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The Detroit times., 1916-02-11

In some quarters IL Is fashionable
nowadays TO sneer Al hero worship.
But. friends. don't make the mistake
OF joining In the sneers.
Carlyle used 10 say that the his
tory of any nation could be written
from the biographies OF its great
men. To this ii might be added
that the stability and strength Of
a nation largely depend on the ex-
tent 10 which the people OF that
nation appreciate and admire the
truly great figures in its history.
For IL is fundamental fact In
life that admiration begets imitation.
Unconsciously those who appreciate
and admire the great tend them
selves to acquire the qualities OF
their heroes.
AS Drummond has admirably put
IL. in his Essay on the Alchemy
OF influence"
"It is the law OF influence that
We become like those whom we
habituaily admire. Through all the
range OF literature, OF history, OF
biography, this law presides. Men
are all mosaics OF other men,"
You may depend upon II that the
man who sneers at hero worship
Is short in some of the qualities
which make for greatness. In fact,
he usually is a pretty small man.
By refusing to admire and study
the great. he has deprived himself
OF the charging influence OF their
personality. This inevitably has
hampered his development
Don't follow his example. ln-
stead. let yourself be hero wor'
shipper frank and enthusiastic.
OF course. a good deal hinges ON
the particular type Of great men
whom you choose as models OF
though. and conduct
There have been great men whose
greatness has been decidedly tar
nished by defects like greed and
seIfishness.
Alexander and Napoleon belong
to this class. SO do all others who
have won their way to eminence
under the spur Of an imperative
craving for personal power.
These are not the heroes you
should choose for admiration. The
great under whose influence you
should strive TO come are those
whose lives have been ruled by
Ideals OF service, not by thoughts
OF self.
washington and Gladstone. Lin.
coin and Lee, Darwin and Emerson,
Newman and Phillips Brooks
these are names representative OF
worthy greatness From such az
these You and and those OF later
centuries than ours can draw en-.
larging power.
Having chosen your heroes. try
The Detroit times., 1916-02-11
Pointed Paragraphs

High c Is best attained by tread.
Ing on a cats tail.
The true secret OF feminine beau.
ty Is TO be born pretty.
Variety Is the spice OF life to the
bald man In the front row.
A mean man always attributes his
dislike OF his neighbor to envy.
From the bulldogs point Of view
this is q very quarrelsome old
world.
The age OF reason depends alto
gether on the man: some men
never attain II.
Don't get too self.important; the
world will go on just the same after
you get out.
About the only difference between
repartee and impudence Is In the
sire OF the man who says IL.
II married man ever becomes
truly great his wife nearly always
assumes the responsibility for II.
To remove superfuous hair send
your well filled mattress to be done
over by tricky upholsterer.
A western man has invented a
preparation for restoring old paint.
ings. A preparation for restoring
new umbrellas to their owners would
be more popular.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-11
HERO WORSHIP
". AoplNoToN BRUCE
of

TO know them intimately. Get ac-
quainted with them through their
letters and biographies. Ponder
their .hievements and their char
acteristics.
II may even be OF help 10 you TO
obtain good pictures OF hcm. Place
these where you will frequently see
them. and thereby be reminded of
the standards you yourself are try
ing TO attain.
One word more:
Supplement your enlightened hero
worship by choosing as friends per
sons who themselves possess In
some degree the qualities of your
heroes.
Otherwise you will be subjecting
yourself to conditions 'hich MAJ
completely Offset the good effects
OF your study Of the grea' nen OF
other days.
You are far more likely 10 imk
tate. I, be Influenced by. those with
whom you daily come ~ intimate
personal contact. than 0ose whom
you can know only tADSugh books
II you friends are petty, mean.
sordld, empty-headed fellows. your
hero worship is likely to do yon
little good.
Be wise. therefore, In your choice
OF friends as well as In your choice
OF heroes.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-11
English Quakers

A writer In New Days, a London
paper that styles Itself "the Journal
OF the new conditions" has been Wis
iting among English Quakers and
finds that the Friends are quite DIFF
ferent from the sad and sour per.
sons he had expected to find.
Altogether, In my crude and mis-.
informed state" he writes, II con-
sldered them rather depressing
portion OF the community. TO be
avoided by folk with a healthy ap-
petite for pleasure. Staying for a
while In a Midland town I was vel
coined to the most charming OF
homes and entering as a prejudiced
outsider ! was made to feel that my
presence interfered not at all with
the ordered quiet OF their thoughts
or tranquil pleasures OF their life.
II vas made plain TO me that q man
who took life seriously, and who
held views on war which in time OF
national conflict met opposition from
the military portion OF the popula.
ton. was not necessarily a sour per
son Who believed In black ties and
milk and water. nor. found, need
he shrink from a romping game
with his children. a concert or a
Christmas party. as savoring OF rep
rehensible frivolity."
The visitor also discovered that
the Society OF Friends was doing
great practical Samaritan work in
France; that In the shellshattered
villages Of France and Belgium they
had built hundreds OF wooden huts
where the thousands OF desolated
peasants can live In comparative
comfort and no fees OF any kind
taken.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-11
NAPOLEON IN OPERA

Long ago dramatic authors put Napoleon
upon the stage. But until the present the Little
Corporal has only spoken. Now he IL going TO
sing. The libretto OF the opera Is ready and
a Genevese musician, W Joseph LAUDER Ia "a
write the music. The title is simple. 1918"
The theme will include the flight from the Isle
OF Elba, the hundred days. aWteroo and St
Helena. The role Of the emperor will be taken
by NJ. Zimmerman. who joins TO strong tenor
voice the Napoleonic face. The idea Of making
Napoleon sing does not lack In audacity and one
may well ask II IT will be accepted by the French
publc.--Le Cri de Paris.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-11
Uncle Sam-Dairy Farmer

uncIe Sam has gone into the dairy business
He is engaged in breeding experiments 10 pro
duca the hest brand OF milking Galloway catue
ord he proposes 10 sell a goodly number OF
calves 10 farmers each season for somewhat less
than the same grade OF cattle can be purchased
anywhere in the United States
However. Uncle Sam is not operating his dairy
farm in the states.
IL Is in Alaska.
For the purpose of aiding the settlers OF Alas
la ~ stock up with pure-bred and hardy stock
~ cattle suitable to the Alaskan climate. at a
re,sonabs cost. thus eliminating the high freight
costs Of shipping cattle into Alaska, Uncle Sam
some Years ago started his dairying experiments
AZ Kodiak island. one of the agricultural depart
r,ent experiment stations of the south coast of
Alaska
There the department has so head OF hne
Gallowsys
From these are selected by careful breeding
experiments the cows with the best milking
qualities.
These cows are placed in the dairy at Kodiak
and careful record is made OF their milking
performances. and the more promising of the
Young cows are added TO the dairy herd from
time TO time.
The less promising Of the mixers are offered
for sale for beef breeders among the settlers.
AS soon as the breeding herd has increased TO
what can be handled at the station economi-
cally, number Of cows will be for sale every
season.
Thus the Alaska settlers who are already on
the ground. and those who take up homesteads
In the country the result OF Uncle Sans
government railroad will find another department
of the government working TO aid them to get
a start in the country.
This work is only part Of the agricultural ex'
pertinent work constantly going on at the four
agricultural experiment stations located in the
north country.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-11
In OLSON GARDNER.

WASHINGTON. Feb. ia rural
credits law is likely 10 be one Of
the results OF this session. The ad-
ministration Is pressing for action
along the lines OF bill reported
by the joint committee of the house
and senate which was created last
session This bill provides for land
mortgage banks. f2 In number,
known as federal land Banks, each
in a separate district, after the
manner OF the federal reserve sys-
tenn. These banks would ave a
paid-up capital OF not less than
s500.00O and would be authorized TO
issue debenture bonds based on land
mortgages TO an amount not exceed
ing 20 times their capital and sur
plus. The mortgages would be a
first lien on improved farms occu-
pied by the owners and for not ex-
ceeding so per cent OF the appraised
value of the property.
The loan must be for expend.
purchase OF the farm, for improve
ments, stock, or some investment
Every mortgage would run for at
least i've years and thereafter could
be paid in whole or part on any In.
terest date. They would provide
for a regular payment of not less
than one per cent on the principal
at each interest date which. with
out other payments on the principal
would extinguish the debt in 3s
years. The bill provides for local
associations known as national
farm loan associations TO be com
posed OF borrowers; each borrower
must take stock in the association
to the extent OF Ave per cent OF his
loan. and there are other co-opera-
tive features. The capital employed
would be In the beginning govern
ment capital, but government
money. IL is provided, would make
way for private money as he farm
ers themselves entered into the CO
operative investment and furnished
their own money.
The department of labor has a
large mark TO It's credit in the part
II took In settling the Arizona cop
per strike. Secretary OF Labor VIII
liam B. Wilson sent two mediators.
Messrs. Myers and Davies, In ac-
cordance with a provision in the
law creating the department OF la
Arizona and New York investigat.
ing and acting az Intermediates be
tween the union miners and the
New York corporation directors. and
finally the latter were persuaded TO
act along the line OF enlightened
selfishness and TO resume their
profits by dividing a small share OF
them with their employees.
The governor OF Arizona. W. p.
Hunt, is entitled likewise to a
great deal OF credit for his refusal
10 allow the importation of gunner
as the mine owners desired. There
was no violence or bloodshed in
this strike, In great contrast with
the Colorado troubles where Gov.
Ammons was not so wise or cour-
ageous es Governor Hunt.
Rep. William Kent. OF California.
expects to contribute substantial
help TO the campaign for mitigating
tuberculosis by the passage OF a
bill TO standardize the treatment OF
tuberculosis In the United States
and provide federal aid for caring
for indigent tuberculous persons.
Certain hospitals and sanitariums
are to be designated which may re-
ceive aid from the federal treasury
The Detroit times., 1916-02-11
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE WRECK

An automobile smash-up In Hastings wnen
Fred Racine was taking his sister Lizzie ana ner
daughter vernice Of Syracuse to the train Mon
asv afternoon. AZ she had been making him .
vtsit. and his wife and two daughters. and Q
gentleman who works for him. making seven IN
his car. and another car owned by syracuse
man. This car had two gentlemen in. which
ran into each other. Mr. Racines car turned
,,r,,e and thew flew In all directions. having
many bruises and cuts. but fortunately none
were killed Both autos were a wreck.-Has.
tines correspondence Mexico IN Y) fndepsn-
dcpt
The Detroit times., 1916-02-11
A Poem a Day
A LITTLE WAY.

A LITTLE WAY.
A little way to walk with you, my
own
Only a little way.
Then one OF us must weep and walk
alone
Until Gods day.
A little way, IL Is so sweet to live
Together, that l know.
Life would not have one withered
rose To- give
If one OF us should 60.
And II these lips should ever learn TO
smile,
with thy heart far from mine.
'Twouid be for Joy that In a little
while
They wosld be kissed by thine,
Frank l.. stanton
The Detroit times., 1916-02-11

Now there has been introduced the
conversation" stocking. Our elastic
language will come in handy, to keep up
the conversation.
II the humming birds were humming
And the gum tree got to cumming
And the lonesome pine were hungry,
And were pining for some meat;
II the elder told the younger
To appease the pine trees hunger
Would II make the younger poplar
II he beat IL for beet?
Asks an automobile ad: Suppose you
started out to buy pair of legs instead
of an automobile" 2" Respectfully referred
to any prospective buyer of an automo-
bile who is saving up pin money.
It looks as if President Wilson's war
preparedness policy would have to get
along with one less Garrison.
A news item Gays the tailors are agreed
that the perfect man should have 14l4
neck. Sounds more like neck for per-
feet chicken.
We wish to inform the police officials
that we know of Democrat in this man s
town who is in favor of protection.
The man who says PLEASED to meet
you" gives US to understand upon oc-
casions that he is easily pleased.
| IL might not be bad idea now for
President Wilson to follow the tour on
which he declared for preparedness, with
another, to tell the people how he, him
self, feels about it.
A New York hotel stenographer has
sued mine owner who proposed TO her,
for 100000 unless she has the comma
where decimal point ought to be.
Police Commissioner Gillespie has gone
away on vacation. He has this much in
his favor to start with. While out OF
town he will not be in so much danger
of having his pockets picked.
They cheered Senator William Alder
Smith in Flint. He was born there.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-11
The Two Elements in
Civilization
ev DR.. FRANK CRANE
(Copyright. 1915. By Frank Crsns)

'Clvilization." says Emile Verhaeren,
the Belgian writer, ''is a mixture of lib
erty and discipline When there is ex.
cess OF organization the result is tyran.
n.y."
Most mistaken ideas are due TO a lack
of balance. No great movement in hu-
man progress is caused by a single force,
but by two or more forces combined.
The gigantic crimes of the world have
been committed by honest men, earnest.
devoted. but with the fatal defect of be-
ing able to see but one side of things.
The good man, with one idea, is more
deadly than the out-and-out bad man.
The wars, expressions and persecu-
tions of history were made possible by
conscientious fanaticism.
Germany is praised because Of the ef.
6ciency of its system, its perfect organ
ization, such development of the State
that it becomes an irresistible engine.
whether in civic ends or in war.
To resist Germany 1t is now being
preached that the other nations must
adopt a like socialistic organization.
The trouble with Germany and with
the argument is that it is one-sided. II
lays emphasis on the power of strict or
ganization, but overlooks the welfare Of
the individual.
Events have shown how a vast ma
chine of the State may be in mo-
ment turned from constructive work
wherein it improves social life, and be-
come terrific instrument Of destruc-
ton.
The State, made perfect, becomes
Frankenstein monster and assassinates
the people who made it.
The problem of civilization is to have
personal liberty, the free life Of the in
dividual, keep pace with governmental
forces.
It is easy enough to create powerful
State machine. All that is necessary 10
TO sacrifice the liberties of the citizens.
But life is not means; it is an end.
The sole aim of the State should be
to enrich, enlarge and beautify the lives
of it's citizens.
America could easily make of itself .
war engine vastly more powerful than
any other nation, because we have more
resources. All We would need to do
would be to set up dictator and put
him in absolute control, muzzle our rep
resentative legislature, censor the press
in short, exchange our liberty for eff
ficiency.
Thus Rome traded the republic for the
empire; thus the medieval Church domi-
mated Europe, suppressing opinion and
initiative; and it is thus the modern
German is deluded.
The German savant Herr Ostwald de-
clares: German civilization is the first
in the world, because it has abandoned
the period of individualism for the
period of organization. The Russians arc
still a horde, and the English and
French have just attained that degree
of culture development which we passed
so years ago"
But Germany has gone too fast. No
efficiency can be permanent even toler-
able. where democracy does not keep
even step with it.
Efficiency destroys itself in unbearabls
repression, liberty destroys itself in un-
bearable anarchy; each when not bal
anced by the other.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-11

upon which pencils collected from
the children, can be placed with the
tips resting In sockets where they
are acted upon by q formalin gas
disinfectant. which kills all germs.
To get the best and safest results
two sets of pencils should be kept
on hand. While one set is In use
the other can be undergoing disin-
feeting. Thus by changing pencils
twice a day the danger OF the
spread Of germs can be cut In half.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-11
BEFORE THE WAR. AND NOW

According To the Frankfurter Zeitung the Ger
man imperial debt before the was not quite
81 ESQ, 100000 American values. whereas the new
war debt at the end OF December. was 10000
100000 The new interest charges involved at
per cent are s500.00 600 per annum: whereas
In the last full fiscal year OF peace the empires
total revenue was s79s, 500. .o00.-New York Post
The Detroit times., 1916-02-11

OF preVer "a Die dis
ease there is no
doubt but that a
goodly per cent OF
Z h 9 m contracted
disease from the
habit OF sucking
the points OF pen.
ellis passed from
hand 10 hand.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-11
Sure CURE

Doctor-You have nervous prosuation. Buy a
ticket for California at once.
yones--But can't leave my business.
Doctor-You don't need to-glYe the ticket
to your wife.-Judge.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-11

Townsend. William Alden Smith, ct al
if they aren't.
They do keep the other fellows In Oh
flee.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-11

To prevent this transmission Of
deadly germs OF preventsbIe dis
eases a rev device has just been in.
vented
IL Is a specially constructed rack
The Detroit times., 1916-02-11
THE SPEED CRAZE

Perhaps II is little dif1cuh for the supply OF
gasoline to keep up with the output Of motor |
cars.--washington Star
The Detroit times., 1916-02-11
The Keep Well Column
DEVICE PREVENTS SPREAD GERMS LURKING ON PENCIL

OF the $1,000 school children in
this country who are annual victims
The Detroit times., 1916-02-11

Before Lorraine was united with
France. in 1896. II belonged TO tho
detbroned king Of Poland. Before
that II belonged to Austria.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-11

~ Wa = BISdt Ddnquct.
Il began 10 minutes ahead of time. or
Just ~ soon as the hall was filled, when
The doors were locked.
We understand Progressive who had
eoane back was present, and they took no
uAnnces on his getting away.
The Oakland County Lincoln club did
1G1( more than proud.
several members ran their legs off
Uor1nod themselves to point of near
on getting IL up, taking care of
coe md invitations; arranging
a. music and printing of
~ pssting the speakers
plohsd guests; keeping
6 hneos strong; passing
y Z y6o - The members of
6o GI1 - gofne down into their
- ~ ~ de6cfsncy,
cro poEtisan clubs ars great things.
(en't belisvs Il, ask Charlie
The Detroit times., 1916-02-11
Any JObh0lder Will Tell
You These Lincoln Club
Affairs Help Quite a Few

They had a Republican banquet in
Pontiac Wednesday night.
II was given under the auspices of the
Il Oakland County Lincoln club in ceebra-
I tjon Of Lincoln's birthday.
The anniversary of Lincoln's birth
day does not fall until Saturday, but
thofe are SEVERAL Lincoln clubs in the
\ sstaSs, and il would not be possible for
poxy aspirants for Office to get around
s n Of them the same night.
50 they scatter them through the
( ~ the one in Pontiac, Senators Smith
" "a Townsend, in the order of their sew
1f decades Of public snaps, were pre-
Gbnt.
& 0nnator Townsend berated President
viI1nm because he has neglected, he said,
n 6p take the people into his confidence.
k0hils the speech Of William Alden, along
\, ~ same lines, was punctuated in several
1ees By . reference to some mysterious
4 1Snon Ia the audience, presumably in
X ~ Whiskers and smoked glasses, who
~ doclared was present for the purpose
6otting material with which to oppose
II I6 fbr the presidency.
~ presence Of the mysterious person
q 80 70 have had most depressing eff
et mon Senator Smith, for, clearly, he
o6 Mt at himself.
& ~ Was not William Alden speech at
I. 4ADse was no reference in it to an
S1r6a sunset.
H fsfled to introduce anything like
Sfhr little cottage among the western
Jke senator mentioned the glorious
~ and Stripes only IL times and his
;<S1co never cracked once.
Besides, the senator got in bad by mis-
quoting Col Roosevelt.
K was in this wise. according to the
SENATOR'S speech and the incidents there
to, Is reported by our morning paper:
s~Theodore Roosevelt said in speech that
No man can love two countries any more
( than he can love two women. NV Cod |
have loved my wife and my mother always
and stin love them and am better
for H."
Didn't Roosevelt use the word serve ;"
v cried man sitting behind the correspondent
q 3 Detroit afternoon newspaper"
~ ITO love means to serve; serve my wife
and my mother" replied the speaker
II doesn't matter so much, of course.
but the fact is, in neither instance was
our ex-president quoted even substan-
tally
What Roosevelt had to say upon this
subject, in the Metropolitan Magazine,
WA:
t The man who loves every nation as
\ well - his own, is in the same class as
7 the man who loves every other woman
- well as he does his wife"
However
The Detroit times., 1916-02-11
From another Point of NeD
Bu C. T. S.

Now there has been introduced the
conversation" stocking. Our elastic
language will come in handy, to keep up
the conversation.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-11

They cheered Senator William Alder
Smith in Flint He was born there.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-02

mess de Struse He IS the
.llsm Slater Of Washington