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The Detroit times., 1916-01-12
AMERICAN BRITISH PEERS

William Waldorf Astor is not the only living
American born British peer Francis AUston
Charming whose earliest years We're spent in
Massachusetts was created n baronet Ia 1902,
and was elevated 10 the peerage In 1912. whom
he became Baron Charming. He was born
March 81 1slt but the biographical sketches do
not show whether Cincinnati or Boston was bis
birthplace At all events, his father, the Rev.
w VI Charming the nephew Of the Rev William
Ellery Charming. closed his pastorate in Cincin-
natl that year and moved 10 Boston. The Rev.
w n Charming succeeded James Martineau al
pastor Of the Hope Street chapel In Liverpool
in 1852 and although the last years Of the civil
war saw him back In America, serving az the
chaplain Of the national senate. he remained in
England for practically the rest OF his life.
Francis Allston Charming was educated at OK.
ford and In English public life. Ho has proved
worthy of the great American name or Channing,
and his honors have come as reward Of merit.
Springfield Republican.
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the party has been so conceived in pur-
pose that the people of the country
would refuse to let it go out of existence.
YET.
It's followers should consider, as they
confront these reports of decreasing
numbers that are spread for apparent ef-
feet, that at this time OF The year four
years ago or last presidential election
year there was NO SUCH THING as a
Progressive party. and that there would
never have been one but for the manner
in which the steam roller of the Old
Guard was run over the rank and file
in the party i'm Chicago.
The time t. count noses in the Pro-
gressive party VIII be AFTER the next
Chicago convention.
If the people Of the country are shown
at that time that the Republican party
has learned its lesson and has really
come back 20 the people, the Progress
sive party viii be without reason for ex-
istence.
If the Old Guard and the steam roller
are found i'm control again with their old
standpat and reacti0nary doctrines,
there will be more than ever q reason
for a Progressive party and more Pro
gressives than ever.
Meantime the Progressives might let
the other fellows do the worrying.
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A Poem a Day
DO A nnAn snLnIEn.

TO A DEAD SOLDIER.
Though All the primrose paths OF
morning called
Your. feet 70 follow them, and all
the winds
or all the hills OF earth. with pluck
ing hands
Wooed you TO slopes that shOue like
emerald
You might not 60. The thin green
grass that binds
Your feet had Earth and Death TO
forge its bands.
The rains wet kiss is on your lips,
where lay
once the live pulses OF a woman's
soul.
Your eyes give back unto the quiet
only the sheen OF stars. the glare Of
day.
or darkness when the kindly
shadows roll
Up from the sea 20 hide YOU where
you lie
No woman's whisper holds your
strong heart spent
And breathleas All the silver
horns that blew
While legtons cheered. are still. These
things are done.
But these you have. death for
monument
And peace you died 20 buy and
after you
The lauEhins play OF children in
the sun.
by Kendall Harrison,
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Achew! Grip Is Old and
the Pesky Thing Is Also a
Foreigner. Achew! Chew!

Cheer up! And II you can't cheer up, sneeze
up,
selves off and on, since the fourteenth century
and more too, very likely.
Way back in the Middle Ages. Italy recorded
an epidemic OF the Influenza.
Il had a much longer and uglieT name but II
was this same sneezinE. coughing. sweating and
swearing affair that's now making dear 10 you
the handkerchiefs OF your entire family and con
yerting you into blasphemer Of the kindly, in
nocent weather man
But those old Italians. having no weather
bureau goat blamed it upon the influnce OF
stars and comets, a proceeding that will do you
quite as much good as cussing Mr.. Conger our
worthy head OF the local weather bureau.
Again when Wellington and Napoleon were
trying TO get at each other. in the Peninsula
campaign all Spain suddenly took the grip,
and the English and French armies actually
couldn't fight owing to sneezng, etc. etc, etc
for some time.
They wanted to fight awfully bad too. being
especially ugly, but every last man Of them was
too busy fighting his own nose.
Some % years ago America got her first
strong, recorded does OF It.
II was terribly fatal to elderly people and a
good many OF the middle-aged saved themselves
by feeding quinine and taking hot liquor and
hot baths 10 the limit Of their capacity
And what do You think is the cause Of II. &C
cording to very high medical authority Just
human dirtiness.
Nd9 oFci III HAuShid ol III tAlllAhr Ut IN SOME
other part OF the Orient, the great masses OF
humanity become unusually dirty, because Of IA
mine, poverty or var, and their emanatiOns pol
lutte the atmosphere
Old Man Grip just rides the breezes into west,
ern civilization, where we ride In closed cars,
sit in stuny theaters. kiss promiscuously and
breathe air that has been used under various
other conditions. Think Of Il
Your sneeze germ may really belong TO a
dirty denizen OF an opium den in the Yangtse-
Kiang valley Aren't the ways OF nature won
derful? They are And--excuse US while we
blow-some of her ways ought 70 be prohibited
by rafting good reform law.
Achew! Doggone the--achewi Achew, This
olankety blank blank-achew, Oh, what's the
use, anyhow!
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Pointed Paragraphs

All the good novelists are rich
In imagination.
Some people know too much 20
believe anything.
Just the same, we enjoy the
praise OF men whom we despise
Many an outwardly handsome
woman is !nwardly homely
Happiness Is the ever retreating
summit on the hill OF ambition
II you are in love don't so TO a
bachelor or spinster for advice
II ia far better to be bent on
economy than broke on extraya-
gance.
Don't think because a woman is
outspoken that she can be ont.
talked
II young man has more money
than brains he can AFFORD TO weer
wrist watch.
A girl never looks older than she
is unless she has her hair in curl
papers.
The man who talks lOuiest on a
street corner is apt TO 5e dumb as
an oyster when az home
With the onward march Of civil
ization more opportunities arise for
non 10 make fools OF themselves.
There Is no place like home-ac
eording TO the glowing description
given by the man who is trying 90
sell hts
An Ohio man is said 20 have IN
vented selfoperuting typewriter
but what most OF us need is "A ma
chine that viii do lts own thinking
The Detroit times., 1916-01-12
From Another Point of New

According to astronomers, it is now
late in April on Mars. Let's petition
the common council now to adopt the
time schedules they have on Mars.
A young theologue, named Fiddle,
Declined the Doctors degree;
Its enough" quoth he, ''to be Fiddle.
Without being Fiddle d. d."
E.P.C.
Denied an increase in pay by his
father, Kansas boy ran away and Join
ed the army. He didn't raise his bOv.
he's now a soldier.
The shades Of night were falling fast.
When through an Alpine village passed
A youth who bore, mid snow and ice.
A banner with this strange device.
Excelsior.
A tavern offered feathered nest.
Upon tick he sank. 20 rest.
His banner placed by bedsid near.
Read what was sticking i'm his ear:
Excelsior
Every little while the Hearst newspa-
pers attack Wilson for his Mexican policv
suggesting that Hearst till has that cat
tie ranch down there William Randolph
seems inclined to give it to the admins
tration till the cows come home.
Thirty-four members were present at
a reunion of the Hicks family i'm Michi-
gan. Quite a few-quite a few of the
family on hand
A marriage license was issued Monday
to Erwin A. Steiner and Mary Raugle.
We've all married pretty much into
Mary's family.
A license was granted, also, TO Szozepan
Kompielewski, or something like that.
and Zofa Wirczkowska, who in changing
her name seems to be jumping out of the
frying pan into the fire.
The Detroit times., 1916-01-12

There stin exists among relatives
and friends of the mentally III a
widespread prejudice against hospi-
tails for the insane This often re-
suits in the retention al home OF
persons who really are in great need
OF hospital treatment
In chief measure. there can be no
doubt. the popular prejudice against
hospitals for the insane is due 70
a fear that those committed 10 such
hospitals may be badly treated. And
It cannot be denied that not so
many years ago there was ample
reason for this fear.
In private and public hospitals
alike there was much mismanage-
ment. even abuse. of the unfortu-
nate inmates. In too many cases
they we're treated not as sick per
sons so much as criminals
Today In all civilized coutries
things are greatly improved In the
United States, though reports OF in
human treatment still are heard
from time 20 time. there has been q
particularly noteworthy improve
ment in conditions.
OF recent years tS!s improvement
has been accelerated by the FERN
ing OF organizations having for spe-
cifc object the prevention OF mental
disease and the safeguarding OF the
interests Of its unfortunate victims
These organizations, II Is interesting
70 know, came into existence
through the crusading zeal OF man
who had himself experienced the
evils be afterward set out 10 rem
edy.
Clifford W Beers began his work
OF reform by establishing IN Con-
necticut a society for mental by
giene. Today there are similar so
cieties In a number OF states. and
Mr.. Beers himself is executive sec
retary Of the national committee for
Mental Hygiene. that includes In its
personnel some OF the bestknown
citizens Of the United States
Doctor Leweilys F. Barker Of
Johns Hopkins university is AZ ne
heed Of this committee. President
Emeritus Charles ". Eliot Of Har-
yard 81 one OF its vice-presidents.
It's exc at!ve board includes physi.
clans Of Vide reputation. such as
Doctors August Hoch, George Blum
er. william Mabon. and william L.
Russell
Thus apart from Improvement in
hospital methods due 10 greater
scientific knowledge OF the causes
and proper treatment Of insanity.
there has been steadily increasing
pressure IN the direction OF compel
ing more humane custodIal care.
Relatives OF the insane need no
longer shudder al the thought of en.
trusting their loved ones 10 an
asylum
Instead they should take into con.
sideration the fact that the mental
The Detroit times., 1916-01-12
More Progressives
Today, Anyhow, Than There
Were Four Years Ago

We are somewhat surprised at the
concern of Progressives over the reports
that their leaders have abandoned the
cause.
In the first place, they ought to be
used to the thing by this time.
In the second place, they ought to
know the newspapers that are opposed
to them, by this time. and to know that
these newspapers in their efforts to be-
little the Progressive movement and to
minimize its strength, have motives of
their own.
The Progressive cause is such, and
The Detroit times., 1916-01-12
Army of Construction

How much better It would be for
every young man in THIS country
II he were obhged 10 give one year
OF his life to MS country. say. be-
tween the ages OF 19 and 90 for
the purpose Of benehtiag the coun.
try as a whole These benefits
could accrue IN many ways
In building permanent high
ways under a thoroughly organized
plan differing from the "helter.skel-
ter method Of the present day
q Construction OF dams on our
great rivers for power and the
building OF electrical plants TO b.
run by this power. the resulting
electricity to be sold 20 the con.
sumer In every part OF our great
country.
3 The building OF leyees so that
the tremendous annual spring de.
struction that runs into the millions
every wear az the result OF spring
freshets might be materially Les
sened
4. The reclamation Of thousands
OF acres Of swamp lands that are
more than useless now, and which
are a deadly menace to the health
OF the people as they exist today.
5. The reforesting of devastated
areas that exist. especially through
the east.
This army OF young men could be
taught to do this character OF work,
ard IN so doing they would not only
render a valuable service 20 their
country but the men themselves
would become proficient in some
lines Of their own choosing. After
the obligatory service TO the coun-
try had expired they would have
a solid foundation of a trade or
profession which they could per
feet. becoming exceedingly useful
citizens. This should BE- known as
an army of construction not an
army OF destruction. the whole idea
being one OF building up and not
tearing down.
The military training would
make men Of them and would teach
them discipline. tho one great need
in every young mans life II
would produce that levoling In go
ciety which Europe is experiencing
now That Is, the irresponsible fel-
low from the lower east sido"
would be brought MP to much
higher standard, and the velvet
footed "highbrow" would be brought
down 10 a plane OF usefulness that
would be OF great benefit 20 him II
would tell these young 1en IN no
uncertain tones that thcy owed
something to the country that wss
sheltering them and offering theui
advantages 70 earn a living and op.
portunities for swift advancement
unequaled by any country IN tho
world Letter TO the New York
Times
The Detroit times., 1916-01-12
Industrial Statistics

The state OF New York maintains
a commission, known as the state
industrial commission. which has a
bureau OF statistics. This bureau
renders invaluable aid TO business
men throughout the state, and, 10 a
lesser extent. throughout the coun-
try. by reporting on the condition
OF the states prosperity every
month, This report Is based on sta-
tistics gathered from / 800 repre-
sentative manufacturing concerns
employing a total OF nearly 500 600
persons. The figures compiled at
the end OF November showed an in
crease Of four per cent in the mum.
Der OF employees and six per cent in
wages over the October average. II
is further shown that the only indus
tries which did not show a substan-
tion increase in business last month
were the clothing group. the food
liquor and tobacco group, and the
stone, clay and glass products
group The most hopeful figures,
however. are those which show that
the Increase I'm wages paid in No
vember. 1915. was 25 per cent over
November, 1914, and the increase In
the number OF employees during the
same period was 14 per cent.
The metals. machinery and con
veyauces group. into which many OF
the factories making munitions or
war fall. showed an increase OF 2S
per cent in the number OF employees
and Al per cent in the pay roll over
November. 1914 In this group the
shipbuildinE, firearms. steel and ma
chinery trades showed the most sub
stantial gains, and this, OF course,
can be accounted for 70 a certain
extent BY the war. But the jewelry
and silverware industries. which, as
a rule, suffer frst in times Of de
preston and recover last in times OF
rising prosperity. are also number
cd among the most hourishing This
can be accounted for only on the
theory that better business in gen
eral has encouraged the spending
ffA ftfINEN a0A AnAnAAEas hAG kAbNR
including The fur. leather and rub
Der industries, employed IS per
cent more persons and paid 81 per
cent more wages than a year ago,
The strong demand for fur trim.
ming. and war orders for boots and
shoes and rubber goods. carried this
group 20 greater prosperity.
Scattered through the report are
examples OF industries which were
less prosperous in November this
year than in October. but without
exception they we're in better con
dition than a year ago. New York
Industries are fairly representative
Of the whole country. There II the
same variety and about the same
market Therefore the report OF
conditions az they exist at the pres
ent time in some 300 factories In
Sew York state may be regarded az
least az an indication that the move
ment Of money induced by the influx
~ war orders and the marketing or
American crops h being generally
felt The only regret associated
with this upward trend r. that owing
10 the widespread effect Of the war
~ ~ difficult 20 account for this
pros perity with reasonable accu-
racv. Certainly the war is not al
together responsible. and certainly
tho war Is responsible to an /appre-
ciable extent
The Detroit times., 1916-01-12
This Way to Your Train

Electric elevators. as we'll as roll.
ing staircases for subways. are be
ing used IN several of the under.
ground stations az PariN where the
tunnel lies at such a depth that
there are many stairs 10 climb bo.
fore reaching the surface one ele-
yator rises while the other one,
elongside. ls coming down A spe-
cial corridor leads from the station
platform 20 the elevators. AZ the
arrival Of each train one OF the ele-
vators is IN readiness and Il is nn-
cd and started up with very
short time.
The Detroit times., 1916-01-12
MONARCHY
6Y DR.. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. b. Frank Crane,

Never before in the history of the
world, said the Independent recently,
"has it been possible for man to COM
init so gigantic crime rs Yuan Shih-kai
committed in signing away the liberties
of four hundred millions of people. It is
the crowning act of his long career of in
trigue and treachery. He has in turn be-
trayed all parties which have trusted
him. He betrayed the emperor and be-
trayed the empress dowager. He be-
trayed the Boxers and betrayed their
opponents. He has betrayed the Man
chus and betrayed the Chinese. He has
betrayed the monarchy and betrayed the
republic. Made president through the
self -abnegation of DR.. Sun Yat-sen, who
accomplished the revolution, he used his
Office to make a god of Confucius and a
monarch of himself He is condemned
out of his own mouth, for in 1912 he
said:
ION the day on which the republic was
proclaimed ! announced TO the whole ma
ton that never again shall monarchy
be proclaimed in China AT my inaugu-
ration / again took this solemn oath in
the sight of heaven and earth"
These words sharply tell the truth
about the latest criminal assault upon a
nations life.
1t is a sample of the outworkings of
monarchy.
Monarchy is what ails the world.
To it is traceable the hideous holocaust
now smudging the sky of Europe.
The people had no say in bringing on
this war 1t is a clash of dynastic swol-
len egos.
When the allied powers advised Pekin
that the setting up of monarchy was
inadvisable at the present time the reply
was that since the majority of the prov
inces had voted in favor of the step it
was impossible to refuse. Nobody be-
lieves the genuineness Of this statement,
since the provincial notables who voted
for an emperor were all appointed or con-
trolled by Yuan.
But what can you expect? The guide
OF monarchies is Machiavei.
Monarchy is the enthronement Of the
iniquitous principle Of special privilege.
It is the apotheosis Of brute force, the
institution of national life.
1t is the apotheosis Of brute force, the
exploitation of the many by the few.
It's path is marked with lying and lux
ury. tyranny, insolence and fraud.
It's right hand is the army, and war is
its means for diverting the minds Of the
people from their rights.
1t is the assassin of liberty.
II has no conscience but expediency.
It is founded on unreason, maintained
by popular ignorance anG the power Of
gent inertia, retains its hold only
by perverting patriotism and invariably
leads at last TO destruction.
1t is covered with tho hereditary boils
of miltarism and breaks ont periodically
in the pus of war.
It's spiritual fruit is pride vainglory,
egotism, self-indulgence, cruelty and or
ganized crime.
It's specious efficiency is gained by the
sacrifice Of the peoples welfare.
SO here's hoping the old traitor Yuan
may soon be deposed, and along with him
all the czars, kaisers. emperors and kings
that infest the world.
The Detroit times., 1916-01-12

the school child
Many a case OF
defective vision IS
due 20 eye strain
from trying 20
study in a dim
light or 20 the et-
feet Of direct
glare which may
80 r-.a.ff.- E~-..fs
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This is a Story of Three
Headlines Over the Same
Story in Three Papers

This is the story of three headlines
in three Detroit newspapers.
The art of headwriting consists of tell
ing the story as completely as possible in
very few words.
AS heads are valued, the one that tells
the most facts is the best written.
The headwriter strives always, there
fore, to get in as many facts as possible.
His work is his pride.
Sometimes, however. his newspaper S
policy comes between him and his pride
and pride has to give way to expediency.
The headlines involved in this story of
ours appeared in the three afternoon
newspapers over the story of the East
Youngstown riot.
The feature of that story, particularly
for a city in Michigan, a state entering
upon campaign for prohibition, was the
fact that beer and whisky, rolled in bar
rels from beseiged saloons and given out
indiscriminately to the strikers and their
sympathizers, was responsible for the
loss of life and destruction of property
Now let's see how the headlines read:
One of them said:
1.-TWO Thousand Troops Protect
Youngstown, o., After $1,O00,000
Fire.
This headline appeared in the Detroit
afternoon newspaper that has taken to
beer exclusively while tapering off from
q whisky spree.
That is to say, the newspaper in which
it appeared recently dropped whisky ad-
vertising from its columns, but still ac-
cepts and prints BEER advertising,
which represents, anyway, the BIGGER
COPY and the MORE MONEY.
Another headline said:
Troops Block New Mobs in
Burned Town."
This one appeared in newspaper that
recently announced it had decided to
throw out all liquor advertising and
would do so as soon as existing contracts
expired
1t isn't free yet to put complete head
lines over It's news stories-it is still un-
der contract to BOOZE.
The headline that told the truth about
the affair said:
whisky, Fire and Dynamite Rule
Youngstown for Night"
This is the heading that appeared over
the riot story in The Times, which many
years ago banished BOTH whisky and
beer advertising from its columns and
which is as free today as it has been dur
ing the many years, to TELL THE
TRUTH; to say when crime is due to
intoxicating liquor that it was due to IN
TOXICATING LIQUOR, whether beer
OR whisky.
The Detroit times., 1916-01-12
PUNISHED FOR TRIBUTE TO HUGO

An engineer and a professor Of Brussels uni
vcrgity have been sentenced to hne OF 1000
marks or six months inernment In Germany,
for having on May rs. tho anniversary of the
death OF Victor Hugo, hung wreaths on the
oaks Of Hougoumont beneath which the poet
wrote part OF les Miserablcs London
Fvcryman
The Detroit times., 1916-01-12

The area OF glass in windows
should be AZ least one-hfth OF the
floor area OF the room. and the
light should come from the left
side Of the pupils and from the
long walls OF the classroom On
bright days the glare should be con
trolled by shades.
The Detroit times., 1916-01-12
MARTTAL CHALLENGEs

The very tone some married persons employ
In addressing one another as dear" is often
sufficient TO start rOw.--Phadelphia Inquirer
The Detroit times., 1916-01-12
GOT 'EM ALL

Mess C0ok-'Ere Bill next time you send M
n crate of chickens sec that they don't get loose
rve spent hours securing the neghborh0Od and
only been able 10 find ten
Orderly -I'sh Erb ush. only sent yer six!
-Tfd. RitH
The Detroit times., 1916-01-12
The Keep Well Column
LIGHT

The light in the classroom IL an
important factor IN the health OF
The Detroit times., 1916-01-12

The community assumes a serious
responsibility when St takes the
child away from the woods and
fields and shuts it mp for the bet
ter part Of the day IN a school
house
The least then that we can do as
citizens 81 TO aid our health ofii-
GERS IN seeing that the conditions
under which We keep the child IN
the artificial environment are made
as little harmful 70 health as pos
sible.
Most o. our human worries are
simply excess baggage that NO do
not need 10 take along and which
TO carry costs us IN bodily wear
and tear ten tines its value.
The Detroit times., 1916-01-12

Without any disturbance OF busi.
ness Cuba has adopted its new ma
tlonal coinage.
The Detroit times., 1916-01-12

We believe the newspaper owes it to its
readers to remain free to tell the truth
ALL THE TIME; not only upon special
occasions.
The Detroit times., 1916-01-12

According to astronomers, it is now
late in April on Mars Let's petition
the common council now to adopt the
time schedules they have on Mars.