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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-31
Not Censored!
Romance Is Dead.

DUFFY " Va Norman VIII. o.
Duffy. wrote his name and a re-
quest FOR n nice little wife on an
egg shipped from his father farm
last sali he received this week a
letter addressed In Noman's hand.
writing Inside was this brief note
You poor boob VIII biames The
commission men. thinking fhe erg
vas spoiled and angered The re-
cipien' re vii PAT The dafe on
the next one
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-31
Business of Living
nv N. ADpINGroN BRUCE
Author OF The Riddle OF Person
atty" Psychology and
Parenthood." etc.

The business ~ living Is NOT the
same thinS as the business OF earn.
ng a living Get that fact clearly
I'm your mind
Non, confuse the two things. as
msn, people do. They are quite dis.
unct. md Il IL no less important 20
know how 10 live than il Is 10 he
able 10 earn living
Indeed. unless a man knows how
20 live the chances are all against
his being real expert in the bust
ness OF earning a living
And II he does nevertheless be
come an expert IN the latter bust.
ness. his ignorance OF the former is
certain 70 shorten his earning abil
ity For IL will shorten his lie t.
self
what hon, are the principal
things man needs 20 learn in or.
der 90 become skilled IN the bust
ness 81 living They are three in
mum Der
he needs 10 learn how 10 adjust
himself smoothly 10 hts physical
environment
re needs 20 learn how 20 gain
control ~ his thoughts and his Dc
sires
He needs 70 learn how 70 develop
capacity FOR smoothneSs in social
Intercourse
Ignorance 81 these three things is
responsible FOR nearly all The ira
eedies OF existence When ignorance
OF them does not cause outright
tragedy. and discomfort This IS its
inevitable consequence. and a conse-
Quence | am tempted TO add, that
befalis the majority ~ mankind
The next time you are seated or
standing in crowded street car
glance into the faces OF the people
around you
You will be surprised 20 fnd how
many of them have a dull and dead
or strained and anxious expression
IN their eyes
You will be startled az the owl.
dences Of IN health apparent In the
faces OF many-bl oated or pinched
features. sallow or white complex
ions. etc.
II will disturb you % note that
many others have a cast OF coun
tenance that suggests Enthusiastically
that they are In state OF chronic
nervous irritability.
All lh~se are people who have
failed 20 make themselves adopts in
the business OF living
They have given little thought. or
no thought whatever. 10 the laws OF
mental and physical hygiene
They are slaves OF toll or slaves
Of miscalled pleasure They think
only q, amusing themselves or OF
making money They arc drifting
thru life with scarcely a glimmer
Ing % how 20 live Alright
And their faces betray that they
are paving heavy penalty
Noting the faces OF these people.
ask yourself mex, what u may be
tha, YOUR OWN FACE reveals
Mayhap your face Will reveal 70
the1 as their faces 20 you. indi-
cations that you. TOO. have not paid
as much attention az you should
10 the business OF living
I, may reveal tina, you do not eat
enough. or that you eat too much II
may suggest that You are In need ~
more fresh air in home and working
place. OF more exercise. 81 more
sleep.
There may be signs IN n that you
10 not control your passions as Won
should relltale lines may disclose
that you are In the thrall ~ worry
on the evidence OF your face
and Still more on the evidence of
honest selfanslysis judge whether
you do or do not know how % live
II you decide that You do not
know. begin AZ once 10 learn
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-31

Little Betty did not want 10 90
10 Sunday school and her mamma
said Why. BETTY. don't you want
20 hear about heaven and the beau
ti,ul golden streets :" NO. dess
not" replied the little miss u fink
I'd razzer wait till get there and
be sprised
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-31
roDAyS BIRTHDAYS

Emperor Yoshinito u Japan born
= years sSg today.
Queen WllteIninA- % The N.ther-
lands. born 3 YEARS ago today
James F. Ferguson. governor ~
Texas hose cfhcial acts ars nov =
suoi~ct - lcg sla'ive investigation
born n Rel COUNTY Tex IS years
ago today
ur. Joseph g. Blake surgeon In
ch'ef - the American K~f cross hos-
pifal IN Paris. born IN san Francisco
50 years AZ trda3
R' Rev Alfred VI Randolph. rpis-
copal bishop ~ southern virginia
porr .n Wlnchester. Va Al years ago
Today
Antonio Saiandra. former premier
~ Italy born near FogEis. Italy. 50
years ago TO-DAY
Mrs Harold + Mccormick. dauEh
49, - John j.. itor kefslle-. born In
Cleveland g. years aEs today
Brigafisr-teneral Apaon NILS r.
A. retired born In Boone COUNTY.
Ind ~ years age today
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-31
Anniversaries
rop,,'s ANNIVERSARIES

f-f4 John Houston. governor ~
Georgia during fhe revolution. horn
n = George parish. "a pted near
savannah. July 81. 1895.
-TheoqhHe Gaaticr celebrated
French roet novelist and critic.
born nied oct q 49,:
ist: Act - congress authorizing
the establishment = the hydrogrsph-
ic ofncs
iSss-A-my II the Tennessee a.
tackled bt The ConfederRtes under
Gen Hardee az ionesboro. Ga.
1870 Germans attacked French in
plain ~ pouzy and drove them to-
Warf Sedan
40. George William curtis. noted
author died In New York Born IN
PROV demo- r. T. Feb - is2s
fafs french Eov~rnwent removed
from Paris ~ Bordeaux
1873 Af~honse peguod. noted
French av ater. Nilied In mid-air duel
uttn Germans
1915 Adamson lEht-hour bal in
tr1iuced n the house ~ representa-
lives
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-31
From Another Point of VieU
By c. 7. s

That is a terrible charge the proprietor
Of Woodward-ave saloon brings against
Detroit detectives. He says they drink.
MEMORY TEST
Which American city invited ,he meeting
% the Peoples Peace couneU7
Now II IS the street car passenger who
says to the conductor, Fair. please.
Kloka is described as being short and
fat. He has pleaded guilty 70 the former.
ssnouspeseh.s
The arc from our opn garden
We are IN receipt Of a neatly bound
booklet containing the names OF other
prominent persons who have expressed
themselves IN favor Of cremation.
Please do not conclude from that rather
faulty construction that cremation has
our indorsement-at this time.
We prefer to cross that bridge when
we come 70 II.
Yes, worked together IN TIRE SANE
ditch, Mike and :" SAID Pat. ard when Ne
wanted 20 ST down FOR minute and smoke
our pipes. would ST facing the east and
Mike would ST. facing the west Then We
cared rot a. all, NJ boy. Whether the boss
came from tire east or came from the west"
Extra,
Serious tie-up on the Hamilton
Through line.
At $50 last evening.
In the rush hour.
There were two Through cars. be-
tween the city limits and the six-mile
road, only mile from each other.
Earlier reports had it near rear-epo
collision.
As We understand the charge against
the governor Of Texas. they accused hin
Of going farther south with the state
funds.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-31

nlll - particular
ly noticeable as
The tall rains
come and the
nights b . r q n .
cold During the
warm days they
have been. out in
'he open living
their customary
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-31
ONE YEAR AGO TO-DAY N TIVE
WAN

Tu-key and Bulgaria declared war
on Enumsrla
Total British casuaities FOR August
announced a. t-fi officers and i77
go mon
Rome reported NJ rNpuise ~ Aus
TRAN attacks in The Trentluo and
near TiVolL
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-31

Increase the amount ~ water you
drink Eat meat ouf once day and
sparingiy Eat more OF fruits and
vegetables
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-31
They Would Agree To
a Peace On Those Terms
Can You Blame Them?


They outrage the women. torture and
kill the old men and mutiate the children
They burn homes and loot everything.
A general alarm is sent throughout the
countryside.
Police and citizens rush to the rescue.
Their desire is TO make the law su-
preme-to put down murder and outrage
and theft and arson
In the fighting, representatives Of law
and order are shot down.
Many of the bandits are also killed and
wounded.
In addition, a state Of siege is begun.
The bandits have base. a supply OF
food and ammunitions, and some more is
struggled to them.
But the outlaws realize that sooner or
later they must surrender.
Some of their own men are whimper-
ing for peace.
Whereupon the bandit leaders say TO
the representatives of the law;
"Why keep up this costly fight which
can only result in more dead and wound
ed?
'You see we are in actual possession Of
many villages.
"You can't dislodge us.
Regardless of how this thing original
ly started, let US get together and make
peace.
"Of course, unconquered, we must not
be punished.
"Our murders must not be avenged.
We must not be compelled to restore 70
you our loot or repair the damage.
Police and citizens, who know their
Jobs, will naturally reply:
"There can be no end to this fight save
your surrender.
s"The law must rule.
There can be no repetition Of this
reign of terror.
"You must pay.
"To let you go free now, your hands
red, your pockets stuffed. would be to en-
courage you TO try the same thing again.
That in homely, everyday language is
the case of the allies versus the kaisers.
Like the bandits, the armies Of the kai-
sers broke into Belgium. France, Serbia,
Rumania and Russia
They committed all the crimes in the
calendar, until all the great law-abiding
nations were arrayed against them. Like
the bandits, the kaiserists are not only
enduring battles, but a state of siege.
They feel hunger.
They realize in the end they must lose
Their own followers whimper for peace.
To satisfy them the spokesman for
Germany and Austria are once more max
ing specious peace pleas.
They want peace which will not pun.
ish.
They want peace that will not penal
lie for their horrible murders
They want peace that will not COM
pei them to return their loot
They want peace which will leave
them where they started before the war
began--in position to start it all over
again as soon as they catch their breath.
That is the meaning of the concerted
action by which Chancellor George
Michaelis. of Germany, and Count Ger
min are talking peace to the world.
Their cunning web Of lies and intrigue
may take in their own people-but not
the allies or America Before we talk
of peace we must take from Germany and
Austria the power ever to plunge the
world into another war
And that means grinding into powder
their military machines and rendering
the kaisers impotent.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-31

tho horse unable 10 stand tho strain. stopped
II did not strike friend that his method M
2 . din W.. an fault he tried Mainly 10 induce
Inns -feel 20 proceed and then noticing that the
animals feet only just touched The ground. he
turned and drove back a. full speed 10 his
guy nor
Haven't YOU got a tailor horse guv'nor?" he
gucrod artlcsrly This one amt high enough
Tor the work
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-31
Lauqh With Us

Jones had been member OF the glorious com
pany ~ D. srcrkless for some time. 40 thar when
the offer ~ work as n carter came Jones Jumped
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-31
The Keep Well
Column
FLIES.
FLIES

This f. The season when flies
begin 70 seek indoor shelter This
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-31

Hil lHhf W. NhN Tf''' ~"
weeks ago In a great hurry 10
get 10 q certain place He
found his car. but the chauf-
four was missing. So Sir Doug
las got In the car and drove or
by himself Then the driver
appeared and saw the car dis.
appearing In the distance.
"Grcat gcoftfs crfed tho drtv.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-31

Bur even 10 be a carter rc-
aulres experience. PARTICULARS
in loading up. and when one
has tWo whoelrd spring cart
20 load 30 is better MOI 20 put
OH the goods AZ the back This.
however. was what Jones did.
with the con seQucnce That.
whom fhev were going uphill.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-31

"a So Am stout and inclined
70 b. equity. as 7 am a ciFarmaker
and s.t most ~ tho time How
can / prevent THIS tendency"
Lessen the amount OF food eaten /:
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-31

30 f. What can be done 10
cure astfoofe"
Wearing shoes that have been
properly ated With an arch sup
port Made for 'he purpose Take =
course 81 e1ercises which can be-
prescribed BY = specialist, in such
cases
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-31

Here IL story certain wounded Englishmen
have brought back from the front about Sir.
Douglas Haig
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-31

That is terrible charge the proprietor
Of Woodward-ave, saloon brings against
Detroit detectives. He says they drink.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-31

or There's 'Aig a-driving my car"
Well. get even with him" said Tommy.
standing by, and go and fight one Of is battles
for him "
An VI i. who had To speak In northern town
Travelled up from London tho night before taking
only small handbag with him The train was
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-31

very late in arriving. and the
VI r engaged a room AZ tho
FIRST hotel be- came across 4
servant showed him his room.
and after shutting 81 bit. said
Please. sir. my instructions
are. when Wan hasn't any
luggage. to ask him 20 pay IN
advance
But I've got luggage said
the " T.. Indignantly. pointing q
bag
Il know. SIR" said tho seryar
you've stayed too long on that [
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-31
EMORY TEST

ssmouspesches
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-26
Offers $1,000 to Save Dou.

Just how big a place a dog may take
in ones affections was demonstrated
strongly when Miss X. e. Henesey of
this city lost Yorkshire terrier, York
Sunshine Girl. The little terrier
weighed only a couple of pounds, but
its owner would not have sold it for
anything. There was a swinging door
between the rooms in Miss Henesey's
apartment, and the dog was caught IN
it us it slammed. knowing that there
was no veterinarian near by, Miss
Henesey called physician, who hap
pened to be high-priced specialist.
When he saw what the case was he
said he was no veterinarian.
Heres check for $1,000" she said
You have no objection to earning that
and if you can save her it is yours
The dog had broken neck. how
ever. and was beyond saving.
York Herald.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-26
Findinq the Ranue.

1t is one thing to spot hostile bat
terry and another problem altogether to
hit it. The locality may be well known.
but the range difficult to determine. To
simplify matters in this respect,
tracer" shells are used. Into the base
of the shell a metal case is screwed
containing material which is self-ig-
hitting as the projectile rushes through
space. For night operations the ma
terial used in the tracer" bursts INTO
n brilliant flame, but by day the
tracer" leaves a trail of dense black
smoke. BY this means the gunners are
able to watch and time the shell right
up to the moment the explosion takes
place, and by knowing the locality in
which the shell bursts, the adjustment
to the range of the target is compare
lively simple matter.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-26
Survivors of Great Trauedies.

James Boyle, who had so remarkable
an escape from the fate of all others
aboard the Inflated Connemara and Re-
triever, will take place among the
sole survivors of great tragedies. When
the French mail steamer General
Chanzy went on the rocks, off north
west Minorca, six years ago, one man,
Marcel Badez, was the only survivor
of 1853 passengers and crew, and nu.
merous other instances are on record
of wrecked vessels from which soil.
tary survivor lived to tell the tale.
Possibly the two most remarkable
cases of single man escaping from an
overwhelming disaster are those OF
Doctor Brydone, who alone reached
safety of the 3,4S0 soldiers and 1900
camp followers who set out on the re
treat from Cabul in 1912; and of a ne
gro prisoner, confined in an under
ground cell at st. Pierre, who alone
out of the 10000 inhabitants survived
the destruction of the city by the erup
ton of Mont Pelee in April, 1902.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-26

senses in the act of unfastening the
door. But of sudden she paused with
fingers resting nerveless upon half
drawn bolt, eyes wide with apprehen-
sion, and her face robbed of all that
gracious color with which sleep had
imbued it. For an instant she stood
so, in doubt and hesitation, listening (;
then, as If reassured she drew the bolt
clear and opened the door.
This act disclosed two figures wait
ing beyond the thresholds luggage
laden steward and lady of abundant
person and post-mature years, In a
gown not three days out of the Rue de
la Paix.
'I'm sorry" the girl apologized,
asleep, and couldn't seem to wake up"
"But 1t is 1 who am sorry to have
disturbed you" With a nod and u
smile of acknowledgment, the speaker
sailed grandly into the stateroom, a
somewhat overpowering Presence.
Submitting perforce to the necessity
of travelling without privacy, Miss Car
teret hadn't bargained for the company
Of dowager duchess; and this Pres
ence bodied forth every redoubtable
inch of that high estate. Her sixty
years were quick with the spirit of
forty. She wore her nose with the
high, patrician bridge. A makeup of
most excellent discretion supplemented
charms by no means hopelessly passee.
An impeccable taste In dress achieved
sobriety to suit her age, while escap-
ing gloom and stiffness. There were
evidences of a vigorous temper, domi-
mated by lively appreciation of the
humorous. an invincible self-confidence,
seasoned acquaintance with the
world. and a devastating curiosity-a
handsome figure, a personality to be
reckoned with.
BY accent and mode Of speech q
true American, this was no duchess un-
less through accident of matrimony.
But Individually she was dragon.
Miss Carteret was quick to endue
the lady with a mental nickname, "the
Dowager Dragon" term whose as
perity she modified by the admission
that, II dragonish, she was most prob
ably a dear. Then she seemed con-
scious that she had been staring stead
tasty, and for a time far too long, at
the subject of her reverie.
II beg your pardon" she murmured
averting her eyes.
'Td rather you didn't" said the
Dowager Dragon brusquely. "If you
apologize, I'll have to-I've been star
ing every whit as hard as you, my
dear-and I never apologize" The con.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-26
FALLS HEAVIEST ON FARMER
Modern Warfare Said to Make Great
est Claim on Those Who Are
TilIers of the Soil.

Investigators having In view the in
terest of the farmer as a class make
claim to the discovery that modern
warfare bears heaviest upon the tillers
Of the soil and not, as popularity sup
posed, upon the factory hand. In the
trenches on the French front 60 per
cent of the soldiers are small farm
ers and only u per cent are industrial
workers. This is due to the fact that
the newer weapons, the quick-firing
cannon, the machine guns, the maya
zine rifle, the gigantic howitzer and
the bomb throwers demand highly or
ganiZed and efficient factories. So do
the drafts for clothing, steel helmets,
concentrated foods and other supplies
1t takes several active and expert
workers at home to maintain one sol
der in the field. The farms can be
cared for by the old men. the women
and the children. Therefore the army
organizers are Selling the farmers and
exempting the more valuable factory
employees, both statements, of course,
being relative.
What is true of France in this re-
spect is equally applicable to England
and Russia and the other allies of the
progressive type. The extent of the
exemption In England alone is shown
by the recent announcement that con-
scription would be applied to men fit
for military duty excused previously
to perform other work. This draft, it
was said, would produce 1,250000 sol
diers. Agricultural leaders, possessed
of these rather astonishing facts, are
beginning to spread the information
among their followers as part of a
propaganda against militarism. Quick
and forceful protest may be expect
ed, as the American farmer is not
prone to keeping silent when his in
terests and his own skin are imperiled.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-26
Not More Than IS Per Cent
Of American Girls Possess
Normal Backs, Says Expert.

The American girl Is poor ply
steal specimen" said Doctor Kristine
Mann, as quoted by Marguerite Mooers
Marshall in the New York World.
"Of the girls working In department
stores 65 per cent should have their
teeth attended to.
Twenty per cent need eyeglasses.
"Thirty-ive per cent have digestive
troubles.
"Eighty-five per cent have something
the matter with their backs.
"And a group of well-to-do American
daughters will show just as many ply
steal defects as the poor working girls"
ended Doctor Mann.
For years Doctor Mann has been
working to improve the social condition
Of American girlhood. She has made
physical examinations Of hundreds of
girls from all classes.
Compared with the women devel-
oped by the Greek civilization, even
with modern Scandinavian and Ger
man women, American girls are In bad
shape" Doctor Mann continued.
There are not more than eight to
fifteen girls in every hundred who have
fiat, straight, normal backs. Out of
the remaining So some backs hollow In
too abruptly at the waist, others show
lateral curves--of which the visible
effect is rounded shoulders or one
shoulder higher than the other.
Most girls ought to be ashamed to
look at themselves in the glass. If
they would only try that once in a
while, they would realize their defects,
Sometimes it seems to me that the
only sure way to make people strong
and well would be to abolish clothes
and let vanity do the rest
IF we had to see ourselves, and
each other, without kind and conceal
ing garments, we should realize how
weak and unbeautiful and unhealth-
full we have become. The modern bust
ness girl thinks chiefly of efficiency,
and by that word she means getting
bigger wages, getting ahead. She
doesn't mean making herself a more
rounded and complete human being. So
she takes no care of her body.
"Yet 1 believe it is perfectly pos
sible for women to work and be WELL
A girl came to me year ago. She
had swollen glands, acute Indigestion
and several other things the matter
with her, and she worked in a corset
factory with heavy machinery. l gave
her certain exercises and prescribed a
hygienic diet. She faithfully followed
what / told her, and in the summer
went to a girls camp instead of a
boarding house. Now she is in SPLEEN
did condition.
but the work l am doing for 80 or
40 girls should be done for 10000 or
10000" continued Doctor Mann.