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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-07-31
FTRENIEN GIVEN CREAM.

When the city was swelteTing Sat-
urday the fremen at the Central
station were enjoying two gallons of
assorted favored ice cream the gift
of Eustace Poledor.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-07-31
The Second Week of the
Sale of Blankets
With Better Bargains Than Ever

Away back last year. after the Midsummer Blanket
for this midsummer blanket sale
Trips made to the mills blanket orders were
threShed out
And mind you all this before the great advances in
Then is it any wonder women are buying blankets in
at those same Od-and lower-prceS of last year?
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make an impressive showing rs they
are marshalled In the corridors OF
memory. But did all of them abstain
from the application to pressing civic
problems Of their power and author
ity? Were they all at oil times
impassive and unrespOnsive to those
movements and menaces that. while
not originating in religion, inevitably
reacted upon Christianity and the
work its propag gandists and defenders
lave undertaken?
1t Is not within our recollection
that such was the case. We remem-
ber them rs virile, bold men, whose
sympathies were easily aroused, whose
strength was gladly expanded for what
they conceived to be - good Of hu-
manity, and who established II prece-
dent Of public service that DIR. EATON
In his passionate appeal has not vio-
lated. As to the soundness of his con-
clusions, every man may pass judg-
ment. but rs to the propriety of his
expressing them, there seems to US to
be no question.
The sun., 1916-11-16
Prohibitions Fearful Impost.

Things were looking bad for JOHN
BARLEYCORN.
Four or more States went dry at
the recent election.
HENRY Ford put forward a plan to
turn the breweries into fuel stills.
The Mayor OF New York was urged
to batten down the lid OF the White
Way on New Years eve.
The Mayor of Chicago declared that
on the night of December 81 there
should be one hour of drinking.
1t was announced that. under the
JOnes-Wcrks law, Washington saloons
must be closed from the Saturday be.
fore the Inauguration until the Tues.
day after.
Just ns BARLEYCORN was counting
himself out rescue arrived. WILLIAM
JENNINGS BRYAN announced yesterday
that for the next four years he will
devote himself to making the Demo.
cratic party the advocate of national
prohibition.
Free silver, anti-cXpansion, Govern
ment ownership! VIII prohibition be
IN issue ns triumphant under BRYAN
~ his previous pets:
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The lnredee med Spy.

It Is one Of the requirements Of pub
lie morality that n spy, to become also
n hero, must suffer. His occupation
is In itself so revolving that a COM
mander may not compel soldier to
spy; 70 revo'ting that when an honor
able man embraces 1t for his country's
sake he dnoms himself in the event of
his failure. although by that very
doom be raises himself high above the
mire OF his work. The fame OF the
spy rests on the price he pays. II the
young man whose statue Is IN front Of
the city Hall had escaped. who would
remember NATHAN HALE? If ANDRE
had not been Intercepted, would he be
so kindly thought Of as he IL. /: he
were thought OF Mt all?
In fiction and drama, ma we'll as in
history. the spy has to bleed. physi-
cally or mentally, before the onlooker
forgiyes him. In "Secrct Service" Mr..
GILLETTE was regarded with sus-
pcion-h by tho audlencc-untll he
caused his brother to shoot him. In
spy plays born of the present war the
spy heroes are misjudgcd and ma
ligncd, Scorncd by heroine and snrerrd
at by souhrcttc, until the third act
Their souls, IL not their bOdlcs, are
on the rack. Mr.. OPPENHEIM, the
most fccund creator of iictlonal SPIES
made nearly all Of them villains. and,
II memory serves, blew them up with
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Yesterday wireless communication
was opened between Japan and the
United States. The formal exchange
Of greetings between President VIII.
SON and the MikudO came twenty
years after MARcoNI quilted an un.
mindful Italy and went to England,
where his experiments were received
with interest and favor. In two dec.
ades Of years the wireless has cir.
died the earth.
The triumphs of the wireless are
SO recent as to be within the memory
Of nearly all Of us. We have seen II
save lives Mt sen while the world
thrilled with the impulse to rescue
We now see 1t enable Germany and
Austria to speak freely to us, though
ringed about with enemies. Have the
possibilities Of the wireless been ex.
hausted in twenty years?
Not II the efforts to improve It sue.
ceed. There are many problems of
interference yet to he solved. Aside
from the difficulties due to atmOs.
pheric and other physical conditions,
1t Is desirable to work out methods
by which communication between two
stations can be freed from the inter.
ruptions Of other stations. Greater
speed In transmitting messages will
be sought. The most interesting field
ut present, however. is the attempt
to orient wireless messages. II some
scheme can be hit upon by which may
he found the precise direction from
which n message comes the wireless
will make 1t possible to dispense with
half our lighthouses and half our
coast guard stations.
The sun., 1916-11-16
The Kingdom of Arabia.

Another prospective new State that
the war has developed Is the King
dom Of Arabia. An earlier report Of
the establishment by the desert peo-
pie Of southwestern Asia Of II sep
arate nation after centuries Of Turk.
ish rule IL confirmed by dispatches
received nt the State Department.
The revolt Of the trlbesmen under
the Shereef Of Mecca. which began in
June, has grown to greater proper.
tlons than the Young Turks had ex.
pected. The urgent demand for troops
at other parts Of the Ottoman Empire
left the defence Of Arabian towns en-.
tirely to small local garrisons. The
Shereef's troops occupied Mecca, then
the two Red Sea ports of Jiddah and
iambO. and finally gained possession
Of the defences Of Medina and the
southern terminus Of the Hedjnz rail
way. Through these successes they
were In practical control of the en-
tire country.
At the beginning Of the war the
Ottoman Government had no reason
10 have much faith i'm the allegiance
Of the Arabs. Its power was merely
nominal over tho interior tribesinen
and for years 1t had lost men and
to suppress rebelions in Yemen. The
Arabs had always resented the rule Of
the Turks and had sterdfastly refused
to accept the sultan as the head Of
Islam. Backed by the support Of
Great Britain they saw in the war an
opportunity 10 throw or government
tai control they hated. to rcassert
their guardianship of the sacred Mo-
hammedan cities and TO seek the res
toration of the Caliphate to Mecca.
The victorious Shcreef Of Mecca has
proclaimed himself King Of the new
State. The boundaries of the pro.
posed Kingdom are not defined; hut
In case of the Allies success Great
Britain may have as much to do with
fixing them rs the Arabs themselves.
To detach Arabia from its shadowy
allegiance To the Ottoman Empire and
To bring il within the sphere of Brit
iSh influence has long been part of
England's political programme In the
Near East.
With the Russians standing sponsor
for Il restored Armenia on the north
and the British for n revival of an.
cient Arabia in the south the hold of
the Turks Is becoming as insecure in
Asia as II Is in Europe.
The sun., 1916-11-16

The United States Consul at Guatc-
mala City informs us that four ma =
rimbas are on the way to this coun-
try and that IL We like them we shall
have more. He adds that the marmbl
is "a sweet toned musical instrument
said To have been invented by the
Teammates, "A tribe OF Indians OF tho
state of Chiapas, Mexico" But the
Consul Is late with his introduction; :;
we already know the marimba.
The musical innovation that had
preceded it was the Honolulu ukelele.
This dispenser of soulful melodies, no
doubt. served a good purpose on the
Pacific islands whence 1t came but
as played in this country II has come
to rank with the English sparrow. II
was conceived that the marimba might
come as an antidote to the Hawaiian
innovation. might bite II and kill 1t on.
In this respect the marimba Is a dis
appointment.
The fight Is still on. though. and
there Is hope.
The sun., 1916-11-16

their own black bags Of dynamite In
the Soho restaurants where they were
ostenslbly head walters. As they were
not English spies. this was not martyr.
dom but retribution, for spy has two
sides and one Is black.
In real life spies are interesting. be-
cause almost all Of those we know are
the ones that are caught and killed.
Those who have the most wonderful
adventures are never heard Of, 1t Ia
likely. They are the successful, in
glorious spies, fatetl not to hear the
hour ut which they shall be shot. Half
dozen men know that they are doing
their work. Until the enemy discov-
ers them to be villains they cannot be
heroes, even to their families.
There Is sympathy for the spy who
plays out the string according to the
rules. Even to the unnamed, "shOt
In the Tower this morning." some
feeling Of pity extends. But the an
tics OF the purely commercial crea-
lures bring thumbs and forefngers to
offended noses.
The sun., 1916-11-16
WatchfuI Watering.

A waitress wore a pedometer. At
the conclusion Of her days work 1t
was found to have registered eight
miles. This is cited us proof OF the
hardships of restaurant life.
These hardships might be thought
to he self-evident. Restaurant pa
irons wear watches. At the conclu-
sion of the MATTRESSES journeys these
watches frequently record II lapse Of
time sufficient to enable II person to
have walked mt least one mile. Eight
customers may have accounted for the
pe,lometer's showing.
Walking, If undertaken briskly, is
healthful exercise, but why do the
brisk and beautiful Mattresses insist
on the practice Of pedestranism while
men sit long and patiently in the hope
of being fed?
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DR.. Eaton's strong Words.

1t Is not necessary to recall that
the Rev. DR. CHARLES \. EATON Is q
Canadian by birth to account for the
strong language for using which in
his pulpit one of THE Suns CORE.
spOndents takes him to task this
morning. DIR. EATON said no more
than thousands of men born in the
United States have said. He eX-
pressed conviction that Is shared
by multitudes Of those whose nnces.
tors came here so long ago that the
fact they were immigrants Is forgot.
ten. He put in vigorous phrases
thoughts that no attempt TO attain
official neutrality can stifie.
Nor Is 1t plain that Dr. EATON
should he censured for his beliefs or
his methods Of proclaiming them. To
him, as to hosts of others, the course
that SHOULD have been followed by
the United States seems plain. The
failure to pursue II appears to them
not rs an example Of political mex.
pediency. of shortslghted statesman
ship, but ns an immoral, unchrlstiaI
and indefensiblc default In the per
f0rmancc of duty, TO be accounted for
only on The ground that the United
States Is spiritually unit either
through cownrdice or blindness. OBJ
viously a preacher holding these opin
ions would be untrue to his mission n
he did not give tongue to them; hi
obligation Is personal and professional
and Of compelling force.
Moreover, II Is not true that preach
ers Of mn earlier generation shirke,
discussion from their pulpits o
worldly affairs; for example, did no
HENRY WARD BEECHER sell II slny,
girl In his church to bring home will
crushing emphasis to his great fol
lowing the reality of II terrible mora
aud political vice In the struggle [,
suppress which he was enlisted?
DR.. EAToN's critic reminds us O
several of the great and good mel
who preceded DIR. EATON and hi
contemporaries In mlnistcring to tn
spiritual wants of New York. The,
and those who labored with then
The sun., 1916-11-16
POLITICS IN THE CHURCH.
Pulpit OratOry Of To-day Contrasted
With That Of Yesteryear.

, To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr! Ac-
cording to THE Sun Dr. Charles \.
Eaton of the Madison Avenue Baptist
Church. New York. referring to the
Lus.tania incident. said in his sermon:
II II took ten million men and II our
cities were laid in the dust and We were
put back u hundred years We ought 10
have stood mp and said 20 the world
This 4. the last time that one hundred
women and babies shall Il. murdered on
the high seas" Then We would have been
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. with honor.
II Dr. Eaton really did make use OF
such TRADE ] do not wonder that the
attendance AT churches has fallen on.
am not AN adnirer Of President Wilson
or his policies. hut IL seems to me such
language. spoken by reputable min
ister is little short Of sacrilcgc. What
good purpose would be accomplished by
such measures
Why cannot our ministers take their
text from tho Bible and let politics
alone? Surely We can get All tho politics
We need from our daily newspapers and
from men who arc better able to write
ON such subjects than our reverend doc
tors. az they have been trained for it.
How few successors have We TO the
grand old pulpit orators of the days
when I was a young man. refer to the
Rev. Dr John i.all OF the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian church. cikNt among
them; the Rev. Dr George fethune OF
the Church on the Heights. who baptized
DR.. Xachariah Eddy
remember sermon preached by
Dr. Eddy when | was quite young
man. and To a church 50 crowded many
could not obtain seats lie told OF "A
ship that had lost its bearings and
sighting another vesscl close by. the
mariners cried out: Water, water. or
we perish. :" Those on tho other shin
called back DIP down. there Is fresh
water all around you" It seems the shin
had reached the mouth OF the Amazon
River. where the water is fresh. but the
mariners were not aware " this Dr.
Eddy acclaimed this In loud accents
ss his was n wonderful carrying voice
the vo.ce of an orator and not that OF n
ranter.
would also mention the Rev. Dr
Richard Storrs OF the Church OF tho
Pilgrim and what an orator he was and
what a pleasure to listen to him
So far as | know. these men have no
real successors.
when "A bad piece Is put on tho
theatrical stage the managers assert
that the public demands such PLAYS, and
prove II by the crowded theatres. DO
our people demand such sermons as was
preached by Dr. Eaton from his pulpit
last Sunday morning" I cannot believe
they do. ADRIAN q. HEGEMAS
XnnIS Nnuatl lhnt
The sun., 1916-11-16

provide that persons voting for Presi-
dent shall be "males over q years Of
age" The word male" occurs only
thrice in the Constitution, and all
three instances are found In the Four
teenth Amendment, as follows:
But when the right to vote at any elec-
tion for the choice Of electors for Presi-
dent and vice-President Of the United
States, Representatives in Congress. the
Executive and judicial officers Of a State.
or the members Of the Legislature there
OF. Ii denied 10 any of the male inhabl-
tants Of such State. being twenty
years Of age and citizens Of the United
States. or in any way abridged, except
for participation in rebellion or other
crime. the basis OF representation therein
shall be reduced In the proportion which
the number Of such male citizens shall
bear TO the whole number Of male citi-
Gems twenty-one years Of ago in such
State"
Our esteemed correspondent and
her husband will see that whatever
may be the bearing Of the use of the
word male" in this one place In the
Constitution upon the question OF re-
ducing the basis of representation in
States where the right to vote Is de-
MED or abridged. IL clearly does not
prevent Il State from according to Its
female citizens the right to vote indi-
rectly for President or directly for
members of the House.
The sun., 1916-11-16
ONCE MORE, SHOP EARLY!
Self.Interest and Human Feeling Re.
peat Their Annual Appeal.

To THE EDITOR or THE sUN--Sir: DO
your Christmas shopping carly" Is a
slogan for which we hope there will
soon be no need. But this year there
still is need.
To the shopping public must be
brought homo their power to increase
or tighten the burden Of shop and fac
tory workers according to their choice
OF shopping late or early. Much has al
ready been accomplished. The amount
Of overwork. which not only prevents
many workers from having a merry
Christmas but often permanently breaks
down their health. has been lightened
and in many places done away with alto
gether. But Christmas still finds thou
sands OF workers worn out in body and
spirit through the thoughtlcssness Of a
procrastinating public.
People must be made TO realize that
the spirit of Christmas means not only
friendly giving but thoughtfulness and
consideration for the workers who sup
ply their gifts. HANNAH ANDREws.
NEW YORK, November Is.
The sun., 1916-11-16
ARE WE POORLY FED?
\ Theory 10 Account for the Sad
Faces Seen In Restaurants.

To THE fAiToR or THE SrN-Sir: II
you go into any OF our big popular
restaurants and watch the eaters YOU
Will observe that in general their on
preston is either bored or sad. II Is
evident that they are not enjoying their
meal. The reason is. have concluded,
that the food is !nsipid. II savory
repast were set before them you would
see how their countenances would light
up and what an air Of contentment
would possess them
1t is melancholy fact that. not
withstandinS our teeming and wonder
ful rroductiveness. we are becoming one
"f the worst fed nations IN the world.
Why? Simply because OF cold storage.
II is hi-h time TO take drastic measures
against its abuse
oSE or THE PEOPLE.
NEW York, November Is.
The sun., 1916-11-16

In the Black Whale Inn at Askalon
man Ia three days stay
Swilled booze TN s,in a. broomstick he
on marble table lay.
In the Black Whals inn at AskRlon
Up spake the host straightway:
Hes swallowed NJ my Bactrian .chnaps
Beyond his means to pay"
In the Black Whale Inn at A.kalon
Now brought tn" host a hill
Whose curious wedge shaped charact.r,
SIX sun dried bricks did hil
In the Black Whale Inn at Askalon
Then cried that guest: "Nay, nav,
NJ ready cash all disappeared
In the Lamb at Nincveh"
In the Black whals Inn at Askalon
Then struck the clock half four
When threw the slave from Nublan land
The guest from out the door.
In the Black Whale inn at Askalon
No prophet Is admired;
And who as stranger enters there
Mus, pay or out Ne fred,
j. A. H.
The sun., 1916-11-16
OUR MEN AT THE BORDER.
Another Guardsman Tells Of Favor.
able but False Reports.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. The
letter of II. q. Northrup in THE Sun,
sent from McAllen. was read with inter-
est by myself and many others In the
First Battalion of the Twenty second
Engineers who have now been mustered
out OF the Federal service and have en-
joyed being home from the border for
almost three weeks now.
You can assure yourself and your
readers that the different points covered
by my comrade were all void OF cxag-
geration and present the facts in each
instance. IT is the earnest hope OF all
or our boys that such a presentation OF
facts together with a little effort on the
part OF those who have already returned
or will return from border service to
acqua!nt the people with conditions will
lead to a speedy remedy.
1t Is true that there have been great
strides made In the efficiency OF camp
conditions since the Spanish American
mobilization. as far as I can ascertain.
but there is still a good deal to be de-
sired for the decent feeding and hous-
ing conditions Of the boys when in such
service as at present to bring It up to
the regular army standard. Too much
confidence, believe. is placed In the
rather imaginative favorable reports of
officers who make these reports more
for their own credit than for the actual
value at which they may he used for
future guidance and who through their
own selhshncss are not acquainted with
their commands requirements.
Here's hoping that Northrup will
soon return and be able TO get a white
mans recognition again.
II. Bor GRErsEN.
Corporal Company \. Twenty-second
New York Engineers.
BroOkIyS Nnycp,bcr
The sun., 1916-11-16
TRADE BRIEFS.

Golden and silver pheasants are hcing
raised In large numbers In southern China.
The birds are used for food. particularly
at the chinese New Year festival season.
Large quantities OF tho feathers are sold
In tho American market
Plurnbing supplies are needed In France.
\ system of Dire hydrants IL to he in.
stalled In the city Of Barbahoya, Ecuador.
At present the city's fre fighting apparatus
l. very Inadequate,
There is "A market In Venezuels for
harbed wire buttons. dynamos. hardware
and lard.
nrm In Newmarket, Auckland. has
| started piano factory, This may result
In demand for American piano parts and
knockdown piano cases.
American hardware 10 In demand In
/ Italy.
The sun., 1916-11-16
A Beiated New Years Eve.

The Hotel Association. thoughtful
guide of many public customs and
observances. has decided that the Joy.
ful ceremonies Of. New Years eve
shall be performed, in SO far as the
better inns are concerned, on Monday,
New Years night. This decision
doubtless has been reached after full
consideration Of dryness and decorum.
dollars and dawns.
The last time that New Years eve
fell on n Sunday and was then cele.
brated 1t was, to the best of our recOl.
lection, dull evening along Broad.
way. People have come to be happy
on Sunday, but 1t is not yet day
for rollicklng. SO the bubbles stayed
In the bottom Of the glass and most
persons went home early and some.
what unsatisfled. Not much money
was spent.
Saturday night in itself is better
for a New Year celebration. but Sat
urday night has trick Of turning
too soon into Sunday and appeals
have been made to the Mayor lest the
law be broken.
Perhaps this Is one reason why the
hotel men have turned to Monday
night. Possibly Broadway will have
II loud and profitable time. but we
doubt whether the spirit of all. cot
ter ana capitalist. will hold over. AZ.
ter quiet Sunday and thoughtful
Monday. with busy Tuesday ahead.
who will rush To wassail with the
standard abandon? On Monday night
the year is not ending, but rnthcr
well on its way.
For all that. New York has n trick
Of accustoming itself TO the illogirnl,
ana We shall 500. Some of our hnr,llcr
citizens. wishing to please the adyo.
Gates Of all the nights involved. will
celebrate thrice.
The sun., 1916-11-16
where Mr.. Gompefs ID Blight but
lncOnalate

The principal fight mt the con,en-
tion Of the American Federation of
Labor is expected to be upon the ques-
ton Of the methods to be followed
In securing the extension of the eight
hour day to all Industries. The pres
ident OF the federation, SAMUEL
GOMPERs, believes that the eight hour
day should be enacted by law only
IN the cases Of women, children and
Government employees. Other work
ere should carry on the battle through
their trade unions solely, he says.
The Socialist element in the fedora.
: ton prefers political to industrial &C.
tion. 1t would have everybody every
" where seek the eight hour day by
legislation.
Mr.. GOMPERs was consistent in this
regard when the Adamson law was
before Congress for enactment. He
then told committee Of the Senate
that this law was going the wrong
way to secure n right result"
Much that Mr.. GoMPERs advocates
seems to THE Sun seriously mistaken,
bot in this matter Of keeping labor
unionism out Of politics we believe
he Is right and his opponents dead
wrong. What u shame 1t Is that his
consistency, SO admirably exemplified
In his declaration regarding the Adam
/, son law, did not induce him to use
his powerful influence to keep the
Labor Federation out Of partisan poll
ties In the campaign just ended!
The sun., 1916-11-16
IiaiP.


Hair rules the world!
The movie star
Whose noddle was uncured
Would find bar
To fame.
No Wild acclaim
Would jar
Your matinee idol
Were he unwavy locked.
Then might he unbridls
His medulla
a la Mccullough
TIL all the welkin rocked
with no result,
The cult
That breathless goes
To hear arpeggios
Fan crystal clear
Upon tho atmosphere,
As honey drips
From finger tips.
Coordinated with . mop topped brain,
Would melt. evanish, missls,
Were maestros bald. They'd dzsis.
For no tane
Wastes time on thstchiess domes
Though tones
or learning lodge therein unbruited-
Although IT'S true
with samson bald and blue
Dciilah was hirsuted.
Hair rules us--hair
So I declare
Each nights the thesis proved.
Who would fcel moved
To WOO the drowsy god
Who who could nod
Maugre mandragora,
Blowscd peoples and the res,-
who would not lag or
perfepto aeek hest