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The Detroit times., 1916-01-13
A Poem a Day
ARGn nnI.CE


ITO Charles Eliot Sortonl
The wind IS registering ouf W doors
Ny windows shake and ms chimney
Ny Eimaood chimneys seem Groom
As Of ola In their moody. minor KEY.
And ogt of the past the hoarse wind
As / 81 n my armchair and toas,
mT toes.
"Ho' no, nins-and forty" they seem
we saw YOU a little todding thing
We knew you child and youth and
A wonderful fellow TO dream and
plan,
with 4 great thing always 10 come
who knows?
Well well' Us some comfort to toast
How many times have you sat at
TIN t5e smolderins IRE forgot to
Shaping among the whlmGcaI Goals
Fancies and figures and shining
what matters the ashes that cover
while hickory lasts you can toast
your toes.
70 dream -sni o. builder Wnere are
they all,
Your grand three -deckers. deep
Chested and tall.
That should crush the waves under
canvas piles.
And anchor az last by the Fortunate
TsIea7
There's gray In your beard. the years
turn foes,
While you muse in your armchair
and toast your toes
7 sit and dream that hear as Of
vore.
Ny Elmwood yhimnsys' dsep-throated
II much be gone. there is much re-
BY the embers of loss I count my
gains
You and yours with the best. tui the
old hope gloWs
Ia the fanciful fame, as 7 toast ny
toes.
Instead or aoet % sroad-browea
ships
TO send a chnds armada OF chtps,
Instead of tHe great guns. tier on
tier,
a freight Of pebbles and grass blades
gere,
Well maybe more love with the less
gift goes"
! growL az. hair moody. toast ny
james Russell Lowell.
The Detroit times., 1916-01-13

IL is a trite saying, but one which
many parents almost entirely ignore,
tha, example is the best Of all teach
ers.
Probably II people more clearly
understood why example is thus in
iUential. It's edacative possibilities
would be more Systematically EN-
ployed In the upbringing OF the
young
At all ages OF life, indeed, example
is a potent force for good and for
evil But II is especially potent in
the first years
This is because children, their
faculty OF independent judgment be
ing undeveloped, are abnormally In
clined 10 imitation.
They are so constituted that they
must think and they must act In
stinctively, 70 give their minds op-
portunity for growth through exer
else. they seek food for thought and
/ models for conduct
They hnd this food and these mod
els ready at hand in the words and
behavior OF those around them. and
particularly their parents with
whom they are most closely associ
sted Accordingly they are more
prone 70 initiate their psrerts than
10 initiate anybody else ~
Here Is the parents opportunity
to train them by providing worthy
example for imitation.
For the matter OF that, parents
may rest assured that II they do not
provide a good example their chill
dren will find in the kind OF exam
pie the parents do give them an In
fuence that viii have a lifelong ef-
feet on the development OF their
characters.
For. as any modern psychologist
will tell you. habits are formed
early, and the Impressions made on
the mind in childhood are the most
lasting Of all impressions and the
most difficult 70 blot out.
The truth OF this was eloquently
stated more than a century ago by
wise old German pastor in words
which every parent should learn b.
heart
Our children are what we are.
They are good when we are good,
and bad when We are bad.
'T could extend this assertion.
With full conviction could say they
become clever, magnanimous. mod.
est. witty, agreeable. amiable, II
there are our qualities.
They become the opposite ~ We
precede them with the opposite.
Parents, remember this. instruc-
ton begins. but example accomp-
lishes."
Therefore. II you wish your chill
dren 10 be kind, to be industrious.
10 be honest. set them in your daily
life ar home an example OF kind.
ness, OF industry, Of honesty.
Quarrel with your wife, loaf
The Detroit times., 1916-01-13
TEACH BY EXAMPLE
n ADDiNoToN BRUCE


around the house lead an empty
minded existence generally, and YOU
need not be surprised II your chill
dren turn out 20 De anything but
creditable members OF society
Every word you speak in their
hearing. every act you do In their
presence, your whole attitude To-
ward life and toward your fellow
men, will count in the making or
the marring Of your childreu's char
acters, the upbuiiding or the stunt
ing OF their minds
Doubt this and you doubt il at a
great risk 20 the welfare OF the lit.
tie ones who are. or ought TO be.
most precious 20 you
The Detroit times., 1916-01-13

obtained IN experiments conducted
recently At the University Of Lon.
don to determine whether the trans
mission OF tuberculosis by books
was possible.
The experimenters found that
while book may be infected by a
tuberculosis patient the germs sur.
vive but a short time. fov they do
not ind conditions outside - the
animal body conducive 10 life. Fur
thermore they cannot reproduce
their kind when thrown outside Of
their natural environment
Don't consider this the hibernat
ing season-keop in the open.
The Detroit times., 1916-01-13

were thought 90
be, has been prov
en- recently by a
number ~ re.
search libraries Q
Library boots
for a long time
have been kuS.
pected of carry
The Detroit times., 1916-01-13
HERE'S TO YOU
6Y DIR. FRANK CRANE
Copyright, 1915. bX.-Es-al1 ,Crase,

Here's TO you, my friend May no
bitterness ever creep between us!
Whichever of us goes first to the others
funeral, may the world there seem poor
er and lonelier to him!
Here's TO you, my enemies! It's a
big world, full of excellent transporta-
tion facilities, and may you 90 far
away and stay there
Here's to you, democracyl And may
you come soon all over the earth!
Here's to you, kings and kaisers, czars
and emperors, and all other holdovers
from mediaevalism, and may the people
soon push you off the planetl
Here's TO you, soldiers, captains, and
generals, and may you speedily join the
gladiators, inquisitors, and hangmen in
the realm of oblivion.
Here's to you, Henry Ford, and all
Quakers and Socialists, and others with
a peace dream, whether Quixotic or prac-
teal, and if you can't succeed one way
may you try anotherl
Here's TO you, wage workers, and may
your tribe increase until the last adult
shall work for living For then we
can quit working the children.
Here's to you, lovers, for you're all
that keeps God from burning up this
rotten old globel May tender thoughts
and soft nothings and handciasps and
kisses multiply! And may we some day
use our prisons and asylums for shut
ting up all who are not in lovel
Here's to you, womenl May you soon
be given equal privilege everywhere
with men, and make them as decent in
politics as you have made them decent
at home!
Here's to you, little childrenl May
you have all the play and laughter you
can crowd into your days, and may
every last one of you get thorough ed
ucation, and not one of you have to
work until you are grown up!
Here's to you, dogs, horses and birds,
and may We learn to love you more and
treat you better!
/ Here's TO you, failures and down-and-
cutters! May you learn that the world
has warm spot and welcome for you,
too, if youTl keep thinking so!
Here's to you, happy girls chattering,
carefree boys playing. and all young
things that dance and sing! More power
70 your lungs and legs.
And here's to you, good fellows all,
companionable and kindly, helpful and
mirthful! May you never lack for
feast and a loving cup, whimsy quip,
or roaring joke!
Here's to you, everybody! Laughter
and love to you'll And to hell with war,
the thoughts that make it, and the peo-
pie that profit by it!
The Detroit times., 1916-01-13
Let the People
Rule-and Write
What % You Eat7

To the Editor Of The Times:
In the various letters and editor
ials which have appeared recently
on the grip epidemic-which seems
likely to sweep over the country as
Il did some years sgo-why is II
that so much stress is laid on the
danger Of impure air and breathing
the germs scattered broadcast in all
public places by the ul.bred, sneez.
ing, coughing. wheeling individual
who neElects 10 cover his face With
his handkerchief during this rather
disgusting performance and moth
ing whatever is said OF the danger
from 100 much aud indigesti6le food
The paramount importance OF clean
air and thorough ventilation Is con
-inuauy diuned into our ears. but
few II any. warnings are sent ont
regarding the dangers OF over-eat.
ing aud the yi-llen- poisons thus
produced in the intestinal tract by
undiCe~tsd dec1mposing food
which infect The blood and cause
uore disease than even the foul air
n the moving picture places
Since s-ip--an1 other contagious
Diseases flourish tt THIS particular
season of the year, when most per
sons are prone TO oyeriHdulgence
in foods which are urwholesome, IS
y not more than probable that this
.s a potent factor In causing these
Diseases
70 is safe 10 venture tho assertion
that person who Is clean internal
iy, as sell as externally IS practical
iy u mune from all d.s"asc--anl
particularly from cpidemics-and
SIC should an b. spared consider
able discomfort and annoyance az
his trying season, n our learned
physicians would cor descend tc
make known n simple remedy
slightly saltcd warm water
which. II snuded gently mp the nos
trils, from a teaspoon, night and
morning, viii positively clear the
head. and relcgate the handkerchief
90 the privacy Of ones own boudoir.
lt IS really quite "A simple matter
20 keep oneself comparatively well
by exercising n little selfrestraint
and common sense, but since the
majority of poor, weak mortals are
abjcct slaves 10 their gross bodies,
and obey all its demands, regard
less OF health or morals. doctors
and druggists will doubtless con-
tinue 10 thrive
ELEANOR WARNER.
The Detroit times., 1916-01-13

lndorses Sleeper Candidacy.
TO thc Editor of The Times:
am a reader and subscriber OF
your paper and through its columns
would like to lndorse the name OF
Hon. A. r. Sleeper, Of Bad Axe, as
candidate for governor at the com
ing state election
No more suitable a man than he
could be found, az tho nne record
ne made when state treasurer will
prove.
/ have known Mr., Sleeper per
sonally fer n number OF years. and
wish 10 state he IS as honest, clean
cut and well-quaIihel man for
that Office as / would care 20 meet
Mr. Sleeper is what would call
tho peoples or workingman's can.
didate. for although he Is big
nnancler md controls a large chain
Of banks besides other industries.
rtill he is more or the peoples sort
than the general average Of men in
his position.
lie Is thoughtful Of all, no matter
what their means, and II iF not an
uncommon thing for him, no matter
how busy. or how valuable his time.
10 stop long enough TO do someone
n kindness. thus showing ;he true
qualities OF gentleman that hc
possesses.
Hc can't be bought, and ~ nom
mated and elected, ~ viii be-
through the esteem IN which he g.
held BY his fellow citizens and
friends. W n QUAYLE.
Detroit Mich, Jan 9, 1913. n
The Detroit times., 1916-01-13
Calling for Sober Men
On One Page; Inviting En-
Up TO the Bar On Another

said the Free Press in an editorial,
commenting upon the latest automobile
killing:
The automobile had no risht TO be in
side tho safety zone It was driven by a
drunken man, the police say. II that Is the
case. the offeuse IS aggrayatec No drunken
man should De iH charge OF a highpowered
engine on lhe public highway
The Free Press is right.
That is exactly how the railroad cor
porations feel about it.
They do not want drunken men driv-
ing their locomotives,
That is exactly how the automobile
manufacturer feels about It.
He doesn't want drunken men oper-
ating the machines in his factory.
That is the way the Detroit United
Railway feels about it.
tt wouldn't have drunken motorman
around for an instant.
That is the way the Free Press feels
about IT,
That is the way every employer and
everybody else feels about it.
HOW LONG WOULD A BREWER
OR A DISTILLER KEEP A DRUNKEN
ENGINEER OR 4 DRUNKEN BOOK
KEEPER?
The Detroit times., 1916-01-13

ing the Infection Of tuberculosis.
and some libraries went 20 far a.
to adopt the regulation that no
books should be issued 10 nbcrcu-
losis patients
But readers OF library books may
end some comfort IN the findings
The Detroit times., 1916-01-13
HOWEVER

hON EN En-
Let's take another page of the Free
Press.
This editorial arraignment of the
drunken auto driver appeared on page 4.
On page II. in the same issue OF our
morning newspaper, there appeared the
advertisement Of a certain brand Of beer,
or an appeal to the drivers of high-pow-
cred machines to have something-a
case, maybe. to put in the machine.
We take it that when the Free Press
saws "No drunken man should be IN
charge of high-powered machine on
the public highway" it means what 1t
says.
And simply call that newspapers at
tention to the fact that it is in the busi-
ness of selling intoxicating liquor and
getting men drunk.
The Detroit times., 1916-01-13
From Another Point of NeU
BIZ c. T. S.

Ten whales, thought to have been
struck by ships. we're washed ashore off
the Virginia coast. In a case of this
kind do they investigate to ascertain
whether there were Americans on
board?
If William Muncey is granted a di-
vorce he will spend little time rejecting
sadly. later on, over any ifs" He tells
the court his wife smokes cigarettes and
there's nothing around the house but
butts"
A reporter has Assistant Prosecuting
Attorney Speed saying that the man
killed by an auto while he was standing
in a safety zone should have been looking
out for himself. Which is going some,
too, Mr.. Speed.
The Detroit times., 1916-01-13
A pesncrate Remndu.

The Coed III you don't approve
OF girls falling IN love why do you
recommend early marriages."
The Dean Because that 81 the
quickest cure for IT,
The Detroit times., 1916-01-13
THE WORM TURNS

How mueh are your four dollar shoes7"
asked the smart one
Two dollars foot replied the salesman,
YEARLY Judge.
The Detroit times., 1916-01-13
A Known or a Doubtful
Quantity for Judge? The
Court or the Party, Which?

We are glad William Howard Taft is
not a politician.
The fact that he is far from being
anything of the kind enables us to ac-
cept his words of proposal for an inter-
national court to settle the differences
of nations, as sincerely spoken by a
great man of great mind, and not by a
seeker after office
Taft expressed himself once to a close
friend even while campaigning for the
Office of president and with his election
practically assured, that he was hap
piest always when in a court room.
His is a judicial temperament and
there is no wonder that he suggests for
the nation a court rather than battle
ship as a guarantee Of protection and
peace.
This suggestion is testimonial to his
faith in courts and his is the faith of
one who has served upon the bench.
There is nothing against his record
there, either.
This record, the Taft faith in courts
and his love of courts might well be
taken into consideration by President
Wilson as he casts about for a man TO
occupy the vacant seat on the United
States supreme bench.
1t would be the big thing and the
pretty thing, if not the party thing, for
the president to do.
Furthermore, it would be a step in
keeping with the theory Of non-partissn
judges as the best guarantee of justice
in the courts.
The Detroit times., 1916-01-13

Gov. Ferris says there is only one con-
Rition under which he would run again,
but refuses to say what that is He may
inve in mind the contingency of getting
slccted.
The Detroit times., 1916-01-13
The Keep Well Column
BOOKS

That books as disease carriers are
lot as vile offenders as they once
The Detroit times., 1916-01-13

We know of only one objection that
could be raised to the appointment Of
Taft and that is Taft's own appoint
ments of supreme court judges while
he was in the White House.
These were not always as happily
made as they could have been, but it is
easy to forget them and to forgive
Taft when we recall that perhaps no
public man was ever betrayed and sacri-
feed as Taft was while he was presi-
dent
We believe William Howard Taft in
tended to do as president everything he
promised he would do while he was a
candidate for the presidency.
We attribute his failure to do what he
promised to do, to party leaders who
haunted the White House with their
pleas for party solidarity, which result
ed, albeit, in the first split of any conse-
quence in the history of the party.
The country has come to look upon
William Howard Taft for what he really
is, only since he left the presidency,
where he couldn't be what he really is
on account of where he was.
If President Wilson gave this place to
Taft he would be told in his party that
it would be bad politics. but that would
be easier on a presidents conscience,
we imagine, than the appointment of a
bad judge.
The Times wouldn't mind seeing Taft
given the seat on the United States su-
preme bench.
President Wilson would be putting
there trained and capable judicial
mind, and man of the strictest integ-
rity and the finest kind Of personal char
acter.
There is no reason, but one, why Mr..
n Taft should NOT be named and that
Ione, as we have said. is partisan politics.
The Detroit times., 1916-01-13
Webster Up-to.Dat


Webster Up-tO-Date.
Carelessness-A thing that is possi-
bic Of practice only by the pedestrian.
That man down east who choked on
clam should have ordered little necks.
Going Up
It's as pretty a race, il is,
As we have ever seen;
It's hard TO pick the winner. too,
Twixt eggs and gasoline
Cupid Podzius." editor of a matrimo-
nial paper who declared only recently
that he brought about the marriage Of
10000, is dead. The fact ought 10 help
some toward world peace.
Now that a court has decided that
beneficiaries of a man hanged for homi-
eide cannot collect his insurance policy,
would you say his policy has or has not q
string to it2
Birmingham, Ala. has cooperative
plumbing shop. All that remains now.
we presume, is to get a plumber TO 90
back to 1t for the missing tools.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-12-19
Twice Proven

If you suffer backache, sleepless
nights, tired, dull days and dis
tressing urinary disorders, don't ex-
pertinent. Read this twice told
testimony. It's Mt. Sterling evidence
I-doubly proven.
Mrs. Enoch Bruton, 20 Harrison
St., Mt. Sterling, says: zone of
my family was in bad shape with
kidney trouble and Doan's Kidney
Pills, procured at Duerson's Drug
Store, gave great relief. | have also
used this medicine and it has helped
me wonderfully"
OVER THREE YEARS LATER,
Mrs. Bruton said: 81 gladly confirm
all / said about Doan's Kidney Pills
before"
soc, at all dealers. Foster-Mil-
burn Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y. 252t
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-12-19
TOBACCO IN KENTUCKY

Dark tobacco has sold in Hen
derson at 500 per hundred, the
highest price since the Civil War.
Burley is relatively high. Many
Kentucky farmers who planted to-
bacco this year will realize net
profits equal to the value of the
land on which the tobacco grew,
The situation will encourage the
planting of large acreage next
year. A low market next winter
would mean disappointment and
meager profits to many planters.
Tobacco is no soil builder II
rifles the soil of its richness, after,
in many cases, causing the sacrifice
of timber. How many noble "wood
pastures" in Kentucky have made
way for tobaecog
The profits Of tobacco are imme-
date and obvious. The weed is the
great "money crop of the sections
which produce it. While it often is
a money maker for the farmer, it
always is heavy drain upon the
farm. The problem for the farmer
is how often tobacco should be
planted, and how much Of the land
should be devoted to it, to the end
that the farm shall not be sacrificed
to the "money crop" That problem
should be of especial interest in
1916 when high market is sug-
gestive, and the temptation is to
"plunge" in tobacco planting. 1t
should be kept in mind that a
"money crop" is income, after the
expense Of producing ii is deducted,
and that the land IS capital, If ex-
pansion Of income means shrinkage
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-12-19
AlRPLANE. MAIL SERVICE
IS BEING CONSIDERED

Postoffice experts were at Chicago
in connection with the investigation
of proposition for postal aero
plane service between Chicago and
New York, last week. The Postoffice
Department has 100000 for ex-
periments with air service. Capt. E..
L. West, superintendent of railway
mail service, who is to report on
the subject, said aeroplane service
was bound to come.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-12-19

of capital the business is running =
dangerous course.
Tobacco is a crop to be grown
with discretion. Limited production
is more necessary to the individual
farmer as means of conserving
capital than to the farmers as
means Of maintaining prices. =
Courier Journal.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-12-19
WEAK, SORE LUNGS
Restored To Health By Vinoi

Camden, N. J.-'I had deep seated
cough, was rundown, and my lungs were
weak and sore. l had tried everything
suggested without help. One eve
ming l read about Vinol and decided
to try it. Soon I noticed an improve
ment l kept on taking it and today
am well man. The soreness is all
gone from my lungs, do not have any
cough and have gained fifteen pounds. !"
PRANK HILLMAN.
We guarantee Vinol for chronic
coughs, colds and bronchitis and for all
weak, rundown conditions
Bassett Drug Co., Mt. Sterling, Ky.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-12-19

There have been innumerabIe pro-
iects FOR schools or school courses
in the art and science of mother
hood. Some of them may have BEEN
successful, for all anyone knows,
although in the rush Of news ON
the advance styles in corsets and
earrings and other necessities there
seems no place for reviewing the
motherhood situation. But the will
Of the late Mrs. Lizzie Morrill,
Palmer, of Detroit, is attracting
some attention., momentarily. Mrs.
Palmer left something like one mil
lion dollars to found school of
motherhood. The million surely
tinkles in the ear, even if mother
hood doesn't mean much to some
mothers.
Mrs. Palmer's idea went deeper
than the mere vocal and instrument
tai teaching of motherhood. And
properly so. For the fundamentals
of motherhood can be picked from
ninety-e eight cent dictionary, while
what we want to see taught is the
responsibility, not the medicine of it.
Mrs. Palmer understood that. Her
plans provide for no ordinary clinic
in obstetrics, but for a school that
shall train girls of ten years and
upwards, mentally, morally, physi-
cally. and religiously for the dis
charge of the functions of wife
hood and motherhood and the man.
agement, supervision and inspira-
ton of the home. Poor girls will re-
ceive the training free. Rich girls
will pay-if it should strangely
happen that any girls with money
to spend are interested in such
affairs.
The will of Mrs. Palmer may
never be executed in it's finest in
tention. Ours is a busy world, and
motherhood is hardly more than an
incident as some women view it.
But it's good will. The beautiful
idealism of it may impress few,
even if people do snort at the
thought of going to school for pos
terity's sake.
A trifie eccentric, no doubt, but
hearken to these words of Mrs.
Palmer:
IL hold profoundly the convic-
ton that the welfare of any com
munity is divinely and hence in
separately dependent upon the quail
tiles of its motherhood and the
spirit and charity of its homes"
It sounds like the music of an
old song. You couldn't fox trot to
it to save your soul, but it does
have a certain melody.
Yes, we are a strictly a law abid-
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-12-19

Take the trouble to get well ac-
quainted with your children and to
interest yourself in their pastime,
etc. By this means they will learn
to trust and confide in you, and are
not easily led away by outside in
fuence. y
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-12-19

Yes, We are strictly law abid-
ing citizen. We believe in rigid
enforcement of the law against ev-
cry person-except ourself.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-12-19

If prices continue to advance it
will soon be cheaper to ride in an
automobile than to wear out shoe
leather.