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The Detroit times., 1916-11-23
BOARD PLANS TO
USE SCHOOLS AS
POLLING PLACES

Important changes in the election
rystem were considered Wednesday
tfternoon, when the city election
commission met for the first time
since Nov. Z. Use Of school build
inss as polling places and redistrict.
ing were discussed, as was a pro
IoSal 10 call fire department sta
tons and police department. branch
buildings into election service.
developments at the last election.
NOV I. caused the commission to
consider the changes II Is facing
an expense OF $4,000 for new voting
looths ~ the vote in many districts
Is disproportionetely large Creation
Of 100 new districts by cutting up
present ones is considered 10 end
congestion which threatened riots at
the last election.
At the next commission meeting.
more hgures on the size of the vote
In the precincts will be submitted
O. L. Duggan, election supt rvisor
in the first precinct os the Fifth
ward. gave the commission the
rames OF six questionable voters
who cast ballots Nov. I. These
were referred TO the prosecuting at.
tCrney.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23
So Asserts Railway
Counsel AT New
lands Hearing
COULD OPEN UP
NEW SUPPLIES
Faulty Regulation Is
Blamed BY A. p.
Thorn

WASHINGTON. Nov 23.-An In
crease OF the nations transportation
facilities would help shatter the
high cost OF h'vng. A. P. Thon,
counsel for the railroads. told the
Newlands congressional railroad in.
vestlgating committee today.
Appearing as first witness before
the body which plans an extensive
inquiry into the relations between
the roads and the public. Thom
argued that the railroads now are
under q burden which prevents sue
cesstul market'ls OF their securi-
ties and a consequent lack OF de
yelopmont
As for the higa cost OF living, he
declared
There has been less than one
Thousand miles Of new railroad con
structed in the United States dur.
ing the past year This is less than
any year since lsfs. except the
period OF the Civil war. and yet the
cost Of living Is daily advancing
owing 10 n shortage Of supplies
This might be rcmedied by secur'
ing access 20 new areas OF produc.
tion. Railroad facilities must grow
n the commercs of the country IS
10 grow and all men OF affairs roc
ognize that th's requires constant
inaux 81 new money"
Railroad regulGtion. he held "is
the result OF spirit ~ anger that
grew out OF real or fancied abuses
in the past" Thorn contended that
the time has come "for the proper
element o' helpfrlness 10 be intro
duced into the system
Railroad regulation ls perma.
nent part ot the American govern
ment. he said. 5nd the railroads
realize that Their first duty Is 90
the public
Adequacy OF facilities rather than
cost is primary public consIdera
ton. he declared. pointing 70 the
readiness OF shippers last summer
10 pay almost anything 10 mar
ket their goods when railroad
strike threatened.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23
DETROIT is NOW
A MORAL TOWN
Citizens League Secretary Con
yinced City Is Not Going
TO BOw-WOws

Taking issue with those who are
pessimistic over moral conditions in
Detroit. William =. Loyett. eXecu
tive secretary ot the Detroit Citi-
zens' league, Wednesday. addressing
the University OF Michigan club in
;he Cadillac hotel, said that this
city IL In the throes OF large civic
uplift movement
I'VE might call n civic revolu-
ton" said Mr. Iovett, but | believe
II is normal evolution and will
not be followed by reaction. Put
me down as an optimist and boost
er for Detroit on all occasions. For
Detroit citizens probably have motto.
ed that seven significant events havr
taken place here within year,
pointing the upward way for this
city.
These events are: Abolition OF
the large school board. abolition OF
the board Of estimates. passage OF
the charter amendment providing a
new method )f choosing an election
board. An honest election for the
first time in many years, the Billy
Sunday campaign, knocking ont the
saloons by a dry state vote in which
Detroit had its share the naming OF
a police commissioner who has de
Clared he will enforce the law and
clean up the city.
What Detroit now needs is one
or more social engineers who will
study conditions and see 10 II that
the civic revival already started does
not evaporate as a spasm of virtue.
This CITY cannot have permanent.
true reform without permanent or
gsnization OF IT'S citizenship The
idealism OF the theorist Who pic
lures millennium and works back
from IL awkwardly must not he al
lowed 70 discount the patient plod
ding OF the practical men who take
things as they are and work ahead
patiently and Sanely."
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23
BY ELSIE FERGUSON.
Famous American Actress.

Copyright. 1916. by Newspaper
Enterprise. Association.)
The Arst thing | do when am
TO produce character in new
play Is to read that play just as any
human being. interested In life,
would read that play,
do not see" myself in the lead
ing character at all. stand out
side OF Il as far as can. and for
as long as | can. so that | can note,
without the heat OF dramatic inter
est entering into the observation.
all the external data OF the char
acter-the obvious things about her.
When at last come 10 know these
well enough to begin feeling the
part (which comes OF rereading II
many timcsl / know that have
thrown the character into her
type"
Types" are the nrst and easiest
classification into which the char
acters OF the world land plays) fall.
There Ia no denying this fact there
are certain number OF types on
the globe and the actress who
would succeed must learn them all
But the trouble is that most act
resses stop here. They do not real
ize, or do not develop. all the pos
sibilities OF learning character. al
though this Is practically their only
main stock.in.trade.
AS | have said, there are GER
tain number OF types-but there Is
no average OF any type-only varia-
tions OF each type And there's the
rub, To learn how to discover and
realize the variations OF these types
the subtleties that make your
characteri rizstion OF part q portrait
and not a cartoon: 10 learn 10 put
in the def, brush strokes that bring
ont the individual twistings and
turnings in the particular spirit to
be projected.
Such power comes, | believe. only
from the steady accumulation OF
knowledge about people that IL
stored away by constant studlous
observation. II gives one the power
20 reconstruct the whole life OF
character from that portion OF her
,'fe given us in play. or AT least
In good play. For a good play Is
one written by an intelligent stu.
dent Of human character. and he
knows the whole life span OF each
OF his characters before he begins
his play Therefore everything that
each character says is symptomatic
Of this character, and betrays all
that is past In the characters life
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23
Too Much Diplomacy Curses Matrimony;
Women Do Not Forget, Says
WinOna Wilcox

Too much diplomacy is the curse
OF matrimony.
Woman is credited with the most.
and the worst, OF It. Her part usual
" consists in getting" along with
him" or putting up with" his self.
islness. or sometimes mis- brutality
TOR the sake OF the children
Good women disguise this kind OF
diplomacy as duty" or devotion"
and they do so much of II that one
wonders sometimes whether mar
rsage as an institution is worth pre-
serving AZ the cos; OF the pride. self
respect and martyrdom OF some or
the best OF their Sex But. Of course,
there are the children 70 consider.
Woman also EMPLOYS art, con
sciously and deliberately, TO hold a
husband" "a II husband who
couldn't or wouldn't stay without
holding were worth having at all
And this diplomacy is actually com
mcnded as feminine tact" and
"wifely patience" whereas II often
represents nothing more admirable
than economic precaution.
Man seldom schemes TO hold a
W,fe's affection Hc takes II quite
for granted that II is going 10 stay
where " was frs. set. upon his own
admirable self And fortunately for
the stability OF the family. II gener
ally docs
Bu, because Of this security. mar.
! hal diplomacy, the diplomacy OF the
husband lacks the finesse which he
laucies it 10 possess
Womans diplomacy IL largely de
fcnsivc--the craft OF the weak
mans Is offcnsive-the strategy or
the strong, and. 10 turn the verb,
II often offends women today in o
way which man has been curiously
slow 20 discover
For example. recall the style or
Joke which raisep the big ap-
pitust III FHuItNlho uOuht VI |"
movie theater Is IL not always the
evasions. sub;erfuees. deceits, diplo-
macy practiced upon wife by a
husband The whole gamut OF mems
laughter rings out-but how stiil are
most OF the women
The kind of entertainment which
belttles wives VAS old In the day
OF Socrates and XantIppe II Is not
fubtle, but II IL not censored even
today. II en,harrasses. humiliates
stabs 10 the heart the rice little
ordinary wife. who perhaps is al
ready smarting under the helpless
ness Of fading beauty or shabby
clothes.
She eulures-but she does not
forget
Woman's intelligence is better
trained Ihan II used 10 be. Modern
woman is either educated or sophis.
! tlcated
To tho enlightened feminist and
tuffragist. to the wife who was once
an observant girl In the business
world. marital diplomacy is no long
or secret diplomacy. Woman has
the cipher in her possession. with
It she reads double moral stand.
ard" as mans only excuse for about
81 varieties Of marital diplomacy.
With It she has gone straight 20
the back of mems minds and has
| discovered exactly just how he val
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23
MAN BEATEN AS
HE LIES ASLEEP

While asleep in his room at No.
lS6 Eighteenth.st Wednesday night,
Charles Smith was attacked by a
man who entered with a pass key.
Smith suffered two broken ribs,
decorations Of the scalp and bruises
about the face. He was removed
to the receiving hospital in a seri-
Gus condition. because OF the poor
light in the room, Smith was unable
70 see well, and could not give the
bolice a description OF his assailsnt.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23
BOY SCOUTS TO
TAKE BIG HIKE

Boy Scouts of Detroit will go on a
hig hike next Saturday The boys
are To meet at Palmer park, the hrst
section al. $3.50 In he morning and
the second section al o'clock in
the afternoon The boys are going
cut in the counirI where they will
make camp fires by friction and in
Gulge In many games. signal practice
md military mapeuyers. The boys
are advised TO dress warmly and to
carry provisions for two meals.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23

NEW YORK. Nov. 23-The last
stakeholders who held out 70 the
finish for Charles E Hughes 10
concede the reelection OF President
Wilson, before paying OF bets were
busy today sending out checks 10
the winners. I. was estimated
about $4,000. 900 I'm bets will he
paid OF by tonight.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23
L. o. T. NJ. TO
ADMIT BIG CLASS

The WAYNE County Association OF
the Ladies' of the Maccabees will
meet In odd Fellows Terple, Park
,,ew and Kerchcyal ayes. on Mon.
Lsy Dec 4 \ class or 800 candi.
Gatos will he up for initiation The
first section will be initiated in the
afternoon In the evening the sec
IND section VIII be initiated
This Is the largest class of candi-
dates which has teen presented in
,eurs. and the ladies responsible for
its success are Mrs. Sarah J la.
Tour. Mrs. Eta Mead. Mrs Bertha
HeroId. Mrs. Ivan Wasmund. grs.
Pelle Stephens and Mrs. Annie Cor.
Iey.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23
Harry Lamkin Injured.

While driving In an automobile
on West Grand tivd.. with his broth
er, Edward. Harry Lamkin, No. 500
West Grand-blvd., former cigar mer-
chant on Michigan-ave., sustained
painful injuries when his machine
Collided With another driven by
Stephen Sheehau No. 675 Porter-st.,
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23

tea her With relation TO himself, ann
with relation TO his child
And with the power which this
new knowledge has given her. she
has raised herself in Il score OF
years more than her ancestors were
able 10 do in a score OF centuries
Does II not look as II man would
soon have 10 revise his antiquated
system NJ marital diplomacy?
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23

come In the characters life. He
gives US the key. II we Know how
10 apply IL, We can discover almost
as much as he knows about his peO-
pie. All this becomes practically
intuitiye with an actress in time.
AS soon as | have found my char
acter's type, and also It's indiyid-
uality. lnfuse my vitality and my
personality into II, suggesting for
the eve and the ear and .the mind
OF the auditor the general attitude
the atmosphere" OF the char
acter A character cannot stand
'by itself alone" and live; II can
not altogether escape the personal
ity. OF the actress portraying it. but
must not be submerged by the ac
tress.
do not soc Elsie Ferguson In
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23

NEW YORK-The seagoine bear
OF Portchester, l., which has been
eating the neighbors' pigs and
swimming in The sound, was las.
soed by vigilantes in rowboat
lere
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23
WALTON AND PAL
UNDER SUSPICION

Detroit detectives who have
worked on the Burroughs Adding
Machine company robbery. are OF
the opinion that the robbery OF
s40.900 from an express wagon in
chattanooga. Tenn, Wednesday
was the work o' Douglas Walton
and Arthur Stefilns, the two part
rers OF James Walton. who was sen
fenced 10 Jackson prison. Wednes
day. According 10 the officers the
holdup In Chattanooga resembles
the work OF the Burroughs bandits
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23

wASHINGTON-Being paid per
fectly good money 10 do big game
hunting IS novel Government
hunters" within the year killed l5.-
200 predatory animals, including bob
cats and mountain lions
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23

the play at hand see character
developed and realized by Elsie
Ferguson And always hope others
see II this way; II Is for this rea-
son that keep trying 10 hold my
personality In just the proper so
luton. | do not want il 70 domi-
nate the character and make every
thing | play "all Elsie Ferguson;
neither do want 20 put Elsie /er-
guson so far into the background
that my characters are lifeless.
want them to be their own selves,
strained thru the personality Of FL
sic Ferguson. colored by her-but
not discolored by her! Tomorrow
| Will tell you what do, in my
concluding article, to keep Elsie
Ferguson a clear medium for the
public TO see certain heroines thru.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23

CINCINNATI. O.-When Harry
Whslon appeared in coyt charged
with calling a wou1n chicken. &"
Judge Bell said with due respect to
Noah Webster the definition of
chicken" was $50 and costs"
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23

Wednesday nigh Iamkin aus
tanned a broken collsrbone and a
serious CIT near his LEFT temple. lie
vas taken 10 the receiving hospital.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-23

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The Detroit times., 1916-11-23
"ShaIl Go On the Stage?" If You Can Master the
Variations of Character Types Says Elsie Ferguson

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The Detroit times., 1916-11-23
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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03
DEATHs--FUNERALs

Joseph c. Thrailkill died Thursday
night at the family home, 1918 North
Twentieth street of a complication of
diseases which followed long years of
suffering from asthma. He was IS
years of age and was a veteran OF the
civil war, having served as a private
in Company c, Twenty-third Iowa in
fantry. Since 1908 he had made his
home in Boise. He is survived by his
wife, three sons and one daughter.
The sons are w. I. Thrailkill of Wei
ser, J. C. Thrailkill of Chicago and l..
w. Thrailkill of Boise and the one
daughter is Mrs. S. b. Brisco of Wei
ser. The funeral will be held Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Fry G.
Summers chapel. Rev. Willsie Martin
will officiate and burial will be in
Morris Hill cemetery. A special flu
neral car will be provided for friends.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03

ested but not In the states employ.
Evidently the governor was of the
same opinion for he warned Kerley not
to bid for the pelts on the grounds.
Now Kerley is quoted as being intig-
nant over the warning given him by the
governor; says he Is receiving SIS a
month and is the head of a family of
nine children but does not say that
most of them are married. He is
quoted as resenting the warning that
the chairman OF the board has given
him and intimatcs that as a state en-
ploye. he will bid on the state house
grounds in face of the protest and in
competition to others not employed by
the state, all of which may add an In
teresting chapter to Kerley's career.
The public utilities commission Is in
receipt of the following report govern
ing railroad conditions as submitted
by w. A. Whitney, general superin-
tendent of the Oregon Short Line rail-
way to j. L. Priest, Idaho agent for
that road:
Victor branch cloudy. calm; no new
snow and no drifting. Rotary 2011 left
Pocatello Z a. m. Should reach Ashton
2 p. M. and will clear Victor branch as
far as Drummond which will allow
trains 149 and $50 to run today. Con-
siderable snow reported blowing into
cuts on Mackay branch by train 4S,
last night and we are Notwithstanding
No. AZ this morning with engine 1890,
wedge plow ahead. Do not anticipate
any trouble getting through. Temper
allure Victor branch 20 to rs above;
Mackay branch is to % above. Ro-
tary 2010 now reported out Pocatello
ships ready for movement to Idaho
Northern about noon today"
This would bring the rotary to the
Idaho Northern last night Mr.. Priest
announces the pillow will toll without
ceasing until the road is cleared.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03
BREAK A Ch|LD'S
COLD BY GIVING
SYRUP OF figs
Cleanses the Little Liver
and Bowels and They Get
Well Quick.

When your child suffers from cold
don't watt give the little stomach,
liver and bowels gentle, thorough
cleansing at once. When cross peev-
ish, listless, pale. doesn't sleep. eat or
act naturally; il breath Is bad, stom-
ach sour. give a teaspoonful of Cali
fornia Syrup of Figs" and in a few
hours all the clogged-up constipated
waste, sour bile and undigested food
will gently move out of the bowels,
and you have well. playful child
again.
If your child coughs, snuffles and has
caught cold or is feverish or has a
sore throat give a good dose Of Cali
fornia Syrup of Figs" to evacuate the
bowels, no difference what other treat
ment Is given.
Sick children needn't be coaxed to
take this harmless fruit laxative"
Millions of mothers keep it handy be-
cause they know Its action on the
stomach, liver and bowels is prompt
and sure. They. also know a little
given today saves a sick child tomor-
row.
Ask your druggist for 50-cent bot
tie of California Syrup of Figs which
contains directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plain
ly on the bottle. Beware of coun-
terfeits sold here. Get the genuine.
made by California Fig Syrup Com
pany.-Adv.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03

of Moscow entered a protest in letter
form with the public utilities commits
sion today against the railroads rails
ing the minimum Of carloads of flour
from $4,000 to 10000 pounds. 1t is
stated this works a great hardship up
on the small buyer and he is unable to
finance his large cars. The letter goes
on to say that the smaller dealer is
virtually put OUT of business by the
raise. Leonard Way, rate expert with
the commission, replied to the letter
stating that the complaint evidently
covered an interstate matter and any
order tie Idaho commission would is
sue attempting to right it would be null
and void as the matter is one for the
interstate commerce commission to
handle.
At a meeting Of the state land board
held this morning the board ordered n
cistern put in at Berger on the Twin
Falls Salmon river irrigation tract just
as soon as there Is enough money in
the Carey act fund to meet the ex-
pense.
troubles was heard at the land board
meetin gtoday when Judge Stockslager
appeared before that body regarding
lands to be relinquished there. The
matter was referred to the attorney
general.
There was not little comment heard
at the statehouse today over the atti-
tude assumed by S. O. Kerley, one of
the outside men on the maintenance
force regarding whom. it vas stated in
a recent issue of the Capital News,
Governor Alexander had occasion to
turned ~ for bounties while an emDloye
of the state and while on the statehouse
grounds. Kerley is the same employe
who had tie ore around the statehouse
sent to smelter and the publicity of
which fact resulted in the money paid
by the smelter being turned into the
general funds of the state. The ore
by the way, was the states property,
having been collected for exhibition
purposes from all parts of tie state. II
somewhat mysteriously disappeared.
Governor Alexander Is chairman OF
the capitol building board. The other
two members are Secretary of State
Barker and State Treasurer John W
Eagleson. A citizen. who is interested
in the purchase of pelts. complained to
the governor that Kerley was bidding
for pelt5 on the statehouse grounds
and stated he thought that was an I'M
fair advantage to take of others inter
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-03

and stayed four weeks but when came
home would faint just the same and
had the same pains.
A friend who is q nurse said for me To
try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable COM
pound. / began taking 1t that very day
for I was suffering great deal. It
has already done me moro GO d
than the hospital. To anyone who is
suffering rs I was my advice is to stop
in the first drugstore and get bottle
Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound before you 60 home. Mrs. w.
C. Brown, 1l09 Auburn Avenue, Cleye-
land, Ohio.
Why not take Mrs. Browns advice2
Write for free and helpful
advice to Lydia e. Pinkham
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