South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-02

If the consumers will organize
their appetites intelligently, they
can bust half the gougers OF the
country before the winter is over.
Take no chances with enemy
aliens Punishment makes no rep
aration for the damage they may
finally do. Compel them TO live
outside the zone where they may
inflict injury. Treat them con-
siderately. but risk nothing. That
is the common sense of it.
Our laundryman tells US that
war economies are making their
| appearance and that the weekly
shirtage in Mishawaka has been re-
duced 80 percent. Don't blame
Clark. The bacon and egg dealer
is the one who is chopping into
everybody's else's business.
Suppose for instance that all the
pleasure automobiles in the United
/ States were confined to an everage
of one hours operation each day
and no more.
Kerensky says that despite the
dark outlook. it must be remember
/ ed that Russia is a country of un-
limited possibilities. What gives us
a pain at this time is the convic-
ton that Russia is a country Of
unlimited disabilities.
A writer marvels that women
| don't freeze when wearing the
flimsy garments so many of them
do in zero weather. Umph. she is
fearfully and wonderfully made.
The striking girls of the tele-
phone company in Frisco kissed
the policeman who were detailed
TO suppress their demonstration,
and got their plans through. When
hearts meets clubs. there's moth
| ing doing in the swat line.
After a man has been married II
or 10 years, sometimes he is able
TO understand how it is that there
were not 10 or 20 men trying to
win the girl away from him during
the days of his courtship.
It is easy 20 criticize the frequent
| changes of ministries France has
had since war, but We must remem-
Der a French ministry doesn't re-
pose on downy beds of ease as
American cabinets do.
The first battle in which 100000
| American troops take part will
probably bring an appalling casual
| ty list across the waves. After that
the IaFollette bazoo will squawk
with exceeding caution if it be
wise.
Now somebody advertises that he
can increase ones vocabulary. Well,
don't do it, What humanity needs
is greater voltage in it's thinking
machinery and less honking on the
part OF its vociferator.
Jerusalem. the Golen with milk
and honey blest" is about to be
taken by the British. but we fear
the soldiers will find no more milk
and honey in Jerusalem than there
was Premona in Beersheba.
Writing from the trenches in
| France. a Mishawaka soldier sends
us a ballot form with the oppO-
site Frank Christoph's name. He
says: 4 see by your Sunday column
| that you say all the MishawakS
| boys in France who enlisted before
! conscriptiOn was enforced, were
| democrats excepting three. Well, /
/ am one of the three. My grand
! father was a republican, my father
was one, and 1 am supposed TO be
one. But, old scout. had l been in
| Mishawaka election day 1 would
have voted for Christoph. You may
say in your Man in the Street
that there are only two republic
cans from Mishawaka in France
now and both of them have jobs OF
| the kind that won't necessitate them
| being shot at in a thousand years"
| We owe Alvin Scott a box of per-
! fectOs He wasn't the man who
| purloined Charlie Ostrom's over
coat the. Guild supper after all. It
was Bill Hosford. Worse and worse.
Bill is older and ought to know bet
/ ter.
! Inattention marks trifling
mind, and is an objectionable rude
/ ness.
! We wish they would switch some
ugly old fogies on to the job OF
! collecting for the innumerable war
/ fund activities. We had visit
/ from two matronly ladies yester-
day and TO refuse them would have
/ been an objectionable crime. Their
/ bewitching smiles simply overcame
US. and we had 10 dig down 10 the
extent Of four bits for another war
/ effort.
Personals.
/ Schuyler Sprague has selected q
/ nan brand Of chewing gum.