The Detroit times., 1917-03-12
City News in Brief

The rev. Platte r. Amstutz. pastor OF
the Church OF the Covenant. East
Grand blvd. near hack-ave.. re-
ceived 80 new members into that
church at the Sunday morning com
munion servtca
Sane new the sscsmxistse~~ tsst 90
about TO bep iekaxed out of the
cutters and. In course OF time. car
risd away All things come TO him
who wait" said tho man who has
been swearing at the board OF pub
lie works all winter.
suna.y was the nrst .rria9-iks d.y
ef the year. And for the hrst
time since last fall persons were
seen riding on the decks OF the
windsor ferry boats purely for the
fun 81 getting out into the open
air. The brssEe was eelmy and
the hrst real spring-liks attire APP
peared on the main thorofares.
pefisvt.s that n.sn 90 well 40 wo-
msn are sensitive about @skfns
public their age. the Rev John
Wellington Hosk pastor OF wood-
.osecss from ssP, ,Ss pulpit SnStes Sunday
evening that hereafter church
msmbership application blanks
would not hsys the question. what
10 your sger
k8tMW9m on sfN<Fs tF81 WssAtNA
ten 90 enroll naval militia int the
naval reserve. the greater number
OF those enlisted I'm the nrst batai-
leu here have submitted 20 the
necessary physical examination
About .: per cent Of tn. men arr =,
the bataiion viii be raised 20 ESQ
m~ysw y. N. Peeie. % Detreit, speak-
tag before the memhevs Of ChFtsf
Episcopal church Sunday afternoon.
said that n clash with Germany u
imminent. and that In the event OF
war our national safety depends 20
q large extent on Great Britain. He
views favorabiy the nlan for rats
ing a continental army OF one-half
million men.
a nssn en- y Hssaiiton ear late sat
srssy niEht hsa transfer which
the gentlemanly conductor de-
scrfbed as mot no good" Re called
the motorman with his switch bar
and a couple OF other IDLE y. Y. r.
employees and the rider was tossed
of the car. The luokless passen-
ger really should have appealed TO
Noah Webster or the Marquis OF
Qusensbury.
Era we.testt. q r~ttreS fsr@er 81
Beidisn. wieh-, waa kiIiea hy .
WoOdWa rd-ave. car sunday night
ma SS Msst rss,n wh Scrs. . yssri
between Palmer and Hendrie-aver
when he was hit by a northbound
car and his skull fractured. He
was taken 70 Harper hospital but
died without regaininR conscious
ness. Mr.. Westcott had been In
Detroit for month visiting bis
son, n L. Westcott OF No. 1858
ecotten-Rve.
TIVE tots we've IN wo~dwara-ave.
ehurch sunday morning when the
RNfl@rNNnm haakef nnmnad zach
had two cents for the collection.
The smallest one wouldn't open her
Est 10 drop her two pennies and
the elder said ''Oh. wait until !
the services. when the two cents
were spent for ioily-pops the elder
one forgot her threat 20 acduaint
mamma with the facts in the case
such 10 the power OF gold.
rAe nev. Hsmer n. Heassr~sA. OF
church. Drama River ana HIs1sn-
drine-aves. had tolerant and
kindly word 90 say for awearers
Sunday. lie declared that the man
who swears does not necessarily
mean 90 be profans. that he has a
thought Of the divinity In his mind
ordinarily. The cure for swearing.
he said. 10 more respect for ones
self. ones fsilowman and for God.
The D~treft srnnck 81 the Nationsi
As~eeistfsu 81 Letter Carriers
elected A. w. Mcclellan for their
financial secretary In their meet
ing saturday night 20 MI the un-
expired term OF Fred c. Rea. who
resigned 70 accept supervisory
position offered him by Postmaster
NaGel Meetings hereafter will be
held In German Salesmen'a hall.
Delegates 20 the state and national
conventions will be chosen At the
NEXT meeting.
Fts hss f.n 81 N stories. bot he
was . game ttttte dos and dianf
even wake up. Thereby hangs a
taie--not ms. FOR Fin IL a tail
less dog She was sleeping peace
fully wrapped In some OF the bed
clothing In the room OF her mis-
tress In the hotel Ststler A cham
bermaid removing the counterpart
from the bed didn't notice the tiny
rin and dropped ner with the
eounterpane thru the laundry chute
into the basement.
~Tm wtsa that the DIR. Gulieu kaA q
good wera 20 say for wethers-ts-
law said a woman who heard the
ministers sermon in West Grand
Boulevard church. II have taken
care of my son-ln- laws children
practically ever since they were
born and OF my daughter who IL
not strong. while he IL on travel
ina He hasn't Away haf enough