable at Heidel-
berg, brought in Charley Allen,
charged with shooting VIM. Ross on
Sturgeon last Saturday, he claimed
to have done the shooting in self de-
fense.-S. p. Kash, who recently pur-
chased a farm at Lumber Point,
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-04-20
WORLD NEWS
CONTINUED From First Page)

Continued From First Page)
ept Tor NUMBER or vain counter az
tacks by the French. continued. A
new drive by the crown price right
wing on the western bank Of the
Mouse is foreshadowed by intense
drum fire" against the French posi-
lions in the Avocourt wood and be-
tween Dead Mans hill and Cumieres,
as reported by the French war once.
II is here that the Germans are ex-
pected to launch the next great drive.
their objective being hill 304, consid-
cred the key to the verdun-Paris rail-
road.
Berlin. in its Official statement, dis
poses Of the operations on the west
ern front by saying there are no in
cidents to report" The general feel
ing. both in the French and German
capitals, is that the hour is ripe for
new attack by the Teutons, who
have enjoyed comparative rest for al
most a week,
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-04-20
No whisky Advsrtissmsntsi
No lmmodsst News 1tsmsl
OPEN AIR SERVICES

Palm Sunday was marked by the
renewal OF the weekly open air
meetings which proved such sue
cess last fall. This meeting was
held at the Point. The College
band gave a short concert after
which Doctor Raine read and ex-
pounded short passages of scripture.
There were about two hundred
present. These meetings prove to
be an objective point for Sunday
afternoon walks and furnish pleas
ant recreation. The place OF meet
ing next Sunday will be announced
later.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-04-20
PUBLIC SPEAKING CLASS ENTER
TANNED

Monday night the members OF
Doctor Raine's public speaking class
walked TO his home where they
were royalty entertained. Doctor
Raine gave a very fine reading and
Interpretation Of Shakespeare's
Romeo and Juliet. He not only
teaches his class how to read, but
he also gives them striking exam
pies and allows them to put their
knowledge to a practical use. After
the conclusion of the reading, re-
freshments were served and at a
late hour all turned their faces to-
ward Berea. The return walk in
the moonlight was made the moro
romantic by having heard such o
matchless reading of one OF the
worlds best known dramas.