The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-15
Abe Brown Is a Mutt,
All Right, But He Has a
Plenty of Company

m the first place, Abe had pretty
good friend. down indianapolis way, by
the nameo James Fleming
We know james was good friend be-
cause he was in the habit OF inviting
Abe 70 his home and, among other
things to eat.
A man who gets himself invited out 70
eat In these day Of prohibluHely priced
ham and prohibitiyely priced eggs and
prohibitiscly priced potatoes and other
trimming IS a lucky person. ana the
friend who does the inviting IS worth
hanging onto.
Abe is twice mutt because. ~ tac
frst place he loosed The strings tina,
la down thc welcome s.g' by helping
himself To- things TIA: we're not upon ;r
h;A OF fare
Little articles around the Flemine
household OF more or less value began
to Gi5np7e1r
Fleming and his good VIE ~cre dis
cusSng the disappearance q: the
things one evening and concluded TIA.
the mystery introduced itself close
enough upon the crossing Of Abe heels
al tho Threshold TO be what they'd call
simultaneous
Abe happened in for a little chat he
other evening and proceeded 70 show
James and Mrs. Fleming pair Of hand
cuffs he had purchased
"Show US how they work, said Mrs.
Fleming
simple; just like this" said Abe
And there the handouts were, locked,
and the key nowhere to he found
Well call the police and have them
unlock them. said Mrs Fleming
Fine" said Abe
The police came, whereupon Mrs.
Fleming asked them to leave the hand
cuffs on Abe until they had taken him 70
the station.
She said she would follow along and
prefer a charge Of larceny against him
This man Abe Brown reminds US Of
our old friend. Mr. Common People,
mutt.
Only Mr. Common People is more
times a mutt than Abe is.
There is Mr. Common People right
of citizenship, for instance.
He persists in depriving himself Of il
as Abe deprived himself Of ar opportu-
nifty to feed on Friend Fleming, by
abusing the privilege
Like Abe. he fails 10 appreciate and
undertakes a privilege
1t is one of Mr.. Common People
rights as a citizen 10 present himself as
citizen at the voting booth on primary
day and take hand in the nominating
Of good men for Office
But as general thing, He RE-
MAINS AWAY.
Then comes election time.
He finds there are two candidates tina,
he may choose between.
He doesn't know either Of them.
They have been selected FOR him. by
the party leaders. working, maybe. in
concert, and he can vote for them or not.
ju rs he pleases
We have just witnessed the spectacle
Of congressman and senators down in
Washington holding UP the food and fuel
laws until a time when their effectiveness
cannot be near what it would have been
had these laws been passed immediately
following our entrance into the var.
This delay that must prove so costly
to the consumer viii represent loss
That Will bc Che food robbers gain all
because Mr. Common People. every.
where. Rad no choice when4t came time
last fail for him to vote FOR congress
nan, between two BAD and JNDE-
SlRABLE candidate
by remaining away from the primo
ries; by refusing to let politics interfere
with mis- business and profits. by reason
Of foolish notion. as churchman. that
he would be out Of place If he partic,-
pated in the buttonholing practice that
deliver for the gang" at the voting
booth by reason Of his failure TO under.
stand that elections these. days are set