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The Detroit times., 1916-03-02
Pointed Paragraphs

II YOU have a happy home. keep
il so; IL not. make II SO.
Gossips might be appropriately
termed misfortune tellers.
Many mans means are not
worth the mean way he used 10 get
them.
A lot OF shady transactions are
pulled of under the guise OF re-
form
Misfortune is the filter that sep
arates true friends from the coun-
terfeii
Some people talk a long time be.
fore you get al what they are try.
ing TO say.
Some men never work harder
than when they are doing useless
tasks without pay.
A scolding wife would doubtless
success a. a railway engineer-she
s. always on the rail
Never judge man by the silk
umbrella he carries he may have
left an old cotton one In its place.
Eve was the first womsn-and
probably the ast--who did not gath.
er up her skirts and scream at
sight OF a mouse
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never be- more than a page long
This perhaps. il carrying a prin-
ciple 10 an extreme
Bu, the fact remains that IL the
writer OF business letter can pos
si6iy say on one page all that he
needs TO say. he should coufine him.
self 10 one page
In these days OF multiple de-
mands on time. short letter al
ways has better chance OF get
ting on attentive reading than d
long letter vilI have.
Also. business letters. like private
letters. should ring true. They
should leave an impression OF the
writer's sincerity, of mis- belief in
his wares. OF his energy and vitality.
Energy In letter writing is a
trick style" says Sherwin Cody. in
his interesting book. How TO Deal
With Human Nature In Business. "
But Mr. Cody hastens 10 add
II consists at bottom in being
exceedingly energetic and intense
yourself To write u an energetic
style ger into an energetic mood" 4"
And do some real thinking. Be.
sides analyzing your customers.
learn everything you possibly can
learu about the business in which
you are engaged, the goods you are
trying TO sell
The more you know about these.
the easier II will be for you TO
write OF them in letters that will
bring results.
This likewise is a truth so obvi.
Gus that 1t would seem not 10 re
quire statement.
Bu, then, az VAS said In the be.
ginning, the obvious often is over.
looked
The Detroit times., 1916-03-02
New Man in Navy
Post a New Yorker

Frederick Robert Harris. who has
been appointed chief OF the bureau
of yards and docks of the nevy de
partment. with The rank Of resrsd.
miral succeeding ResrAdmirsl
Stanford. 10 native 81 New York.
aud Is nov in his fortieth year. he
is not West Point man. but a
graduate Of the Stephens Institute
Of Technology, Hoboken, y. J. Prior
20 entering the federal employ he
was chief engineer for various com
paniet engaged in water front i'm.
prOyements on the Atlantic coast
he served as principal assistant on
The construction of the navy yard
md dry dock at Charleston. S. G..
and was In charge of the construc-
ron ~ the naval station AZ Guam.
Jsnamo. Cuba. 1867 In 1913 he
Vas on special duty at Pearl bar
Dor, Hawaiian territory.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-02
Wilson Should Have No opposisior
Rochester. y. y Fob. "a. 1910


20 the EditOr n ~. Ttmcs:
The logis Jf the self.styled peace
advocates is bewildering TO most OF
Us They believe in having fremen
and police and life insurance as pre-
paredness for defense 81 our happi-
ness and life in a city. yet they do
not approve OF defending the coun-
try as whole IL We defend our
home and Office by police protec-
ton. Why not defend our country
by soldier protection
II wolf came and dragged away
your child, would you look calmly
on and say. The wolf has right
10 my child because II ~ the strong
or and might makes right" De
fense and aggression - as dinerent
a. White and black. The wheat and
tne tares viii grog together until
the harvest. and even Christ was
unable 40 make peace or 10 destroy
TIE tares
II would be delicate and rea-
sonable token OF appreciation for the
good work Wilson has done. In
maintaining peace under such great
difficulties, for other candidates 90
refuse 10 run Cor Office against him.
I, would be only a Just reward for
his great service 10 our country
during this crisis. We should en-.
deayor 20 bring about world peace
and arbitration. when this can be
done leEitimately nd honorabIy. but
rather fear that in times OF great
stress our treaties will prove 10 be
mere scraps Of paper. We need a
wise aru. courageous man like
Woodrow Wilson 10 guide us
through the storm.
MARGARET r McAULEY,
S2s Brooklyn-ave.
Fob g 1870.
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The obvious often is overlooked
This Is a truism s,rikinEly exempli-
fed in every phase OF business LIE.
and NOS least in the writing OF busi-
ness letters
II should, FOR Instance. Je per
tectly obvious 90 every one that in
writing sales letter. or d letter OF
application for work. care ought 10
be taken TO emphasize the writer's
willingness and ability TO meet the
particular needs OF the person 10
whom the letter h addressed
But frequently such letter IL
written without the slightest refer.
ence 10 these needs. No reference
Is made 70 them because the writer
has not taken the trouble 10 ascer.
tain what they are
He knows what he wants. But
he forgets thar. az a seller OF com
modities or OF personal services. the
really important thing 10 b.m il 10
know what his prospective custom
or or employer wants
Not os very long ago man OF
90 suddenly found himself thrown
out Of work after years OF employ
ment with one firm
He had a clean record. and he
confidently looked forward TO 80.
curing second place easily. But.
after having written 10 no purpose
number Of letters OF application.
he began 10 feel less hopeful
The thought then occurred to him
to make specific Investigation OF
the particular needs OF the mex
man 10 whom he applied
Selecting an advertisement he
carefully studied its wording. noted
the requirements this directly or in.
rectly indicated. and in addition
made personal inquiry 10 gaiy fur.
ther knowledge as 10 what would be
expected of him.
He then wrote. not the formal let.
ter OF application he had hitherto
been writing. but more direct and
informal one. In this letter he
made plain that he vas aware OF.
and could meet, the special require.
ments OF the vacant position.
For the FIRST time since be had
begun his letter writing he received
favorable reply An appointment
was made, and job swimming inter.
view followed
Another obvious, but frequently
overlooked. element IN successful
business letter writing Is brevity
Somo expert business advisers in.
sist that business letter srlould
The Detroit times., 1916-03-02

The McLemore and the Gore resolu-
tions should both be defeated.
Should they pass they would reflect,
we feel, upon the intelligence of the
country.
II it should happen that they Do
pass, congress ought to get busy instant
ly and pass, also. some resolutions warn
ing the people TO refrain from monkey
ing with buzz saws while the saws are
in motion. and, meantime, arrange to
have danger signals at railroad cross
ings read: STOP, LOOK AND LIS
TEN-By Act of Congress"
That it should have been deemed
necessary TO introduce them, unless the
object was purely political. is explained,
perhaps, by the fact that IT Is still a
favorite pastime of some people TO look
into the barrel TO ascertain if the gun is
loaded.
Looking into a gun barrel, though the
gun be loaded. as il generally is. is en-
tirely permissible under international
law and every other law and rule except
the one of self-preservation.
There is our view.
We do not think international law
should have anything to do with TINS
matter of keeping Americans of armed
merchantmen.
The first law of nature, on the other
hand. appears to have all to do with II.
War certainly does not automatically
amend or repeal il.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-02
Henry Ford's Courage

To ne Editor u IN IfMcs,
The Conference Committee OF
Defense" ty publishing It's proposed
resolution against Henry Ford ad
vertisement Concerning Prepared
ness" has prompted me TO peruse
this ad o. 90 more, and no cono,
many newspaper readers will do the
same. WITH the result. that the Ford
sd-cafnpsign will be- strengthened
ia impression and publicity above
The bol'esi expectations OF Mr.
Ford. Myself and certainly many
other readers--the, are many mil
lions more than the Defense Pre-
parersr can boast bers--are a.
loss TO fad In the sd a declara-
ton or even hint that Mr. Ford
is making -unpatriotic attempts 10
prevent the nation from putting IT.
self in a condition 80 resist aggres
sion or invasion" Henry Ford is
too good and experienced business
maj. NOT 20 know and demand. that
the nation mus, be strong through
out In mertal as weil as physical
qualities in order 10 be successful IN
business. in competition with other
nations and eventually in resisting
or rather diminishing the danger
of-foreign aggression or INVASION.
Not being an expert in military
-. ~.sTa inc
making suggestions for a desirable
and democratic system OF military
preparedness, but he condemns the
plans OF the selfstyled defenders
because be Is 90 -inced that these
plans are undemocrstic unpstTiOtic
and merely designed 10 advance the
interests Of comparatively fes. try
ing TO amass zig fortunes and 70
gai- domination over the govern
ment and the institutions OF the
country. In the attempt 20 accom-
plish their purpose. they are not
particular In the selec ion of
means; by spreading invented tales
and reports about imminent danger
Gus intentions o. oreign nations.
they aim AZ creating a general at
mosphere of premOnition and fear,
favorable for the execution of their
insidious plans ard they pretend TO
be in possession OF documents and
other evidence Affirming their as.
sertiOns.
Henry Ford demands that such
documents and proofs must De given
out and published. because 10 a
democratic state everybody has the
right to know what is going on. 50
that In an emergency the nation
can and will speedily decide and
procure the means for prompt and
effective action. ready 70 orer any
sacrifices which circumstance vill
require
Henry Ford shows a higher cour
age than his adverssries and merits
the esteem OF each fair-thinking per
son for his enenies.
ALBERT " HETTID
Ypsllanti, Mich, Feb g. 1916
The Detroit times., 1916-03-02
Shipping Whole Plants

The shipment OF whole plants for
breeding or experimental purposes.
with the attendant danger Of carry.
ing plant diseases and insect pests,
can be obviated in many cases by
shipping only the pollen from such
plants. Pollen from citrus trees has
been sent In cold storage from F1ori
da 10 California and recently ship
ment was successfully made from
Washington. ID. e.. 10 Japan. The
anthers were sealed in glass tubes
from which the air was exhausted.
Some Of the tubes after the ex.
haustion OF the air were dried with
sulphuric acid
The Detroit times., 1916-03-02

4. Try 10 forget your worries
when you sit down 10 eat. Have
your surroundings cheerful and the
company pleasant
3. When possible, rest for IL
minutes before, and an hour after
eating
Persons suffering from indiges-
tion should also avoid eating high
ly seasoned food. They should eat
but little salt and avoid all fried
food, warmed up dishes. fresh
bread. hot cakes. pastry and sweets.
Study your body 40 that you say
learn how 10 better care for Il and
protect u against i,lness
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upon, may prove useful.
]. Fat regularly SIT down TO
your meals at a certain hour each
day Arrange meals not more than
FIVE hours apart: long fssts weaken
the stomach. or foster the tendency
20 overeat or they may destroy ap.
petite.
2. Eat slowly and chew your
food we'll
2 Avoid monotony In diet. Va
riety stimulates the appetite.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-02
OLD AGE AND FACTS
eY DIR. FRANK GRAMS
Copyright. 1915. b. Frank Cranej

An interesting investigation made by
DR.. Virgil Davis upon the causes of long
life is referred to i'm the British Health
Review. The doctor interviewed 107
persons Of great age, one of whom, Mrs.
j. r. killerease of Pine Hills, Texas. was
l3S years old, and had daughter near
| ly 100.
From the report we are able to gather
the following results:
| Most all of the persons examined had
spent much Of their time out of doors.
The house, the close room, is the chief
Of life-shorteners.
Very few INDUCED, or had habitual-
ly indulged in stimulants, such as al
cohol, tobacco, tea, and coffee There is
no doubt as TO the value of stmulants;
the trouble is they are costly the price
we pay is-life.
They used very little medicine Those
who live long do something for what
ails them: those who will die early take
something.
Most Of the old people interviewed
were of cheerful habit. worried little,
and laughd a deal. Contentment seems
to be one of the surest guarantees of
length of days.
Most of them, including the wealthy,
had worked all their lives, and most of
them had continued their activities even
in advanced years. A favorite form of
suicide among folks past fifty is to stop
work.
The average number Of children was
! from three TO five. Few bachelors and
old maids survived.
( Scarcely any Of them were fat Fat
does not seem TO mean health, or at least
vitality. Few feshy people grow very
old.
| They were nearly all great sleepers.
! They went to bed early and rose early.
Those whose activities are by artificial
! light have little insurance of old age.
Heredity was considerable factor in
many cases, but environment and habits
counted for more. The disadvantages Of
heredity can often be overcome not SO
with habits.
! All we're careful and moderate eaters.
To eat what you like and al you like. to
( be guided by your appetite. may be
merry life, but il will be a short one.
The curse of modern life is overfeeding.
/ The superfuous is never harmless.
( Very few ate much meat. Most ate
! il sparingly. Many not at all. Meat
really belongs to the stimulant group,
along with alcohol and coffee; all the
food value there is in it can be obtained
from other sources without the poison.
Almost all were large drinkers OF
water, but not mineral water.
! All had variety of interests, kept up
| to the times. and believed in recreation.
| Most of them we're great readers, es-
pecially in later life.
From these conclusions the thoughtfui
reader ought to be able TO gather some
valuable hints for increasing his iife-ef-
fciency as well as for insuring his Ion
gevity. While few of us are concerned
about living long while, all OF US want
20 live efficient now.
!
The Detroit times., 1916-03-02
Why Keep ., up7

10 the Editor ~ The Times:
After the war. what Most likely
a defensive alliance for all the Euro.
pesn states will BE- the outcome oi
this last great var among them s
ccrtain section OF these warning ns.
lions who trusted In the power ~
might TO conquer and rule all The
world. A. well az the remaining ones
who believed only less in the powell
OF arms and armaments viii thus DO
led To see that the brotherhood ~
man IL the basic principle Of all per.
maDent peace.
Awful a. the present experience
~ Europe is. II has probably hasten
Cd by hundreds Of years the univer
sal acknowledgment and adoption ~
the principle that right, not might
The Detroit times., 1916-03-02
A Poem a Day
HIS SECRET cRlEr

HIS SECRET GRIEF
There was. thoussnd-lesge worm
Who had n thousand feet:
HIS step was dignined and nrm
And fell with measured beat.
lie lived In very simple style.
lis troubles they were few:
lie faced those troubles with a smile.
As cheerful persons do.
And. yet one secret grief had he
That weighed upon his heart
Each morning he arose a. three
To get an early start;
With button hooks on every hand.
He'd don. by two's and twos.
Five hundred pairs OF stockings. and
Five hundred pairs OF shoes
Jack Burroughs in the March ST.
Nicholas.
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which require In
dividusl and spe-
cisl treatment.
There are. how p
ever. certain gen
eral principles ap-
plicable 60 all,
which, II renem
bered and acted
The Detroit times., 1916-03-02
Let The People Rule---And Write

Is the best law for the welfare Of
nations. Then why prolong tone
and half years carnage has been
decisive OF nothingi IN unnecessary
and useless conflict. that can only re
sulr in the exhaustion of these self.
same powers and the cenfury-long
misery OF the great masses OF all
these peoples II 2 new Hague con
ference were to sit continuously un-
til the peoples OF these countries
compelled their rulers 10 submit
their differences 10 It's decisions
peace might come sooner than any.
one would imagine What greater
role could America have than 10 be
the first 20 take this decisive step
and work for Il iucey sanity until its
fulfillment came7
r /. FISHBAuGH.
Rochester. y. Y. Fob. -. 1916
The Detroit times., 1916-03-02
NOBEL PRIZES IN JUNE

The actual delivery OF the Nobel prize in chem
istry for 1914. awarded 10 Professor Theodore
W. Richards. Of Harvard university, together
with the other Nobel prizes for 1914 aud 1915.
will be postponed until June ] of this year. The
prize winners are invited to go then 20 Sweden
in person 10 receive their prizes and TO give
their Nobel lectures.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-02
Natural Query

Jones is in the hospital very
much run down"
Nervous prostration or automo-
bile Baltimore American.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-02
From Another Point of NieD
BuC. 7. 5.

Anyhow. there probably is no use look
ing for spring until we have had that old
fashioned ice famine.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-02
About the Only Law
That Seems Needed Is
the First One of Nature

This is the question:
# Should congress warn Americans tC
80 If armed merchantmen?
Some Of our congressman think con-
kess should.
President Wilson thinks congress
p0ld do nothing of the sort
0ome Of our congressmen-we have
y believe they are in a safe majority
E~rxee With the president.
Our chief executive has taken the
cntion that international law is not
Dtematically amended by war
International law says that merchant
nn may be armed for defense. and that
fsens Of neutral nation upon mer-
nfmen armed for defense shall not
y n,0Iested.
However, the presidents view of in
aknstiohal law and his own respect for
me not shared generally by the bel
4ents in the present difficulty across
w wxter.
Il II with this fact in mind that a
nber Of congressman, among them
nany members of the presidents own
& 21nxty. have conceived the idea that one
ov to settle the disputed point as to
ed merchantmen, for the present at
nGk insofar as the United States is
neeSned, is to exercise all possible pre-
ntion against the point being raised.
This is safety-frst position and goes
aoax strictly with the anti-prepared-
ess view. that one way to keep out of
o1ble is not to COURT trouble.
a% IS is before congress in resolution
introduced in the lower house by Rep.
rcLemore, and in a resolution in the up
~ house introduced by Senator Gore.
# Both resolutions have been permitted
10 slumber and it is from this slumber
Int President Wilson would have them
1iakurbed.
The supporters of the resolutions en-
1rtained an idea that slumber was the
Il 10y thing the president wanted and
hOught happy compromise had been
}Gffected.
| But not so.
The president has taken his powerful
Y IN in hand and intends to put the
E<usses on record" as Pingree used to
E1ny-
So we shall see.
3 Just as we had set ourselves to have
4 &nDinething to say about the president
md his letter to Rep. Pou, acting chair
Ban of the house rules committee, re-
Y hesting action on the resolutions. a
onah came up TO US and said President
81 3lson ought to make a good poker
1ayer."
From this man, who convinced US by
AN suggestion. of course. that he under.
tonds the game, we CLEANED that a
'GOod poker player" is one who does not
eah.' or pay to see the other mans
ond, as the man explained, unless he is
eeity sure he has the other fellow beat.
Then he pushes all Of his chips TO the
5nonter.
lt occurred to us after we heard the
1s points of the game explained, thai
man would not have to be good play
~ II X were possible for him TO see tn,
1her fellows hand.
We have already stated belief tha
ks congressmen who believe with tn,
psaidsnt in his stand against warnin,
nor3csns are in a safe majority.
That is our belief because II is Also
C belief that President Wilson woul'
knvs ''sct in his stack" or called
lfion were he not pretty posi-
m ~ the winning hand; dit
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To My (His) 1916 Sweetheart
nv A, liz STATE Male Contrib

10 wv thlSb 1910 SWettHedit
(5y An Upstate Male Contrib
You know it's Leap Year. honey dear
And balmy spring will soon be here
You know the privilege II yours
You know the pain my heart endures,
So II you love me why not then.
Say wtenT
For two long months my dear. I've prayed
That you would play the Leap Year maid
And name the day when We shall Dc
United for eternity
I'd be the happiest OF men
Say when.
It's Leap Year I will not propose.
But am lonesome, goodness knows
And you know. too. what would be.
And what I'd have you be- 20 me
And so ask YOU. once again
Say when.
Wonder where that first robin is this
morning.
The grocer boy comes by roundabout course:
The miIkmsn zigzags his way through the back
gate:
The laundry mans limit is up to the curb,
And there for our other shirt he'll SIT and wait.
A sign on the front door says Measles within" :"
They're gone. but the board of health still leaves
IL there.
And everyone shies At it. excepting one
The collector, who somehow, 1t seems, doesn't
care.
That's where Jean Crones, soup poison
er, appears to have left the detectives
workingeon his case.
We started poem on spring;
The Kind Of a poem that taiks.
Then IL blowed.
And II showed
Till we had 10 abandon the ode
And get out and shovel the walks
Everybody knows where my sympa-
thy lies" says Doe Cook. SO Docs got
his sympathy doing it now, has he?
WHAT HAD HAPPENED?
First Citizen-~You don't seem to have much
Of spark"
Second Citizen-"Didjah try her on III mag"
Third Citlzen-"H y had some hot water 4
pour over tn manifold think you'd be- all right"
Fourth Citizen--Mine did the same thing
few days ago"
Fifth citi1en-"Let me give that thing
whirl"
Sixth citzen-"Msybe wha, it needs. gentle
men, is breathing space"
There hasn't been wreck on the New
Haven yet this week. but there are, Of
course, two more whole days.
QUESTION BOX
c. T. S.-To settle bet should I say
The fisherman broagh' home i57 salmon
137 salmon - 4" r. C.
(Note: We hope none Of Our readers will
be frivolous with or abuse his most i'm.
| portant department Cs question
sounds like SOME catch believe usl.
We happened to be in the hotel lobby.
yesterday. when they PACED Mr.. Book.
! 1t Is reported TO US from q most reliable
source. indeed. that there is in Detroit
bird that was kept in a cage near well
last summer, whose song now sounds ex-
actly like the squeak Of the pump. That
being the case, why don't they oil it?
After they have found Charlie Ross
After they have learned who II was
that hit Billy Patterson;
After they have decided who was re-
sponsible for the war
Will they please endeavor 10 find ou,
what is responsible for the crouch Of the
! man in the box office.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-02
The Keep Well Column
INDIcE EsTioN.

The word indigestion covers
multitude Of stomach ailments
The Detroit times., 1916-03-02

he not know, in fact, what the other fel-
lows hold.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-02
BUSINESS LETTERS
sY n. AoolNoToN BRUCE
Webster.


of aud Par.nthood ct.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-02

You know it's Leap Year. honey dear,
And balmy spring will soon be here.
You know the privilege n yours
You know the pain my heart endures,
So IL you love me why not then.
Say wteng
The Detroit times., 1916-03-02
WHAT HAD HAPPENED?

First Citizen--~You don't seem TO have much
OF spark"
Second Citizen--"Didiah try her on tn mag +"
Third Citizen--"If y had some hot water T.
pour over tn manifold think you'd be all right
Fourth Citzen--Mine did the same thing a
few days ago"
Fifth Citizen-'Let me give that thing a
whiri."
Sixth Citizen-"M Maybe what il needs. gentle.
men, is breathing space"
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QUESTION eoS

G. T. S.-To settle q bet. should I say
The fisherman brought home i37 salmon
or 137 salmon p HC
tNote: We hope nane ~ our readers will
be frivolous with or abuse his most i'm.
portant dspart ment J r. Cfs question
sounds like SOME catch, believe us)
The Detroit times., 1916-03-02

There hasn't been a wreck on the New
Haven yet this week, but there are, OF
course, two more whole days