South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-09

the sock
Anybody can see that it does not
require a constitutional amend
ment 70 enable them 70 knit all they
want TO.
In other words. 100 natty knitters
knitting nets for the patriots.
What is meant by the status quo
?" asks a subscriber of Mish-
awake av. w. The status quo ante
is the ante that was before the
gentleman with the pat hand began
20 start somethiLs.
Somebody is asking Where does
I Germany expect 20 get the money
/ for reconstruction after the ware
I Has not Germany said she expected
/ 10 collect enough war idemnity from
the United States 10 enrich the en-
pire?
Another sign Of the decadent age
! into which We are drifting is the
/ safety pin is now used as often 10
hold mems socks up as il is 10 keen
baby's britches on.
:
( The president says the kaiser is
an outlaw. hut we have tried call
/ ing him worse names than that, and
it never gets us anywhere.
An Ohio navrspanet has evDeri-
enced something unusual. 1t has
seen a picture of Annette Keller
mann showing her with clothes on.
| How in the world did the photog-
/ rapher manage 10 get it and under
what circumstances does Annette
wear clothes?
/ a fashion sharp says gowns with
one sleeves will be fashionable and
somewhat daring. Somewhat barring.
also.
/ City officials from the mayor down
/ have had their salaries increased,
and Controller Michael says il was
done i'm order they could pay the
heavy bonds they must renew from
year 10 year. Walter surely must
I have but a poor opinion of the in
telligence of the community if he
thinks for a moment anyone will
believe this. In any case we are not
going 20 offer any objection 10 the
increase The democratic admins
tration in office next year will
demonstrate its ability TO earn every
cent Of il.
We have a Spanish war veteran
in the city who enlisted at the age
Of 10. and still retains his youth.
Prussia is said TO be converting
10000 church bells into munitions
of war Prussia is determined that
when she does have peace it is
going 70 be a peace that the city
people can enjoy.
II is easy enough for the father
OF a family OF girls 10 get along
with them as easily as with their
mothers if he has sense enough to
let them have their own way in
everything.
When citizens disagree. the gov
eminent must decide The govern
ment is going TO decide anyway. let
the proletariat snort as it will.
New York's $4,000 soldiers were
cheered as they marched down Fifth
av. There IS one thing you can Ger
tainly say for us civilians-we are
about as enthusiastic a set OF cheer
ers as you can find anywhere.
Plain clothes women are being
added 10 the police force in many
cities Plain clothes on a woman
constitute a pleasing vision, even il
we have TO have her on the police
force 10 get a chance TO behold her.
: Tammany seems to be undecided
whether to nominate Hearst and
shoot him from the rear or TO NOM
mate somebody else and be shot
from the rear
When We think OF this falls cam
paiEn i'm Mishawaka. we are con-
vinced that the only citizens who
will enjoy comparatively serene
and unruffied existence are our sol
der boys who go to France.
The best food dictatorship is 10
have a little food dictation fairy in
your home.
one OF our prominent slaCkers
derides the idea OF Jack Carroll
capturing the Victoria cross. We
imagine he would have been better
pleased if it had been the iron cross.
Talk about giving until il hurts:
the war is approaching the point
where the people will have 10 give
until they howl
war records many disastrous eN-
plosions: SO does politics.
Washington reports that there is
a shortage of One-dollar and two
dollar bills Washington is mex
pressibly stupid. We ascertained all
about that shortage sometime ago.
Ii is a condition that will never be
entirely remedied