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The Detroit times., 1917-07-20
Pointed Paragraphs

n doesn't take a blooming Idiot
hong ~ 80 90 seed.
Many man puncturcs his tire on
'he road 10 wealth
The more innings a man has the
more he enjoys his outings
a woman's idea ~ religion IL 20
have kindly thoughts % her rival.
The heircss who Invests In n title
doesn't always purchase happiness.
with the exception Of ourselves
no one over does things as The
should bo done
To, Happiness of some people de-
penis uuou heir ability 10 make
others unhappy
Some mon so abroad 20 complete
lheir education Others marry
The criminal Judge may 5e man
Of fcW words. bat not Of short aen-
fences
An old bachelor says there II but
one thing sNeeter than loves young
dream and that is 20 wake up and
lind yourself still single.
The Detroit times., 1917-07-20
Gossip Worth While
nv ". ADDINGroN BRUCE
Author 81 "-rhe Riddle OF Person
Amy" Psychology and
lrarenthoud." etc.

Gossip IL commonly defined as
idle tattle." definition which car
/ ries With IL the inference that gos-
/ sip Is something altogether blame
worthy, and that a person who gos.
sips Is always an undesirable mem
Der OF society. But there Is gossip
and gossip
Some gossips IS far removed from
being blamew Orthy. II Is SO far re-
moved that n actually is indispen-
sable 70 the progress Of human
knowledge and the betterment OF hui
man welfare.
Consider.
Two women are hanging out
clothes In their back yard The
renee between is low They are in
no particular hurry So they pro
coed 20 gossip
Have you heard about little Mary
jones'" asks one She has been
taken 20 the hospital"
Poor child And what's the mat
terr'
II can't say but do know that
<he's pretty low. The doctors says
80 N 90 jan "a 4AAhAAth hhNA AAAAhs
The second woman feels a little
shiver ~ apprehension She thinks
OF her own daughter Jane. who =
drinking milk bought ar the same
grocery as the milk drunk by Mary
Jones
Promptly she has a talk with her
doctor She learns more about the
dangers OF impure milk. than she
ever knew before
And this is The outcome 81 few
word, Of gossip OF idle tattle.'
Another mother goes downtown to
do some shop; ug In the STREET car
she meets one Of her neighbors.
They begin 70 gossip
Perhaps their idle tattle" IS az
frs, about matters ~ no importance
whatever Then The ueighbor thinks
% an interesting bit OF community
news
IL vas calling ~ Mrs Smiths yes
tertay and she's bad screens put in
MI her vudoVs
What for1 That's foolish ex.
Pcnse. There are no mosquitoes in
our neigh eorhood.'
mo. bat There are a good many
rios Mrs Smith tells me- that a
doctor has TOLD her thar II she wants
the children 10 stay well this sums
mer she must keep flies out OF the
house lie says they carry germs "
rs that 500 HIM. thinking o.
her own children II guess I'll run
in and have a talk with Mrs Smith
,inyself tomorrow
( Surely gossip like this is worth
while surely IL is something which
cannot be- TOO highly praised. die.
tion1ry definitions 70 the contrary
Notwithstanding
New discoveries of importance 20
human health and happiness are be
ing made all the time they are
duly reported In scientific Journals,
IN public lectures. and In public
prints
But manv people-especially many
mothers are too busy 10 read even
the new papers every day
Therefore ihoy miss much OF sig
nihcance 90 them and 20 their fam
lly And they might never learn ~
n II l. were not for the habit they
have 90 gossiping With their neigt,
bors
Don't Do IN a hurry. then. 20 con
dcmn gossip Everything depends on
ne character OF me gossip
II 30 deals with other peoples fail
ings. II it hurts somebody's reputa
ton. 81 II causcs needless pain
then. IN truth. IT is luxurious as vel
AS idle" tattle
Rut II it CONVEYS really useful In.
formation Of ans sort. II is gossip In
which everybody ought 10 indulge
The Detroit times., 1917-07-20
Must King Gold Go, Too?
BY DR.. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)

There seems 10 be a pretty general
opinion among our best forecasters that
when this war is over things will be
different. And not only things but no.
tons. Which is more serious matter.
For it's deal easier to change your
things, change your clothes, change your
features, or even change your wife, than
it is to change your mind. Especially
if you are nation or a world.
SO monstrous difficult it is for friend
world to get an idea out of its head
and get new one in that the feat
is not usually accomplished except by
that slaughter house-lunatic-asy YUM Ber-
serker-epileptic performance called war.
One man. alone, all by himself, can sit
down, maybe. and read book, or medi-
tate over a pipe, and quietly slough off
fool notion and adopt good one; but not
any million men. They must have their
fanatics, prophets, martyrs, rebels, ex-
tremists, conservatives and the like. and
finally lead out their first-born sons and
shoot them to death before they COM
plete the process Of switching over from
thinking, say, that the state exists for
the monarch to thinking that it exists
for the people, or from considering
man with black skin 10 be a chattel to
considering him to be regular human
being
Getting converted may be easy enough
at Billy Sundays meeting, but it's very
different matter for nations. Humanity
is just now hitting the trail'' in the
trenches of France.
One of the fixed ideas the world may
alter after the war will be that of cur
rency. Up till now the theory that all
money must be based on gold, and that
the yellow metal is the only genuine,
honest o-goodness money, all other
kinds being of value only as reducible to
gold, has dominated the earth. There
have been various attempts to Dust gold
from its kingship in the various nations,
but all have failed.
Now, however. with every nation
loading up with n pile of debt that stag
gers the imagination. the question is
raising its head: Where is gold enough
coming from to pay with?
And Professor Sirinov. according TO
the London Economist, is boldly propos-
ing that the metal basis be discarded
and that Russia adopt paper money as
the sole basis of exchange. "The old
metal theory has broken down" he
argues there is no hope of setting up
the gold standard again, and our whole
outlook on the nature and use of money
has changed
This looks very much like our old
friend the Greenbacker come again to
life Is it possible that, along with wom-
ans rights and prohibition, We are go
ing 70 get paper money? While we're
overturning the thrones OF the Roman
offs and Hohenzollerns, are we going also
10 upset the oldest of absolute rulers
Gold?
The Detroit times., 1917-07-20
Anniversaries

i758-Eu Tlsh under Gen. John
Prid@aux aesicged Fort Niagara
william Tryon became gov
eruor ~ north Carolina.
1871 BENJAMIN r. Coston. who IN
vented and introduced percussion
caps ricketts, and percussion primer 2
in the $ navy. born IN Philadei-
phfa De 90 there. Nov. 70, 1898.
1889 putlic funeral ceremonies In
New York city in honor OF Henry
Clav
1864 Battle OF Peach Tree Creek.
1887 jennie Collins Lowell mill
gir who herame famous FOR her work
In crEaniz.ng soldiers Keller IN IN"
tivlI var died az Brooklirc. Mass.
B0rr a. Amoskeag. y. H.. In 1873.
4ff2- Missouri Democrats nominal
ed William J. stone for the governor
isos Rayal College ~ Surgeons
Edirhursh. celebrated its footh an
nlversary
1eii-count Zeppelin's -dirigIbie
balloon made round trip In Ger
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY IN THE
WAR
Brush drove Germans from Lon
guPva Hnf Deiville Wood.
Large Russfan army moved on
Cs-patriau pas on so-rnile front
French resumed oHensiys on both
siaea 20 rpmme and captured siS
miles ~ German trenches.
TODaY's BTUTHDtYs.
After+e nntos-Dumont, one or the
most fe'rhrat~d % the pioneer avla-
tors BORN ln san Paulo. Brazil. 90
yearf ~ fafny.
Alfred Charles De Rothschid, who
has placed biz beautiful English 49,
tate ne mo disposal ~ the govern
mort born IN London. Is years ago
TO-DAY
F--~sf carroll Moore. tho new
preaiHrrt the los Angeles. fCalJ
Norua school. born ~ Youngsto~ n
% e. vra~s ago today
Trsferf. + cfimson. American am
has7af 20 Argentina. born % bed-
ham Moss. 60 years ego today
The Detroit times., 1917-07-20

The country calls and mon will GO
To give 'heir lives, In battles woe.
q hero dies. soldier sleeps.
They d. not know the heart that
wneTF
marble shaft. grassy mound.
\ namo engraved that death has
found
only a, thought IN lapse Of years.
They A. not know the grief and
fenrn
~ God. fFfs murder should not BE-.
wealth. 20 power and tyranny
gave my all. my hero sleeps.
Ihsi i NOR know tho heart That
weeps
OR r. T. NJ. BRISTOL
~ East Cclumbia-st.,
Dstro't July IS fefL
The Detroit times., 1917-07-20
From Another Point of VieD

Abou Gets There Again Alphabetically and
Numerically
Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increaseD
Awoke one night from deep dream Of peace
And saw within the moonlight OF bis room,
Making IL rich and like lily In bloom,
An angel writing In a book Of gold
Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold,
And 70 the presence IA the room be said
What writest thou7"-The vision raised re
head
And with look saints might have revered
Answered. The names Of those who yolun
teered
And is mine one7" said Abou Nay. not 80. +"
Replied The angel.--Abou spoke more low,
But cheerily still go that the vision heard
Write me as one that registered"
The angel wrote and vanished The next day
n came in complex hprative way.
And showed the numbers whom the draft had
biest-
And To- Ben Adhem's name led all the rest!
viii the government statistician who
gave Detroit a million and a half kindly
furnish an estimate Of our rapidly-grow-
ing circulation?
Keep Il From the Enemy
BE still, Pad heart and cease your repining
Co.. somewhere. he sun is suil shining.
Some khaki pantaloons we have met
indicate that economy should begin at
the seat of war
Efficiency
We know motion-sater who wants Tho ma
i.oual anthem played JIM the seventh inning
when eYeryb body gets up 20 stretch
And to think il was this same gov
eminent that put the Louisiana lottery
ont Of business. And only a one-state
affair at thatl
The Detroit times., 1917-07-20

No quarter 20 tie housefy. those
real name r. typhoid fly
He is a soldier who fights by IN.
noculating his enemy With dreadful
disease He carries typhoid.
Good housekeehers think alfv n
disgrace. and avoid being dlsEraced
thus:
Keep the premises clean
Keep stable refuse IN closed. de.
infected containers.
Keep the garbage can clean and
covered tightly.
Screen the house with screens
aat nt.
The Detroit times., 1917-07-20

Spread sticky hypaper every
whore where folk don't sit down.
Swat All fics on sight. without
formal declaration Of war.
Sprinkle pyrethrum powder AZ
night and IN the morning sweep up
and burn poisoned flies
Dissolve halfounce ~ potash
bichromote IN glass of water. sweet
on and place in shallow dishes.
Burn 20 drops OF carbolic acid
on hot shovel, killing the ~ with
poison gas
Keep all ny dope away from chill
dren and pets.
The Detroit times., 1917-07-20

G. NJ u cannot break myself ~
the habit ~ breathing thru my
mouth understand T. a. danger.
Gus What can be- done 20 stop
this7"
Have - physician remove the Oh.
ftrioti0n in your nose
The Detroit times., 1917-07-20
A Husband, Pleased
With His Magnanimity,
Hits the Morning Air

Once upon time there was man
we will call him Bill Jones-who thought
up little stunt to please his wife.
"Oh, DEAR" said Bills better-half after
dinner, 81 feel terrible and just cannot
do these dishes tonight"
Leave 'em until morning" said Bill,
magnanimously, whereupon Bill re-
solved, also magnanimously, upon his
stunt
"You are tired out, dearie," said Bill,
$50 you remain in bed tomorrow morn
ing and / will get a cup of coffee and
some doughnuts or something down
town. / guess morning off once in a
while won't hurt fellows wife," he
added-all of this magnanimously.
Bill set the alarm clock for 4:30,
grabbed it by the neck and choked it off
quickly when it asserted itself ait the APP
pointed hour, got out of bed dressed
quietly and tiptoed down stairs.
On went kettle of water, and while
It was heating Bill scraped up the dishes
and got them all together and classified
as he had seen his wife do from the
back porch, where, after dinner, he had
sat smoking.
Man works from sun 10 SUM-
woman's work is never done.
"Heavensp unused Bill, "she will hear
me. l forgot to close that kitchen
door" It was to be surprise. 1t was
10 be an EVENT in wife's life.
When the water was heated, Bill
poured it into the dishpan full Of plates
which he had put in first because they
appeared to be most soiled and in need
Of the cleanest water.
Then he put in his hand and jerked
Il out in jiffy and blew on it to cool it,
Hike they do soup.
Then he turned on some cold water
and one by one the plates came out and
were dried and placed noiselessly down.
because Bills wife was not to be dis
turbed.
Bills wife was TO come down stairs.
after he had gone, burdened with the
thought of a kitchen full of dishes. open
the door and almost swoon for JOY when
she beheld that her loving, darling, pre-
cious, sacrificing, magnanimous husband
The Detroit times., 1917-07-20

past 81 years tho average life has
been increased more than 10 year..
During rae pass % years tho
death from tuherculosfs Rave been
reduced more than 80 per cent II
j. Impossible 20 tell jus. what effect
he education EFFORTS made during
he past l0 years have had. oui un.
doubtedly these EFFORTS have met
with "a degree % success fully com
parable uifh that attained IN deal.
my w.fh tuberculosis
Tho charge is we'll launched
Garry on For n the nation is
20 continue strong and vigorous. 90
must Grad cate unnecessary disease
This work must extend thru every
grade Of society The nation az n
whole cannot boz healthy SO long as
a part % it is diseased Diphtheria.
typhoid fever and other infectious
diseases IN DO slums are n menace
20 those who Two on fhe avenues.
Disease on TIC avenue s just as
much q menace 90 The slume
The physician knowing how die.
ease originates and how g. sprends
hould point ont The way fo- others
20 "carry 0n Beyoni This ~ is no
moro bis dufy 'o bear Tho burden of
eradicatiug disease than T. IS ~ any
other member o. fhe community.
The Detroit times., 1917-07-20

and saw Sara Ann sitting
among the NUNS OF her Crown
Derby.
For an instant she was
speechlesa with horror and an
ger Then she cried
Sara Ann. what on earth
have you done -
Sara Ann retrieved her cap
from n sea OF gravy and
grunted.
Its the dinner things. mum
what a good thing | hadn't wasl
The Detroit times., 1917-07-20
The Keep Well
{ olun1n
"cARRY ON"

Carry on" stands for British de-
ermlnation and tenacity % purpose
The Detroit times., 1917-07-20

Whenever n glrl begins 20 lecture
young man on financial economy
he can safely ask her 90 name tho
happy day.
The Detroit times., 1917-07-20
Laugh With Us

Crash Bang Waop'
Mrs Newmaid rushed out Of tho dining room
The Detroit times., 1917-07-20

it might we'll De
adopted IA the
logan FOR The war
we are waging
within q war he
war against Dis
ease
40 nation can
DO strong without
health Durirg the
The Detroit times., 1917-07-20

Movies won over Shakespeare In
n vote OF Yale seniors
The Detroit times., 1917-07-20

Anyhow, we had this editorial pretty
well down in our mind by the time we
got to the Office.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-04
ONE VOLUNTEER REJECTED
And One Other With Manned Hand Will
Be Sent Home.

Aver, Mass, Oct. A. Men of the sec
ond 40 per cent. quota from Vermont
reached camp yesterday. The men were
assigned to the 302nd light field artil-
lery. Fourteen men from New York
and one from Vermont were rejected
yesterday.
Among the arrivals from Vermont was
a man with no fingers on his left hand
and stump where his thumb should be-
He will be sent back as soon as the
necessary papers can be made out
A campaign to sell sl,O00,0O0 in Liber-
ty bonds among the men of the 10th
division of the national army at Camp
Devens was inaugurated last night with
the approval of AIajorGen. Harry f.
Hodges. 1t is planned to have head
quarters for the campaign established
by members of the Boston Liberty loan
committee in the building of the Y. NJ.
C. A. at the camp, and to have some
of the clerical work in connection with
the subscriptions handled by Y. NJ. C..
A workers
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-04
BRITISH BEGIN
NEW OFFENSIVE
EAST OF YPRES
BELGIAN MALES
FORCED TO YORK
Made to Take Places Close to German
First-Line Trenches and Many Have
Been Killed by Shells.

Havre, Oct. correspondence of The
Associated Press Male civilians in the
Belgian towns of Langemarck, Staden
Elverdinghe, Women, and Roulers, which
recently were evacuated by the Germans,
have been forced to work near the Ger
man first-line trenches in Belgium, with
the result that many have been killed by
exploding shells, according to informa-
tion received by the Belgian government.
The civilian population of these towns
was ordered to go to the railroad sta
tions. The women, children, and old
men were packed into the forward cars
of the trains, while all men and boys
between 16 and go years were placed in
the rear cars. When the trains started,
the rear cars were uncoupled and the oc-
cupants forced to undertake the hazard
Gus work near the first lines
In most cases the women and children
did not know that they were separated
from their husbands and fathers until
they arrived at their destinations.
The forcible conscription of Belgian
civilians has become most widespread in
the regions of Courtrai and Menin, where
about 1000 men already have been COM
PEELED to perform military work.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-04
rs ODD FELLOWS AT WARREN.
Attended Annual Meeting of the Seventh
District.

Six lodges were represented in the an
nual meeting of the--seventh Odd Fellows
district, which was held in Warren last
evening with members of Mount Pleasant
lodge, No. 80, as the entertainers. Around
rs members Of the fraternity were pres
ent, and the following lodges were repre-
sented Vermont, No ., of Montpelier,
Randolph, No. AS, Northfeld, No. 10,
Valley, No. l6, of Waitsfeld, and Men.
tor, No. 81, of Waterbury. The initia-
tory degree was worked by Valley lodge
and the ceremonial was reviewed by rep
resentatives of the grand lodge. After
the degree work, there were brief ad-
dresses, and then the members of the
Warren Rebekah lodge served an excellent
banquet
The meeting was in charge of f. NJ
Turner of Warren, district deputy grand
master, and the following members of
the grand lodge were present: f. A.
Spear of Woodstock, grand master; Al
exander Duncan of Barre, grand warden;
Rev. J. b. Reardon of Barre, grand chap
lain; j. A. Foster of Waterbury, past
grand representative; Frank w. Jackson
of Barre, grand secretary; W. B. Wor-
thing of Montpelier, district deputy
grand patriarch.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-04
FAILED TO REPORT.
Harry Austin of Proctor Is Now Being
Sought.

( Rutland, Oct 4-The name of Harry
Austin of Proctor was certified TO the
adjutant general yesterday by the local
draft selection board as having failed
to report for military duty. Austin was
the only man of the second contingent
who was not present for assembly and
on hand to take the train for Camp Dew
ems yesterday morning and he makes the
third Stacker in the district, Abraham
Solomon of Florence and Maik Krisel of
Rutland of the first contingent having
been reported as such. Nothing has ever
been heard of the whereabouts of either
of these men.
Austin registered in Proctor and when
called to appear for physical examina-
tiOn il was found that he was in Jail
in Modesto, Cal. An order was sent
to the examining board for that divi-
sion and he was examined there and
found fit for service. His Jail term ex-
pired about the date of his examination.
which was August l6 When notice was
forwarded to him at MCdesto that he
had been certified to the district board
it was returned unclaimed and no clue
has since been found of his wherea-
bouts
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-04
HAD LOADED REVOLVER.
And He Had Threatened to Shoot Man
in the Leg.

Burlington Oct 4.-But for the timely
action of Officer Thomas Collins last
night ON Main street, two hackmen,
George Zeskind, and fellow by the
name of Tucker, might be in the hospital
this morning as the result of shooting
affair.
Zeskind and Tucker were fooling with
another fellow on City Hall park in a
friendly sort of way, when Hollis Gey-
ette appeared on the scene to interfere
in behalf of the one who was the subject
of the merriment.
Goyette, who halls from Colchester
point, told Tucker that if he did not re-
frain from troubling the stranger, he
would shoot him in the leg. While max.
ing this statement Goyette kept his right
hand in his pocket, but Zeskind, thinking
that he was fooling told him that he
had better go along about his business.
"Ill show you" said Goyette, and
with that il was noticeable to Officer
Collins, who had arrived on the scene,
that the mans pocket was being slowly
raised as if to get deliberate aim with
pistol.
What's that you sayi" SAID Tom.
Il mean what l said" answered Coy
cite, eff these fellows do not quit bother
ing that fellow, I'll show them
Officer Collins then grabbed the fell
lows right arm. and pulling his hand
from his pocket, discovered that it con-
tanned a fully loaded .32-calibre revolver
ready for action.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-04
WARM GOES TO PRISON.
Convicted of Manslaughter, He Is Dis
pleased with Vermont Laws.

| st. Albans, Oct. AT $3.50 o'clock
this morning, Constable G. II. Chase left
on train No. s, southbound, taking with
him Robert Warm and Stephen Sheldon,
the former to Windsor and the latter to
Rutland.
The former was sentenced this week
by Chief Judge e. J.. Waterman of Brat
teboro in the Franklin county court, to
serve not less than 10 nor more than Ia
years in the state prison at Windsor
for manslaughter, having been found
guilty of that crime in the killing of Ia
year old Jennie Hemingway. Warm
will not be q years old until December.
Warm has not been at all disspirited
since he received his sentence last Mon
day. He has expressed desire to be
taken to Windsor as soon as possible.
He says he does not think much of the
laws of Vermont,
Young Sheldon, crippled from birth,
having only one arm, the right one, is
only 81 years old, but he has been at the
state industrial school three times, es-
Gaping from that institution twice, and
he has also served time in the house of
correction. A few days ago he stole a
fashlight from The Tavern and pawned
it, and for that offense was sentenced by
Judge n. N. Post in the city court to
serve not less than four nor more than
six months in the house of correction.
The trip was made by what is known
as "round the Horn" route, Constable
Chase taking Sheldon to Rutland and
going from there to Windsor by way of
Bellows Falls.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-04
THREATENED WIFE
AND KILLED SELF
Alvin Atwood, Aged 7S, Well Known
Woodstock Man, Had Been Out
of His Head.

Woodstock, Oct ALVIN Atwood, 78
years old, a well known citizen, while
temporarily deranged, killed himself
this afternoon by shooting, rifle bull
let penetrating his left breast. He
threatened to kill his wife and when
his daughter prevented him from secur-
ing gun he went from the kitchen of
his home saying that he would never
come into the house alive.
Securing his rifle few minutes later
he sent bullet into his body, dying
instantly. His home life had been hap
py but his mind had evidently become
affected since he suffered a severe cold.
Besides his wife and daughter Mr..
Atwood leaves three sons, Charles T.
Atwood, we'll known cattle buyer;
Frank S. Atwood. proprietor OF the Com
mercial house; Albert Atwood of this
town.
Mr.. Atwood was born in Bridgewater
but had lived in Woodstock for over 40
years