South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-07

I recruits Tuesday night, is the back
bone of the country; it should be en-
couraged and brought more TO the
( 'front.'"
. Lord Northclife is going to be the
. guest Of Kansas Clty's Knife and
Fork club soon That is the kind OF
club that can get our attention, but
not baseball, chess. tennis. golf or
literary.
Won Tirpitz is said TO be very
| anxious for a large indemnity. Won
Tirpitz never tax counsel Of Us.
Otherwise, We should advise him not
/ 20 become too anxious.
The cost Of living is not going to
: recede so long as the people pay
+ stiff prices 10 somebody else FOR
3 service which they have plenty OF
time to perform for themselves.
Col. Roosevelt declares ne wishes
/ he could make a gift OF la Toilette
20 tha kaiser. He has grie, Ously Of
Tended us. He has injured US he
must be punished. But could a
+ Christian nation be SO wndictive as
q 70 wish la Toilette even upon an
enemy
Now is the time to show folks you
{ can do the way you ought to do. and
cut ont half the breakfast cakes. and
; cut out ha'f the sirloin steaks. and
cut out half the Dreaded chops.
and cut out half the stems of
hops. end cut out half the carrots
( too, and cut out half the Irish stew.
and cut out half your share Of
wheat, and half your prunes. and
/ only cat half the things for. susten-
auce that used to make You 1T your
/ pants so tight you had to scrooge up
so you could let out your belt and
60 a-wheeZing down the village
street upon your pudRy dimpled
, feet The style for shapes this year
is thin. and you're supposed to wear
"A grin the while your helpmeet
smiles at you and cuts your ratiors
half in two. This ought TO he good,
in one way; you should have half
the bills to pay, and when a Teller
can put by more savings he can
wink one eye and tighten up his belt
a notch. and life does not seem such
a bOtch. But middle men have sized
things up and though they only fill
our cup half way from bottom TO
the rim, and sell us half a chicken
limb, they charge for a whole cup Of
brew. and for one chicken leg
charge two. and treble prices on all
things. till we eat chicken feet and
wings, and nay more for half eats
than what we erst paid for whole
eats. God wcti We love 10 sit and
corservate on all we drink and all
we ate. and scrimp our wife ard
lids. and plan to fatten up the mid
die man.
The abstract shows that La
Follctte's title to hell is now clear
ana complete. Everybody has given
it to him.
\ B'pti7t brother rises 10 tell us
tNat FvaH~el'st ] w. Ham. who is
GOING 20 sandwich himself between
"hf-a~o and Indianapolis. is not the
evangelist Of the same name known
20 many Mishawakans.
The hogs Of the collar trust ought
20 take the precaution 10 control
the celluloid output. or the collar
wearers may rebel
It is said that S45.0oo.ooO worth
of eggs snoil every year Maybe that
is the reason the actors have quit
The real stage and gone into the
tilmies.
Now they are asking for three
chaDlains for each regiment under
the new plan of organizatOn. But
can't one chaplain pray for $500 as
easily as for coo? BesideS. the
devil is operating faster behind the
lines than in the trenches.
The yarn that the girls use in
knitting things for the soldiers
comes from the hack Of sheen. but
the warn mills wnere it is spun are
in control OF the hogs.
After a long struggle Rainh cay
Tor hos been elected outer guar0 Of
'he KNIGHTS Of Pythias. and Novem-
her next ne viii Re elected outer
mayor Of Mishawaka.
Here's to the F0ganS!
Had we The ordering of things the
uaace which good tobacco brings
shorId go with every soldier tad
,vhere'er no goes and make him
clad No one can overestima'e the
iovousress that's in a crate Of good