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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01
The High Cost Of Killing

There appears 20 be possibility
that the high cost OF living may b.
alsplaced as a popular topic OF con
yersation by the high cost OF kill.
ing The staggering expenditure
OF the European war have hong
ceased 20 produce any eject upon
a faded imagination: bat the recent
estimates OF the cost of prepared
ness may possibly cause one more
sensation. Congress AZ the last
session laid plans for warshIps that
no proud American nerd pE
ashamed OF nj home or abroad. II
provided battle cruisers that were
10 cost The stnpeudous sum OF SIC.
SOC. 900 apiece But monstrous ss
such a sum is, American shipbnild.
ers declare that such ships cannot
b.@ built for less than $4,000 900
Here Is sum but slightly less
than the price paid for the Danish
West lndies: yet II rolls trippIngiy
from the tongue when named as the
cost Of a single warship. When the
senate considered the agreement by
which this country sought 10 re
imbursel Colombia for the wrong
done her when our government aid
ed Panama's secession. there ap.
peared to be a disposition TO make
some restitution. but the sum OF
SIS. 900 900 which was named In the
treaty was considered excessive
Yet we are called upon 10 build a
lot OF war vessels, each OF which
will cost nearly four hfths of that
sum Nor will this be the end.
Each country builds larger and
more powerful ships than its neigh
bors No sooner will Germany and
Great Britain have exceeded our
new battlecr1fisers. than our naval
board will design stu greater, and
yet more costly vessels.
But s25.oo0.OOo. battleships are not
all that adequate preparedness
means Our politics has for years
been cursed by the presence OF a
string OF small naval yards along
our coasts. Only two or three were
prepared TO build or repair FIRST.
class ships but all were kept alive
for the sake OF the spoils Score
taries OF the navy and naval boards
have again and again recommended
the consolidation OF these small
and useless yards into few cffec
tive plants. But the appetite for
pork has overcome all appeals
TO reason And now. when public
opinion has been aroused. and there
Is strong pressure exercised Upon
congressmon tn shame them into a
rational course the plea Is set up
that preparedness demands the re-
tention OF all these petty plants
And as these yards are useless for
handling modern wnr vessels. the
next step vii be TO rsiRe them all
TO capiiai Yards which viii mean
the expenditure OF s'l'l other hun
dleds ~ millions Of dollars Away
with the high cot ~ living Hail
10 tho high cost OF hllIue The
Public
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01
The Daily Reminder
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representatives. after oailuting near
~ two months.
iSIi--House ~ representative
abolished the test oath.
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ere arrested ON charges 81 plotting
aTa.nst the prince and government
supreme court OF the United
states decided the Nebraska guheT-
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1899 William H. TAFT succeeded
Emu Root as secretary OF war
ONE YEAR AGO TO-DAY I'm THE
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ing entrance 90 SalonicA hRrbnr
German drive IN west checked rs
French. Germans holding their gains
Zeppelin hcet raidsd English n1iG-
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TpDAN'< BIRTHDAYS
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ed states senator from Vermont. born
in Richmond. VI. - years aEo today.
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connective Engineers horn In Aims
worth. Iowa. 81 years ago TO-DAY.
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con 81 wears Rso today.
ut Rev, Nlphnnsus J, GiurieuN.
Catholic bishop % Boise. fGRho born
IN ReiGiur1 - years ago to-day
Madftn Summers. recently appoint.
- United states consul general At
Moscow. ourr in Nashville. Tenn 90
years ago today
Victor Herbert. composer ~ nearly
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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01

Is your habit 20 put OF making
decisions. 10 postpone action when
ever possible. 10 leave everything 20
the last moment. From business
point OF view this ~ an exceedingly
bad habit Also. II Is a habit weak
ening 10 the character. even In
furious TO the health
Ike every habit IL gets a nrmer
grip on a man the longer Il l. coz
tinued n may get such grip
thai i's victim finds Il almost i'm
possible 10 decide about anything
or take action Of any sort he then
is suffering from a recognized func.
tIonal disorder abouiia. or paraly-
-f- ~ the will.
IN extreme cases people tkus az
aicted have great difficulty indoing
such simple things As eating and
dressing They cannot make Up
their minds what food 10 choose.
what clothes 20 put on
AANN hAWNA " 'a@NA NAFFF III
sons have remained in bed long
after waking in The morning. be-
cause they could not exert enough
viii power 20 get up promptly When
they do get mp II has taken them
two hours or longer 10 decide how
10 dress for the day
To BE- sure. hsbi,ual procrastina.
ton may be a symptom and re
suit. a. well as a cause. OF nervous
weakness n man. formerly en-.
erEstic. begins 20 notice In himself
a tendency 70 delay. he may take
n for granted that his nerves are
not in the best OF order
What he should AZ once do il. not
merely Try 20 force himself 10 be
decisive and prompt. but also up
build his nervous system This H.
all-im portAnt In his cure.
Ills wisest course. therefore. ia 20
begin By consulting good doctor.
IN order 70 make sure tha, no il
organicaily sound. Nervous weak
ness frequently IL result Of some
nnsuspected strain due 10 disease
OF heart kidneys or other ORGANS.
II any organic disease exists. Il
is obviously desirable 10 discover
u az soon az possible. 40 that cura-
tive measures may DO applied II.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01
It Isn't the Fact That
The Marriage License Is
Too Easy to Get, At All!

Rep. Carl A. Robinson, of Marshall. has
plan by which he hopes to cut down the
work of our divorce courts.
This legislator is of the opinion that
the matter of marriage is entered into al
together too hastily. without anywhere
near the amount of sober reflection il
should have on the part of the contracting
parties.
He would make it much harder TO get a
marriage license than it is at the present
time.
Now, they meet on Wednesday night.
at something like the Cigar Clerks annual
ball, make a date fov Saturday night.
when his weeks pay will enable him TO
take her out to supper. and get married
The following Tuesday. applying for a di.
vorce in a month or six weeks.
Either the man comes into court and
complains that eating the wife's cooking
Il cruelty and grounds for divorce OF
the woman comes in and announces that
che didn't know he had wife living in
smother state
This sort of complaint is generally filed
inter- the man has skipped out and INTO a
third state.
& the marriage license clerk were 10
~ 70 the parties making application
NO sir-icc, not ;oEas think il ovos FOR
- days AMI IN TIC meantime I viii have
~ 1ntcntions OF you Two published IN the
Dospspcrs,~ The elect would be fewer
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01
Pointed Paragraphs

He laughs best who waits TN he
sees the joke
About the only blow that strikes
a man favorably Is his own boast,
Nearly all men are suspicious and
nearly all women are superstitious.
The man who Is in touch with the
toothache IL out OF sympathy with
II.
The wall flower at a ball ia often
the only girl present who can bake
bread
Some people tell the truth only
when a lie won't answer the pur.
pose.
Cupid does not take out license
when he goes hunting. The man
OF whom he makes game has TO do
that
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01
The Love Story
BY Or. FRANK CRANE
(Copyright. l5tS. by Frank Crane)

There are only three kinds of stories.
those of love. those of money, and those
OF crime | like them all. But most of
all the love story.
OF course II has to be we'll told. There
are many pitfalls for the writer of the
love story. IL must not be too sentiment
al, too obvious, too slow. too subtle, too
coarse. too this or too that; il must be
Just right.
IL is like violin playing. The most ex-
quisite effects of shading are possible,
and consequently the most absurd anna
tcurishness.
The love story is the peculiar flower of
our civilization. 1t is the mating theme
TRANSPORTED, rainbowed, raised to it's
highest spiritual translucence. 1t is the
sex motive, Of course, but redeemed and
made wholesome by the only thing that
can redeem Naturalization.
The sex emotion probably causes more
wre;chedness and more happiness to the
human race than any other human feel
ing; more misery in its perversion; more
JOY when. idealzed, il creates for us the
dear relationships Of lover and lass, hus-
band and wife, parent and child.
Who does not wish that he had never
read Lorna Doone" and THE Able Con-
stantin.' and the tales of Charles Reade.
SO that he might now read them for the
first time?
And wren love story is presented
upon the stage and played with nice dis
elimination. what an unmixed delight
Such play is Little Lady in Blue"
which Frances Starr is playing this sea-
son.
It's something to find show once
in n while that is Just plain good the
kind you can take your sweetheart to and
not wish YOU hadn't; the kind where
there are no flesh fcvers, no effort to
thrill by disgust, no world-weariness, no
wallowing Of cheap and petty souls in the
mire Of weak will and self-pity; nothing
but honest lovers and out and out VII
lains and regular folks generally.
What good is morbidity in art any
how? Why probe the dark convolutions
of adultery and thievery. pessimism, Gym
icism, and all the other gripes and pangs
and shudders Of contemplate peopleY
You run away from them in real life;
why have them thrust at you on the
stage?
Give me n clean. spring time, apple
blossom play of love, and let me 20 and
be young again for an hour. and fall
madly in love with a delicious mink like
Frances Starr, and sob bit and laugh
a bit, and 40 home feeling as if Id had .
bath in Ponce de Icons fountain Of
youth and think this is a pretty fine
weF4a after al or if it isn't we can play
it is.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01

was presided over by the senator's
distinguished father. think. in a
small town in Kansas II seemed
90 me that there was not lawyer
at the bar who was not common
drunkard. and they bad prohibition
there. but Il did not prohibit
Il had a good deal OF business for
good many years in Kansas. and I
say nov. without desiring 20 reflect
upon the senator's state. that there
were more druukards 20 the square
acre in Kansas than w any place !
ever was. and that. too. under a
prohibitory law. ~
Senator Reeds statements. OF
course, are the kind OF broad gen
civilizations which are not suscepti.
BILE OF disproof by exact figures
Generally. ali that the hearer can
do IL 10 make a mental estimate OF
the sort OF man who utters them.
But Senator Curtis. OF Kansas. made
n very effective reply when be read
the following statistics from official
reports for the year 1915
Twenty eighth counties In Kan
sas did not have prisoner In Jail
during all that year.
"Fortv-eight counties did not send
prisoner 10 the peni;entiary
Twelve counties bad no, called a
jury Tor the trial or a criminal case
In number OF years
Twenty counties did no, have
any prisoner in the state peniten.
tiary Golfers Weekly.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01

But il wouldn't be. we are sorry to say.
This is the way il WOULD result:
The contracting parties would present
themselves in the county building.
The young man would ask a guard
where he would find the marriage license
clerk. while the girl would tighten her
hold on his arm and blush ruby red.
The obIiging guard would chuck the
groom-to-be. or the bride-to-be under IN I,
chin and with an "Oh YOU kid would di-
rect them 10 60 up flight and turn TO
the right or the left. as the case might b.
Presenting themselves before the e. ',
the groom would state the object OF ms
visit.
"Nuthin' dom. young un." says the
clerk. you viii have to wait year and
devote that year to due and careful con-
sideration of the step YOU were at the
point of rushing into
Come on. Maggie" says the groom
End OF the delegation. lets beat it for
Windsor"
"Nawthin' doin," says Maggie; "fer
me lit Toledo. where have an aunt
livin'"
The idea is. Rep. Robinson's plan wou
be alt right. perhaps. were ii not for the
fact that you can get ferry boat every
10 minutes or a trolley car TO Toledo
every hour
The member of the legislature who WI
present plan To provide against hast
marriages and lessen the work of our di.
vorce courts viii introduce one that will
make divorces harder TO get
When that happens there will be fewe'
applications for licenses for hasty mar
riageS.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01
A Poem a Day
--rIs prr-,- Ltt-FLE-E FADED
M nufsn-

--rIs- BrrA LrT-EtE- EAp4as-
FLOWER"
It's bit a little faded flower.
Bat. q. how fondly dear
Twill bring IN. back one golden
hour
Through many weary v~sr
may not % the world lupRrt
The secret - It's power
But treasured IN my inmogt heart
! keep my faded nowsr.
Where - the heart that doth not
keep within is hidden core,
Some fond f@rneui rance. hidden deep.
OF days that are no more
Wac hath not saved some triH
thing
More priEed thar jewels rare
\ faded flower. a broken ring.
A tress ~ golden hair
Ellen Cismentins HDwarth
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01
Booze and Kansas

Among the most earnest Islander.
ers OF communities which have
kicked boore out IL Senator Reed. OF
Missouri. The following statements
were made by him on the floor Of
the senate in the course OF the de
bate on prohibition for the District
% Columbia.
II remember a good many years
ago trying a case In a court which
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01

, on the other hand. no organic dts
ease Is present, the visit to the doc.
tor will help In determining just
what Is wrong
Md usually what Is wrong Is
nothing more than some hygienic
error Perhaps there has been neg.
lect TO take sufficient exercise. Per
hAps the procratinating one has
been eating too much or too little
Perhaps he has kept indoors TOO
much.
or he may be over.sleeping or
under sleeping. both OF which are
practices that react harmfully on
the viii power. and lower the vital
force that makes for energy Of &C.
ton. Or. again. be may be work
ing under unEygieuie conditions
The doctors quizIing will touch
on all these points. and many more.
II will aid IN bringing out the facts
that the man who delays needs TO
know about himself. so that he may
upbuild bis nervous system by pre-
cisely the right means.
But. while upbuilding his nervous
system. let him not forget TO sup
plement the physical reconstructive
process by unceasing effort TO ex-
ercise his will vigorously.
Let him 20 on the principle that
Il IL better TO make mistakes than
TO be perpetually undecided and in
active. Let him train himself 10
decide for the sake OF deciding. and
20 act for the sake OF acting. In
action. INDIGESTION, can mean only
a constantly increasing weakness OF
will.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01
~ Standard BY Which
We Would Measure the
Man Is Decreed a Misfit

(sonerslixations and standards arr
\ prretically obsolete when applied to man
\ = far - deep thinking people are con
eorued.
setting mark, in some particular, and
n,sasuring all persons by it, is danger
Gus and pernicious practice, and we are IN
the peculiar situation OF becoming more
indIvidualistic on the one hand tthe real
md md aim OF Americanism) and OF be-
lnx made mere parts Of the machinery o.
business. by which all individuality Is
lost, on the other.
Just how these two trends of American
life are going to become reconciled. one
cannot see.
We are in the throes OF organization.
societies, clubs. cults. creeds. laws tand
ever more laws). political parties. rules
and regulations, all in the direction of the
German ideal of the best accomplishment
subordinating the individual TO the conf
munity or state. our over lord being no
omperor but plotocracy which holds US
"A the hollow of its hand while allowing
the children plenty Of tether with which
% play or hang themselves as the case
may be-
The vetoing of the literacy test for i'm
migrants, by the president, shows plainly
mis- disbelief in measuring man by such
: puny, ridiculous standard as his ability
. read and write his language.
This same man might have the soul Of
: savior. the loftiest morals and the cour-
- md bravery of hero, without thesn
GFtincid adjuncts.
This Is no TRADE against education, nor
doos Il seek to underestimate its advant-
agss, but IL is plea for men, as God made
thom, and their right to live their lives
without subsection to wholly man-made
tests.
We are struggling in an effort to de-
ve1op the child along more individualistic
No.
An modern educators are preaching the
ltoDdom Of thought and initiative for the
bn6ding mind.
We are struggling TO help the pris-
- IN prison reformers recognize the
- that each man is unit by himself;
'11nnt ench cnse is different and should
have individual consideration: that no
stsrsotyped law can quite cover the Of
lsnse and that justice is NOT being
done.
The honor system and the opportunity
- work and help support his family are
TIE most conspicuous changes in the case
~ the prisoner. tho they are still almost
embryonic in scope.
A In other words, We are getting away
from generalizations in our conception of
ethics and morals. on the one side of life.
md making man into a smooth running
machine, without soul and initiative or
the other.
I. This other side is BUSINESS
greatest and best amount of work turned
cut In the shortest space Of time, by the
fewest number of workers (who during
their working hours cease 10 be men. in
the real sense of the word) is the high
ideal of greedy capital in the business
world.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01

Against the ADVERTISING Crooks
FURTHERANCE OF

liz FURTHERANCE Of its policy protect readers
dishonest misleading questionable advertising The
2SJ dealing
with the advertising and the advertiser The
installment will early issue
II will be strictly the readers depamentyour departmennott that
Of The Times.
II will be maintained the integrity business and adve
defraudd msed
s"lndlcd an opportunity to present his
In launching this department The Times is merely simplifying
established work borne in its slogan II" The Times prints it, The
Times believes IT,"
The Times steadfasy persistenty truth"
odds feaessly and the advertising
Danish the
ates advertising the gulibe to supply safe medium
FOR reliable advertisers
with
and address eng experience of unaness between the
buyer and the advertiser
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01

the idea may not seem apropoH.
there are few Negroes In the
district. The only colored folk
seen are the few walters and
porfers from the railroad. Two
Of them were walking along
the principal street of the cop.
per town just after a heavy
snowstorm said one TO the
other. IN speaking Of "A mutual
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01

dat Niggah jos treats me VIII contempt late
ly He les ignores me Passed me on de street
yestidday wifout speakin' to me"
Maybe he didn't you suggested the
other
Didn't SEQ me- Say. man. YOU mean to say
dat one Nlggah could pass nudder on de street
In dis yeah town an not see him' An in all
dis snow?
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01

IUTNNUITF dIItI UIF UI NUe
competitors had succeeded In
disposing OF a leg OF mutton.
plentiful supply OF yege-
tables and plum pudding.
and the whole washed down
with copious drafts OF ale.
lie was unanimously do
clared the winner and was
being triumphantly escorted
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01

marriages of the snap or cateh-as-catch'
can variety.
That is, it is the idea Of Rep. Robinson
that il would.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01

could this mistake so plausiblv
have occurred.
Get my bag for me az once, "
doomed tho doctor Some Eel.
low says iu a dying voice that
he can't live without me"
Just a moment" interposeG
his wife ~ think that call -
FOR daughter. dear"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01
REVERSE ENGLISH.

WiroSorfte-The proclamation by Ger.
many to the United States meets with ny
hearty approval as document based sound
~ on international law am with TIE
kaiser.
John Doe" has been named correspond
ent in divorce suit down east Shame
on that fellow, lie already several time,
bigamist
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01
From Another Point OF NeD
By C. T. s

According to a fashion paper. there
will be little change this year in mems
clothes. The idea being, very evidently
that they won't have them TO change
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01

" nat Was Your rfasOn Tor
leaving your last place. Rosa.
lie" asked the mistress dur
ing the course OF examination.
II couldn't stand the way the
master and mistress used 20
quarrel. num-. was the reply
OF Rosalie
Dear Dear" exclaimed the
lady IBID they quarrel all the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01
Laugh With Us

One OF the features of the Michigan copper
country winter IS the enormous amount OF snow
that falls and stays for months. Also. though
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01
UTICA TENS
80 > Sac corre.pord.ni

Tho Blue Bird club. meet at dr. Drink
waters This week reminds us that spring u com.
ine
with nf'y or more 10 gal cans which are hlled
and returned from tho Utica Creamcry. and This
is onl} The surplus. the usual amount being
loaded on he noon train OccupyiuE-all the time
"" dare delay The e. s mail
~, seldom that old ladies keep up their girl.
mood music lessons. buI Mrs Gfpon ~ seventy
ivo summers and q few winters practice dan,
and Aondas iasi PLAYED loo paEss 81 hymns n
hoer. Without taking her fingers from th. kcys
except to tgru tho leaves % boul
Undoubtedly a typographical error
Phyllis. ll was intended to saw Of tho
fighter no doubt. that he was I'm the
pink instead OF the punk Of condition.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01

Among tine applicants for employment In the
service 81 Jersey household there once came
big. husky Irish girl named ROsale.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01

huge eating competition had been held BY
some brawny OF toll in a country town in
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01

And many man Who pay cash
sleeps on Tics.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01

home when he turned on bis admirers and said:
"Ah say lads don't thee say nowt OF this 10
my ole woman, or she won't gle me any dinner"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01

"tli The time. mum. repeated Rosalie. "whin
u wasn't me and him. "a Vas me and her"