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The Detroit times., 1917-07-21
High Prices Will
Save FoOd-It Will,
Verify, From the Poor

One thing the high and rising cost of
living does that is good-it keeps food
from being consumed.
That has been advanced as an aryu-
ment against lower prices by some gen.
tlemen who gamble in food in Chicago.
They argue that there is serious
shortage of some foods and that high
prices prevent all unnecessary use of
those foods.
They say that at high prices people
use only what they MUST use.
And that is very good argument
for THEM.
But this is what really happens:
Under high prices the rich may have
N they want.
No one imagines that it makes any diff
The Detroit times., 1917-07-21
Hiqh Spots In American History
Americas First Woman Soldier

three years. Robert was an ener-
getic soldier and proved II in a hot
skirmish near Tarrytown. y y
when Robert was cut by saber
Private Shirtliffe woke up in a
hospital after a long fight with
fever. DR. Binney OF Philadelphia
took an interest in Private Shirt
llfYe's recovery and on the soldiers
discharge gave Robert a letter 20
Cen Washington.
Gen. washington's blue eyes shot
keen glance az the young soldier
before him. Filling out a document
he handed II to the soldier, who
when outside. saw II was An honora-
bic discharge. with an informal note
81 thanks
After peace Deborah Samson,
then Mrs. benjamin Cannot, re-
ceived grant OF land in return Dor
services of Private Shirtline during
the revolution.
The Detroit times., 1917-07-21
Keeping Up

When they let him out of MaSsachu-
sets state prison the other day ne fet
the light and heat of the sun on his
shaven head for the first time in 30
years. He blinked his eyes, naturally.
More than that-hiS brain blinked
He asked to be taken TO the navy yard.
He rode there on an electric car. There
were no electric cars wien he was sent
up"
AT the navy yard he watched them re-
pair several government super-dread-
naughts. DreadnaughtS had not been
dreamed of when he last sat on his front
porch with his coat off in the cool of the
evening and read his newspaper.
Subways and aeroplanes, skyscrapers
the list of the commonplace of this
day which were brain-stunning novelties
to him is endless. He sat in silence
Then he tried to smile, but failed
What he said was short:
81 don't feel that am alive"
Returned TO life for the first time in
80 years, he felt less alive than at any
time in 30 years of living death. All he
knew anything about, any more, was
death-the death Of prison.
He couldn't come back. They had to
take him Blackjack TO the state peni-
tertiary.
What happened to him in 80 years may
happen to other men in 80 days. The
man who stands still for a month. or a
year, is behind. and must come back. He
may have been a scratch man when he
started, but the handicap is likely to
prove too much for him.
Don't fall behind. It is hard TO come
back. 1t is bitter to be taken back
back to the rear seats of the world the
alter. 1t is better to keep up.
The Detroit times., 1917-07-21
To Care for the Old
ny n. ADDINGroN BRUCE
Author OF The Riddle OF Person
atty" Psychology and
PRrenthood," etc.

There is probably no class OF de-
pendents whose welfare has been
more completely neglected. who
have received less scientific study
and care, than the aged" said DR.. /.
!. Nasher. or New York. at the re
cent Pittsburgh meeting OF the Ma.
tional Conference OF Charities and
Correction.
so completely has the welfare OF
the aged as scientific study been
ignored that today there Is not "A
home for the aged. 80 far as | know
IN which the vital problem OF the
proper feeding OF the aged is under
stood or even considered"
Or Nasher went on 10 specify:
1T has been found that the aged
require only about half OF the
amount OF food, calculated In cal.
cries or food energy. that young, ac-
tive individuals require. and the pro
portions OF the three classes OF food
are different
The aged require less than half
OF the protein class. the tissue-form-
ing foods. such as meat. cheese. and
white OF egg.
They require about half the
amount OF carbohydrates, or energy
producing food The principal foods
OF this class are the starchy fc>ds
ana sugar
"Of tat. the heatproducing food.
they require almost as much as In
earlier life
There are many other things 20 De
carefully considered in connection
with the proper care OF old people.
Most old people-th by no means
ali markedly slow down in their
mental processes They have more
or less ditfculty in paying attention,
in reasoning. in remembering Many
old people become really lamentably
forgetful
This means that those caring for
them should not expect from them as
much as they would from younger
persons. Yet due regard for the
mental weakering,of the aged is not
always shown by their guardians.
old people. again. vary greatly IN
the amount OF sleep they need. Some
need much more than in younger
life. others much less. This IL
something that ought 20 be studied
IN each case. as a means or adding
20 the comfort and prolonging the
life OF the old person concerned
The question OF exercise should
also be looked into. The tendency
In the aged is 10 stop open-air exer-
else almost altogether But, says
Weber
"Old persons accustomed 10 much
exercise may go on taking II as Ions
and ~ much az il agrees with them,
and need not think OF the number OF
their years. they must keep up the
habit OF exercise II they wish 10
keep up their power
And. unless senile weakness Is
profound. those who are old should
DE provided with light. agreeable
modes on mental occupation. They
need some exercise for their minds
as truly a. they need some exercise
for their bodies.
Encourage the old 70 keep busy
tho never overbusy Try. too. "a
get them into the mental attitude OF
that grand old man who so cheerily
sings
AT sixty-two life has begun.
At seventy-three begin once more
Fly swlf'er AZ thou nearisf the sun
And brighter shine at ninety-tour
At ninety-hve
yShouldst thou arrive.
Sttil wait on God and work and
thrive
For most people. in fne. old age
need not be time OF physical in.
lcrtia and mental depression. II
should be. and can be, made a pc
riod OF quiet activity and peaceful
contentment
The Detroit times., 1917-07-21

AS some war honds are charged
10 innocuIate prisoners with tuber'
culosis. 20 tho mosquito innoculates
bedroom prisoners With malaria.
Keeping the family well In war
time means routing the mosquito.
for he preys on The human army r.
self and not on its quartermaster'
department.
10 away with stagnant water. In
pools, bottles. old cans. rain bar.
rels, caves. cutters.
Use crude oil on stagnant ponds
The Detroit times., 1917-07-21
Did You?

II you ate 81 so worth of candy
last year you got exactly your share.
The candy made commercially in
the United States during 1915 was
worth about sls5.0O0.0O0. or $3.50
worth for each OF the l02 100000
people in this country Ladies'
Home Journal.
The Detroit times., 1917-07-21
The Old Gardener Says:

7, would be little short OF
crime 70 allow any part or the
garden pace 20 go 20 waste. The
amateur should keep a good sup.
ply OF turnip seeds on hand and
plant them when ever opportu-
nltv offers from now on. unless
the ground is wanted for some
other crop. Turnips mature
quickly. are easy 10 keep. are
favorite vegetable In most any
soil. Turnips may be set down
as a nrst rate crop for a war
time garden.
The Detroit times., 1917-07-21
Life Insurance In War Time
BY DR.. FRANK CRANE
Copyright, 1915. by Frank Crane)

Jones is his name. plain United States
Jones, Simon ID. Jones. His middle name,
however, o1ghtn't to begin with a big,
big ID, because his middle name Is Life
Insurance.
He knows life insurance backward, for
ward, and crisscross He breathes life
insurance, dreams it, thinks in it, talks it
in his sleep, and is it. Also what he
knows about it is so, which Us an import
ant item.
| met Jones the other day and he gave
me few slants upon the subject had
not imagined.
Whatever reasons there may have been
for men to get their lives insured under
ordinary and peaceful circumstances,
he said, there are more and better rea-
sons now.
When you say life insurance, he con-
tinued, you must put the accent on the
first syllable. 1t isn't death you're insur-
ing against; it's life you're insuring for.
The biggest element in any mans bust
ness is himself No matter what he's
worth, his life means more than all he
owns. You could have your factory
burn, or lose your money, or have all
your workmen strike, to less permanent
loss to your business than would be en-
tailed by your own death. And that in
terms of dollars and cents, quite aside
from the inconvenience of dying
And life insurance means the securing
of your own life for the benefit of your
business and of those dependent upon it.
What is this two billion dollar loan
recently undertaken by the government
but Uncle Sam taking out life insurance?
And what's good for nation ought TO
be good for everybody in it.
When you take out life insurance you
are Harvesting your money, making it
work for you.
You are doing, by cooperating with
others, what no man can do for himself.
For no mans life is secure Any of us
may die tomorrow But all of us will
live just about so long.
You can figure out to a mathematical
certainty by the actuarial table exactly
how long the average man in group of
ten thousand will live. Then by combin-
ing you secure that certainty for your
own life, as far as money is concerned.
Life insurance, to Jones, is the flower
Of democracy, the triumph Of intelligent
organization, the defeat of the greatest
enemy to human happiness-Uncertain-
ty-the ogre that torrents millions Of
honest souls
SO, if you haven't attended to it before,
go straight away and do it now. Insure
your life in some reputable company
Join hands with your fellow men, and so
doing provide certainty Chats what in
surance. or assurance, means) for those
for whose sake you live and work
This war is waking us all up to many
neglected duties. Not the least of our
obligations is to insure our lives.
The Detroit times., 1917-07-21
sy RALPH COUCH.


Deborah samson was teaching
school IN IT'S in Plymouth. Mass.
while men were going away TO
battle
Deborah felt the urge 70 help, but
men laughed So she made plan.
She announced she was going 70
New York in search OF work and
started out on foot, carrying =
bundle.
Well beyond the village Deborah
disappeared In a grove OF trees.
At the far side OF the grove APP
peared a young man.
At dusk the figure entered Med
way, and applied for enlistment at
the home OF Nathan Thayer.
Robert Shirtliffe was the name
given. II was before the days II
physical examinations for apDli.
cants
Private Robert Shlrtlife served
The Detroit times., 1917-07-21
Anniversaries
ToDAY'S ANNIVERSARIES


1880 Dhode Islanders defeated
feet ~ five French privateers on
Block island.
it's Benjamin Franklin brought
forward In congress plan % Union.
Is<s-Battle OF the pyramids, IN
which Bonaparte defeated the Name
lukes and thus Fubducd lower Egypt
Isl2-Fort Msigs al the foot ~
the Mauuee rapids. OHIO. again be-
sieged by a force ~ British and In
dams.
ISi7-Joseph K Barnes. surgeon
general of the United States army
during the civil war. born ia Phlla
deiphia. Died in Washington. T.. c.
Aprn 3. 1854
Is92-T;hode leland observed day
OF thanksgiving for the suppression
81 DORIS rebellion without blood
shed
Of Ban Run the first important bat
isss-Nelson Dewey. Arst state
governor of Wisconsin, died Ia Cass-
vile. Wis Born In Lebanon Conn,
isi5-Third note sent to Germany
by the United states concerning the
rights % neutral ships
ONE YEAR AGO TO-DAY IN THE
WAR
Russian cavalry entered Hungary.
Russians gained near Carpathian
passes. but met strong resistance.
French captured entire German
first position on line Of three miles
taking 1900 prisoners.
ToDAY's BIRTHDAYS
Joseph y. a. Burnguist. the pres
ent governor OF Minnesota born In
Dayton. Iowa. IS years ago today
Cheesman a Herrick president Of
Girard college and head Of the Ma
tional Society for the Promotion Of
Industrial Education. born IN Red
wood y I. 81 years ago today.
powager Queen Maria Christina.
mother Of the king q spain. born
SO years ago today.
Chauncey Olcott. celebrated as an
actor IN Irish musical dramas born
In Buffalo 81 years ago today.
Robert - Heatou. representative IA
congress of the Twelfth Pennsylva-
MIA district. born in Schuyikiil
county. Pa. "a years ago today
John j Evers reported sold by
the Boston National league baseball
club 20 the philadelphia club. horn
In Troy. y y 81 years ago today.
The Detroit times., 1917-07-21

to the show.
You take these bills all around town" said
Teedy Clear TO the end OF every street"
Then the manager went upstairs TO paint ad-
vertsemonts on n drop curtain. An hour
later he came down again and walked down
Main street 10 eat at restaurant TO be adver-
tised on the curtain.
In front OF the Grand Hotel he came upon the
boy crying bitterly with the bundle OF bills still
under his arm.
What's the matter SOM asked Leedy.
"a man tried 20 take one of my bills away
from me- the boy answered.
The Detroit times., 1917-07-21
AS 1t Would Be Today

Capt. Kids men had been dig
ging for two hours without success.
Il don't think" grumbled one OF
the pirates. laying down his pick
and wiping the Precipitation from his
serrated brow. there's a-potato
buried on the hull island Puck.
The Detroit times., 1917-07-21

that cannot be drained. to exter.
inmate young mosquitoes.
Burn cones of pyrethrum powder
TO stupefy mosquitoes.
Keep beds and baby's carriage
covered with netting.
Use camphor. lemon juice. oil OF
peppermint or pennyroyal. or citron-
ella TO repel bayonet attacks by the
mosquito squad.
Best remedies at the field hos
pitfalls for mosquito victims are moist
soap. ammonia, alcohol or glycerin.
The Detroit times., 1917-07-21
The Policy

First Boarder-I can't think how
il IL you manage to fare so well
here. I've industriously made my
self pleasant to the landlady and
her daughters, and yet I'm half
starved
Second Boarder1Try the cook
The Detroit times., 1917-07-21

He can't have used those
words He didn't speak as third person"
no sab. he took good keer dat dar no
third pusson present Oar was only two--us
two De defendant am too smart ter hab any
body listnin' when he talkin' about his own
reskety"
Il know that we'll enough. but he spoke TO
you I'm the first person. didn't he?"
Il de fust pusson myself
You don't understand me When he was
talking 10 you did he use the words, will pay
you s10'?"
mo boss; he didn't say muffin about you
payn me SO Yore name wasn't mentioned,
'ceptn dat he tole me 81 cher got inter a
scrape dat you was de best lawyer In San An
tone 10 fool de Judge and jury-in fac. you was
the best lawyer in de town for GOVERN up any
kind Of reskelity.'
you can step down"
The Detroit times., 1917-07-21
From Another Point of TeU
By C. T. S.

Did they tell you in mournful num-
bers?
MEMORY TEST.
What county official was II who remarked
TONY kloks 10 not alone 10 blame. For my
lasity deem myself In part responsible"
They drew them out in capsules, which
fact does not make them any easier to
take.
The list of numbers supplies one in
stance where you cannot read the last
few lines and find how it is going to turn
out
Say, Mister Editor. please.
What kind OF figures these
You've got in the paper, the way they are blur
red?
can't make them out, no can't on my word
And my wife Is distracted. she thinks IFS 3.
She's certain. she says. It's a 3, meaning me-
The is quite plain and the and the
And II that's It's the trenches for mine.
am quite on the fence. az some make II
It's a In the eyes of the people next door.
And what worries me in this game Of see-saw
is the fact that the thing may result in draw.
One of the first men called in De-
troit was Spilio Asinoropoulo. A lot of
newspaper space could have been saved,
in instances like this, by use of the cable
code
We see they also called Frank Dam
osezosh and Stanislaw Drpocyk, along
with Frank Safranskki and Joseph Csi-
seer Roll call over there promises TO
sound like a soda fountain on hot night
They proved to be the draft num-
bers. but we thought at first that it
might be a recapitulation Of Tony
Kloka's shortage
There's nothin' { do, Bert, but get
out and crank 'er, ag'in'
Stand still, Rover; it's only insect pow
der.
The Detroit times., 1917-07-21

An apple tree in the front yard
Of the Joseph Zavis farm, near Dow
or, Del, blossoms each spring with
pink roses exactly like those grow
ing on a rose bush. in clusters like
ramblers The tree bears no fruit
The Detroit times., 1917-07-21
The Ancient Thrill
BY BEaToN eRALEY

Creakin
Drums hat squeal
Swing a
marching down
a
dumb
the fearful
strength and forth die
But w COS that
Of the soldiers feet and the the marching
k and the dust that
shoes?
he tho
That old old wee human red
For the thud and beat the soldiers
The Detroit times., 1917-07-21
The Clothes Talk

Fair Thing How dare you ad-
drcss me- Why. | don't know you
from Adam,
Johnny That's funny I'm
dressed differently Puck
The Detroit times., 1917-07-21
II Is q Time That
Stirs Mems Hearts -and
Draws Tears of Mothers
War is here.

War is here.
Some time ago we remarked in TINS
column upon the apathy in Detroit re-
ported general over the country, and we
rave il as our explanation that Detroit,
with the rest of the country, had not
sensed the gravity of the step that had
been taken.
II was hard for people that had lived
90 long in peace, practicing peace teach-
ing peace and priding themselves upon
being the representatives of civilization
furthest advanced. to bring themselves
70 believe their country actually ana
sternly at war.
A feeling permated everywhere, even
though war had been declared, that none
of the nations sons would actually bleed.
The material resources of the country
might be called into action; our money
might have to be spent in gigantic sums;
it might be necessary for us to STINT our
stomachs and conserve in many ways
perhaps our warships would be needed TO
make lane for our commerce through
the submarine blockade.
That is as far as the general opinion
would venture in its conception OF what
our part would be in the war
That we would raise an army and that
It would fill trenches in France struck
very few people as probable.
They felt, for one thing, that the par
ticipation of the United States In the
lending of it's material resources would
10 certainly fix the fate Of the Kaiser
that the war would be over before any
mother said goodbye to her son, offering
him UP to the fate of actual fighting IN
France, whence had come the stories OF
butchery that would hardly have been
veutured in fiction four years ago.
BUT UNITED STATE REGULARS
ARE IN FRANCE NOW.
That fact proves that Washington has
not entered the war with any idea of our
army being wallfower.
And now they have drawn the fateful
numbers.
Each number amounts to visit by a
messenger to the door of home standing
with reckoning finger and meaning
young man, have come for you.
You are going to France"
And war is here.
We are a step nearer the trenches.
The young man viii present himself
before the local exemption board.
He will have to stand physical exam
nation.
If defective, he will be returned to his
home.
VIII he fill with JOY at the word that
he will not do?
Possibly so; PROBABLY not.
That is characterized by some as one
of the strange things about war-this
willingness on the part of men to offer
themselves to war.
But it is not strange thing about
war at all.
It is a most natural thing belonging to
manhood and patriotism.
And it is not confined to men.
There will be many a disappointed
mother when she learns that her boy
could not qualify.
That is another most natural thing, be-
longing to our WOMANHOOD and patri-
otism.
This war has found its slackers and
there will be slackers in their hearts who
will never be known, but very, very few
of them will be mothers of sons called
upon to make the supreme sacrifice.
The call of this hour is not so much up
on men as it is upon those who have
given their country men.
1t is time that wrings their hearts
as It stirs mems souls.
Their tears are a part of war.
But they respond nobly.
The Detroit times., 1917-07-21
One-Sided

pop. what is a monologueT
"A monoloRue. my son. Is con-
versation woman carries on with
her husband
The Detroit times., 1917-07-21

snow. i ne troupe lanueu IN "A
Vermont town a few hours In
the lead OF the sheriff. and
with only SO in the treasury.
Business had been bad.
I,eedy spent the SO for hand.
bills. oyer At tho opera house
he picked out q likely looking
boy 10 peddle the literature.
promising the youngster a pass
The Detroit times., 1917-07-21
Laugh With Us

Jim Webster was being tried for trying to
bride a colored witness Sam Johnsing, 10 tes-
~ 20
The Detroit times., 1917-07-21

Charlie Leedy conducts daily column IN Q
Youngstown (Ohio) newspaper. But before he
Joined the church he manager OF a minstrel
The Detroit times., 1917-07-21

you say this defendant Of
fered you a bride OF SO TO tes-
tify In his behalf?" said Law
yer Gouge 20 Johnsing.
Yes, sab"
Now, repeat precisely what
he said. using his own words"
He said he would give me
80 ~
The Detroit times., 1917-07-21

Did they tell you in mournful mum.
bers?
The Detroit times., 1917-07-21
MEMORY TEST.

What county official was II who remarked:
TONY kloks 10 not alone 70 blame For my
laxity deem myself IN part responsible"
The Detroit times., 1917-07-21

The list of numbers supplies one in
stance where you cannot read the las
few lines and find how it is going to tur
out.
The Detroit times., 1917-07-21

They drew them out in capsules, which
fact does not make them any easier t.
take.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-02-14
BEATS RAILROAD FARE BY
DODGE BROTHERS CAR
Montana Man Travels to Los Angeles
at Little Expense and has
Good Time.

f. c. Sumner, of Livingston, Mon
tana. and Mrs. Sumner recently de-
cided that they would spend sonIe
time in Southern California.
And they further made up their
minds that their Dodge Brothers
Roadster had given them such goos,
service around home that they would
call on it for the long trip.
They covered the 1850 miles from
Livingston to Los Angeles without
trouble of any kind and, furthermore,
their total expense was only $3l,
while the same journey by rail would
have cost nearly 500 more for rail
road fare alone.
Livingston is situated north of Yel-
iowstone Park and the route covered
by Mr.. and Mrs. Sumner is of interest
to tourists who are planning trip to
the coast with stop at the Park.
The Summers passed through the
northwest corner of Yellowstone and
on to Pocatello and from there TO
Salt Lake City, thence to Ely, New,
and over the Midland Trail and down
the Owens Valley to Los Angeles.
They were 1914 days making the
journey and campeG out every night
with the exception Of the one spent
IN Salt Lake City.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-02-14
Willing TO Quit.

A good story is told of an inter
view of w. II. Fl. Bingham with one
Of the state boarders at Windsor.
Some of the prisoners were at work
lathing the guard room during re-
cent official visit of the governor, and
the latter was inspecting the pro
gress of the work. After contem-
plating the progress for few min
utes, Governor Bingham remarked :
See mere, my man, you are laying
Chose iaths too near together; that
sort of work will never do" The
prisoner calmly laid down his imple-
ments and said: "Governor, | am
willing to be turned off and discharg-
ed # my work don't suit; | never
applied for this job or the situation.
and If my work isn't satisfactory. /
am willing to quit" This offer was
not accepted Boston Herald.