South Bend news-times., 1917-06-10
Atkins F'cIicitates.


Ten million LADS 10 swell our ranks,
The sort that know no fear.
They do It big across the pond.
They do it srsartly too:
Now, youll admit il Atkins.
And give them their just due.
Wen greet 'em with a friendly grip,
Wen make 'em feel at home
We're brothers in righteous cause.
No matter where We roam.
They e,me from Uncle Sammy's
shores,
From Mishawak 20 Maine.
They're in it with US TO the end
The kaiser's loss-our gain.
Let's sing their songs. let's cheer
their fas,
Let's ave d bloomin' time;
Let's show EN-" Tommy Atkins,
For the days o. auld lang syne.
And when we finish up this mess.
Wen paint old Lunnon town.
The Yankee boys and Tommies--
a deep. dark juicy brown!
II is ruled that denatured alcohol
advertisements will not be barred.
OF course not. What gump would
advertise something that nobody
wants?
Chasing submarine on paper will
not do says a writer in the New
York Tribune. No, indeed. paper is
too expensive for that sort of thing.
Moreover. if the mind is the
garment Of the SOUL" as a preacher
asserts, we take ii that many Of
the gentle souls OF Mishawaka are
now logged in their bathing suits.
An Elkhart dentist offers to ex-
tract teeth free Of charge for all
who owe him. This man ought 20
remember that the Bible says: Ven
geance is mine; I will repay, saith
the Lord"
An Ohio bride divorced her hus-
band so that he could enlist. She
wanted to make sure Of getting rid
Of him and do her bit at the same
time.
A little seven-year-oId slip Of a
girl, Ruth Mae Bowling. asked US
so sweetly if we would publish these
lines of her own composition. that
we hadn't the heart to refuse.
The saloons will soon close.
And there will be no more red
nose;
But don't worry. my friends.
The ST. Joseph river still flows.
It may be that hearts that once
beat high for praise now feel that
pulse no more" but a dose of Sc
lective draft may fix EN- all right
We trust no Mishawakan will be-
come indignant because Uncle Sam
expects Mishawaka TO buy 500. O0O
worth Of bonds more than South
Bend. We must remember that
South Rend is not the financial CEN
ter Mishawaka is.
As we were about to dispatch this
column on The owl interurban car
last night. Billy Dodge blew into
our sanctum. lie was in a hilarious
mood; his committee of workers for
the local Red Cross fund had in
formed him that Saturdays mem
berships had beaten all records and
that il looked as If Mishawaka was
going 10 lead the nation in the cam
paign, just as It did in the matter
Of voluntary enlistments Oh.
We're some town.
Make two blades Of grass grow
where one grew before. provided
YOU are not raising a hay crop under
your feet. YOU lazy hound.
Some of the local slackers seem
to think that we old married men
are hiding behind petticoats. Not
i'm a thousand years. Almost any OF
the older wives would be willing 10
send their lopsided old spOuses TO
the defense of the colors.
white soul and a white liver do
not 60 together nor does a chicken
heart go with a properly organized
backbone
why not have an old-fashioned
market basket revival?" asks Miss
Alice Schwartz We vote aye. and
will cheerfully occupy a seat in the
amen corner and shout "hallelu-
JAN" every time backslidden
housewife comes TO the mourners'
bench.
Again. We wish il were possible
for the government 10 obtain sub
stantial revenues by taxing the eS-
cess prophets.
Bob Knoblock. over at the Rubber
Regenerating plant must exercise a
neCufiar brand Of rOaSuerisn1 over