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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15
This Busy. Busy World

one lighted gas Jet consumes as
much oxygen as I'VE adult persons
There are more than 1000 ruined
towns 70 be rebuilt in France
The muscles % the human jaw
exert \ force OF 534 pounds
81 Peters cathedral IN Rome will
accommodate "a 600 people
a million hides year are used
FOR upholsiering motor cars.
In % generations every person
has had l31.07s direct ancestors
Buttons are now made from 'he
spent. yeast discarded from brew
cries
British navy now employs a lie
raft made in the shape 81 a huge
doughnut
a machine has been invented thBf
plants from 10000 to $1,000 forest
tree seedlings in day
The stingless bee Is more produc.
tive Of honey than his armed klns
men
The stomach OF bat viii In one
night digest three times the weight
% the animal.
In the front OF large London
building there Vas recently found n
pigeons nest made OF hairplns
Electricity is the only agent that
vii thaN frozen water pipes with
out disturbing the ground
Kansas city. Mo. has only zoos
school pupils with perfect teeth or
17,o24 pupils 1900 never use tooth
brushes
Nagnetized plates. 10 be fastened
10 a finger with clips. have been in
vented 10 save carpenter time in
picking NJ nails
The normal temperature 90 horses
men and tigers Is about the same
That Of chickens is III degrees Fab.
rcnheit
ST Louis receives moro raw fur
direct from frappcrs and traders
than does any fur market 10 the
World
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15

Crises and changes occur 10 al o.
rs Circumstance make q neces
sary FOR az 10 engage in new under
takines, 20 vehtgre along Zines TO
which W. are unaccusiomed
Il may b. iAsri n n.shdle life, bus
mess reyersss compel Us 20 take ua
work entirely different from that
we have been doing or. being a
woman. ths death ot our Reares.
and dearest leaves us In poverty
and throws us on our own re-
sources
Under those conditions We may
and II diGcultS 10 face The future
bravely Life stretches ahead ot
ns full Of unknown ;errors To t2ke
heart seems impossible.
Yef The experience ~ other men
ani women proves that II IS bv no
means impossible Many have o.
their own accord engaged in novel
enterprises and placed themselves
Ia situations harder and morn
fraught with danger than any We
need anticipate
Take look a. The map ~ The
United States All along the eastern
section. you VIII observe. ranges Of
mountains extend Like gigantic
wall they rise between the. coastal
country and The vast hlnterland 81
the Mississippi valley and the trans
Mississippi plains
Today valley and plains are PEG
pied By millions OF inhabitants. Val.
ley and plains boast great centers
o. commerce. and industry. They
are covered By network % rail-
ways. a-ordinE quick and comforta-
Die transportation
r. was not always thus
Less than one hundred and Any
years ago this vast hinterland was
an undeveloped waste. roamed BY
Wild beasts and peopied by savage
red men
To TIE whites who lived east %
the mountain barrier Il WA a region
abounding in terrible dangers Yet
men were found willing 20 -aca
these dangers. and singly or IN
little groups 70 plunge beyond tho
mountains. explore forest and
meadow. and choose sites for new
homes.
Boon. Kenton. HaTroi. Logan.
Rooertson--theee and their mates
acted az the intrepid psthhnderr
Where thsy led, others soon fol
lowed. men. women. and little chill
drpn- 20 occupy and 20 hold the new
lands % kentucky and Tennessee.
Over the mountains they pain.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15
Pointed Paragraphs

A homeiy truth is better than a
handsome lie
An optimist takes day on when
he has a toothache
A man isn't necessarily. a failure
because he has failed.
He's poor musician who Is una
bic 70 play upon your feelings
Il is said that some evils are
necessary. Can you name one that
is
A man should have a good excuse
ready before committing a mean
act.
Many a man who follows band
wouldn't have the nerve 20 face the
music.
Country people on a party tele-
phone line hear all the news that's
going.
II might be well FOR visitors 20
remember that warm welcome
soon burns out
Trying 20 be nice 20 his vife's rel
stiyes - swf1lly rough on a mans
disposition.
Keep your eye on the humble
man Perhaps he Is lying low for
the purpose OF humbling you.
And many mans reputation for
truthfulness goes lame when he DO
gins 10 say things about himself
And n sometimes comes 20 pass
TIA, after a man has made hts mark
ne acquires a wife who insists on
his toeing n.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15
Americans, a Deficient
People, Begin to Awake

In spite of--not because of-our iron clad or.
ganisstions. societies. cults and creeds which
have such a strange hold upon us. crushing out
sopsneity and Wilderness ~ lie The vital
breath itself. of art we as a nation are beginning
to grope upward and find real expression N tWo
Of its forms. poetry and The drama
Few seem 20 realize tbe fearful deficiency that
American people have shown IN tho creation n
literature painting and music and how We have
received what nourishment we have had from
European soil
There are several superficial reasons for thls
and one vital one and the vital one is an thai
need concern US.
We are sim suffering from the too rigid NOR
aity Of our Puritan forefathei WHO placed such
terrible burden Of dub upon us ard inocuated
W. with the biighiing belief oi the snfulness of
joy--of our Quaker fornfathcrs who fabtaed 4 biz
OF color and disciplined tho flesh by sitting boz
cold meeting houses. and from the various eafl}
secis who were unable id accept ihe body an
the SENSES a. part 81 ihe divine and scorned
their emotions and passions 81 dlre,' c0mmunics.
tons from The des0
The Catholic church ass vfole wss newer
guilty Of this error and therefor, arl fourshed
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15
A Poem a Day
ADnIF-r

We sailed away in the ship ~ Love.
Acriff on the Sea OF Life.
Ready g. weather tae storms that 70
Wtfh freedom from care ard strife
Promise Uf trust forever ours
Truco sa the stars above
So We foated along IN a FOOLS para
disc
Adr'f, On the ocean ~ Love
The wears frw ~
md the stormy waves
Had long since shattered our boat
For our hearts had been the ruling
power
That forever have kept her ndont
Boz AL that remained 90 love
grown cold
once a. pure A. ne wings ~ a dove.
Was that wonderful ship
A hopeless wreck
Adrfft On the ocean - Love
Maitle Nanchrafcr
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15
The Spirit of the Days Work
BY DR.. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Cranel

Perhaps We might get along better if
We remembered that il is all in days
work.
There's a lot to be done, but We don't
have 10 DO II al today.
And the higher the task, and the more
difficult, delicate, and important the mat
ter the more necessary 1t is 10 attack IN
the spirit of days work at time.
To learn TO play the piano or TO read
French, or TO overcome bad habit, or
TO write shorthand, or TO achieve poise.
and patience, or to be good nobody can
some at such accomplishments at once.
1t is little 10y little, the steady forcing
of the will upon ones stubborn desire.
mind or fingers whether we feel like 1t
or not, just as a days work. il is SO we
crawl up the steep hill OF perfection.
The will TO do is important, and the
ambition TO do is necessary, and hard
work counts; but one essential to any ex-
cellence. whether in craftsmanship or.
character. is time
Somehow or other the past endueS us.
There's no such thing as 4 fresh start
Every new start carries with it some
thing Of those we made before. Every
effort Sits something into our nerves or
muscles or brain cells SO that they are
different next time.
The power of the thirtieth day is the
result Of the invisible dividends of the
twenty-nine preceding days work.
Somebody asked Susannah Wesley
Johns mother, why she told her children
the Same thing over and over twent,
times Because nineteen is not enough.
she answered.
In that greatest OF earthly businesses|
mothering. il is the spirit of the day
work that helps. To carry on so compli
Gated and vital affair as the training 0
children there is needed above all tina
lself-possession which comes only whe
we conceive Of our work as fasting bu
one day And it is when we look forwar
too much and keep expecting results tina
time alone can give, that we fall into tn
petulance or fretfulness that destroys tn
quality Of our guidance.
The clock has number Of Textbooks
make, but il has moment in whic
10 90 each one Of them. The sun rise
regularly to his duty, and sets at nigl
satisfied with what increment of growt
his days work has supplied to Twin
things.
And We've need never expect
arrive-our business is not to arrive,
is 10 travel, to cover each day our allotte
span, leaving all questions Of ends ar
values and rewards to that Mind tn;
thinks in centuries and weaves men ar
the labors Of men into its vast fabric.
Our plan is on the trestle-board, OF
lines are known for this days duties,
Jus do what is marked out for us it
for US in this world to live by the day
and not by the job"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15
ne~sy Wall paper.

10 the Editor ~ The Times
see In your columns that Frank
Oakley, ~ Madison. Ms. has n
neas papef printed On wall paper
have one Ike il Tho heading i
Tho Daily CITIZEN. vicksbura
Miss J " sword. proprietor.
Thursday. July 2. 1863. the last cdi
ton printed on wall paper"
FREU l. PAScH
Fowler. Mich. Jan. n. 1917
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15

To the Editor Of The Times
am much pleased with YOUR edi.
torial on how Highland Park officials
saved the poor from suffering. Dy
taking part In handling coal What
God-send 81 would De n your city
authorities would not only furnish
means FOR distributing coal. but also
milk. Ice and other necessities.
r e.. MINER.
- Charles. Mich. Jan. Il. 1911
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15

and enables The
body quickly 20
ger I'd ~ waste
prod Gcts
j. quieis The
nerves and IN
grasses The Will
power Many pco
uie fnd relief
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15
Recognized

Binks Shafer. DO you know that
woman across The street,
Shafor She certainly looks fa
millar Let me see Us my wife q
new drees. my daughters hat and
my mother in laws parasol sure'
It's our cook.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15
keepina up ,he nIuslon

The Usher What's this2
The Spectator It's photograph
81 bunch ~ orchids Please hand
" 90 fhe toubrette when shg makes
Ter bpw on The screen Here's O.
picture ~ a dime Tor YOU
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15

Under the new policy Of food control
by the Bntlsh government. hors d'oeuvre
is counted as half 4 course. We do not
know what IL is. but il sounds 70 US like
something on the order Of an eight-fur-
long dash.
Whoa
'Evenin' : landlord ahat have YOU for
supper, sir2'
Hors d'oeuvre, sir
"Giddapr
Says the news item telling about the
order o. the restricted diet
80 order ~ ths aa'ur, bound 20 involve
many anofna ard to sfarf marg questions
~ cafgle'ff
Il is indeed and one of them n whether
an-o-ualy is amy relation to hot-to-one 2
MeWcans are .aid 10 fc delighted With
President WILSON, latest proposition.
Right oil the hat we woud rgqet that
they must See 10 IL the pos ibiity or
continued fighting
Hauy ThaW ~. Iito That what 800
get Tor Singing before breakfast.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15

Mime Zira. the fortuna teller.
must have some good news for
YOU
Correct" answered The man
who issued from The mystic
portals with smile ON his
face n own this shebang. and
business b. so good shc has
leased n from rae for another
elk months rent paid In ad-
vance"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15

To ne Editor ~ The Times
Thanks FOR your editorials on The
question ~ a Bone dry Michigan
Prohibition that prohibits rs what
Tho people voted for and that they
want p ~ KNOWLES
$50 2lf Wa hington.st
Monroe Mich Jan % 1917
Tombsheils sore 0rst made ih
Holland In 500
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15

convicted OF Seilng aDSlntNe, Gaze
proprietor IN Paris has been fined $4,000.
If We were the cafe proprietor, we be-
heve we would take the 30 days.
CREAM PuFFs.
BY Professor Diet.
The cream puT VIII be recalled By the
older generation who perhaps can rerrerr ber
back as far a. the dsys when q was possible
20 procure cream that would whip
Cream. so-caued II this age Yields as read
ly % moral suas.0a 81 70 does 20 whipping.
The cream prr appeals mostly from its n
terror and decoraies mostly ones exterior.
II would b. much easier handled and much
more enjoyable therefore, n reinforced With
strong steel or concrete
II leaves pleasant taste n the mouth and
bad appearance around the ears and az
the end ~ ones nose.
To make cream pues, vou econouize At
some other point for few weeks and get
an egg. The rest Is easy.
1--WE put your query up % Professor Diet;
Phyllis. and he says ne recommends that hassen.
pfeffer &c strained through comb because ne
has, upon occasions found hare In L."
A Maryland alienist says it is a sign of
insanity for a man, while at ball, to
want to dance with a girl because he
thinks she is pretty This would seem
To force man TO give up the whole even
ing 10 the Old woman.
We were IN real estate agents office.
His phone rang
We deducted be vas talking 70 somebody by
the name Of Sam about somebody BY the name
Of Tom.
Yes" said The agent, Il saw him and told
him Just what ! told you J would tell him. so
nat when you see bin you viii know what 70
say"
In few minutes the phone rang again. and
his time = was Ton
Everything Is all right Remember, be under.
stands Just you and 7 arranged I would tell
him. 80 when you see him. be careful what you
say"
For A. insignia Tor Certain Class q Real
Eststs Dealer, How Would Something.
Like This DoT
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15

what is chronic cuter.tis, can
b. Boz cured -
Chronic Inflammation ~ fhe small
intestine Some types are durable
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15
And Straight Went the
Hat To the Rack; Then a
Man Said Ii Was Luck

Two young men. friends, were eating
In A. serve-self restaurant.
One Of them had placed his hat on an
unoccupied chair at tho table
The other, remarking. "How many
chairs do you think you are entitled to7sf
reached for his friends hat and hurled
it some six or seven feet in the direction
of hatrack, whore It fell upon a peg
as neatly as If it had been placed there
with the greatest Of care.
II suppose" said the owner Of the nat.
that you want people in here to think
you could,do that every time?''
sure; why not?" asked his friend
"You saw where / threw it, didn't you ?
And you saw where il landed, right in
the very proper place for q hat. didn't
your"
Luck" said the owner Of the hat.
You couldn't do it again in a hundred
trials.
This much Is established, neverthe-
less" retorted the friend, y did il once
We sat listening, much interested.
We had been reading a newspaper,
which had in it the account Of an attempt
at self-destruction by q young man who
had written this note:
81 am out of luck; some people seem
10 have it all; what is the use of me
trying to buck against il?
The tone Of that note shows it to nave
been written by young man possessing
4 weak backbone.
He is only p.
He tried to give up the struggle, really,
before the struggle had begun.
He has wasted much Of his time that
he should have been giving to effort, in
brooding over the success Of others.
He has watched others and failed to
watch himself.
We hope he sees this editorial.
Our own opinion, having witnessed the
hat snatched from the chair and sailed
as straight for the peg on the rack as if
il had been shot there, was that luck
had part in it, but only very small
part.
The young man who threw the hat
TRIED for the peg.
1t may have been luck, but if He
HAD NOT TRIED, THE HAT MOST
CERTAINLY WOULD NEVER HAVE
LANDED, TRULY AS IT DID, WHERE
IT DID.
There is the suggestion for the young
man whom we find to have grown dis
couraged because he thought other peo-
pie had all the luck.
He. has seen some friend attain sue
cess, with a feeling, no doubt that he
himself was the more deservingeof sue
cess.
He found himself, very evidently, get
ting nowhere.
Luck may have attended his friend,
who, however, first HAD to do mis- part
and TRY. q
Something tells US the discouraged
young man never tried.
Anyhow, we never heard that one Of
the roads 10 success Is suicide.
Americans, a Deficient
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15

one occasion he gave an cx.
haustirc decision In q case
after which The lawyer for the
plaintiff rose and questioned Dr.
Pardon me-" sa!d his honor
4 cannot allow YOU 90 reopen
his case after have given nay
frai decision may be- wrong.
but that IS my opinion"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15

nothing suited her.
Haven't YOU somethI
now p" she asked
Then tho clerk brought
other pile and. showed them
nor.
These are tho newest 4
crns." he said You will
tf. a.. a. - 49,.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15

Tho average girl would rather b.
n love than be happy
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15
Laugh With Us

4 late police magistrate VAS most painst1
ing Judge I'm all bis cases. and IN important on
n was his custom ~ defer summing up until d
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15
The Keep Well Column
DEEP BREATH

Deep breathing in The open air
quickens the digestive processes
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15

% IhWINf VuI'NIl IfIII'''I.
"Tlen yonr honor I know ~ Is no use
knocking ny head against brick vail. s.
pose | must sin down"
The magistrate adjusted Sis eve glasscss al
looking sarcasticaliy AZ the lawyer. said
"Sir. / know II is no use you knocking ~
head against brick wall but | may add tha
know no one WHO could perform sach an ops
ton with less injury 20 himself than YOU
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15

around the border and The center is In
middle
lent that lovely said the lady 4 viii
hall a dozen ~ those. Life -
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15
The Daily Reminder
ronAf.s .ANNlNrlls Amrss.


lGg2 Moiiere whose name III cons
sitered thv greatest in the whol,
history ~ French Ntcratut" horn .Iu
foris biod there Feb. o. fsf1
ts., Vermont passed "a declaration
- lUdr ppudcnro
1891 Noah Noble one ~ tho early
goNefuars "a Indiana born urlr
Berry yiile. VA Died al indianapolis
Feb e. 1Ntt
1891 An eet Wa passed making
thieaEo the county seat 90 cook
1stg Joseph uopAins3n. author ~
"igfl Dolum ola ttsd in phtIadei-
phia Born there NuN o.. 1870
iSlt reiegrspht COMMUNICATION
Vas established hct~"ea Boston and
Springfield
lsts soi smith Ru.se,l noted az
tor born az Brunswirk Nj Dyed u
ashinSton. ~ g., Apr IS. iFp2
ss5 The Fcacrais captured Fort
1873 More thsn Az skAtcrs drown
% 10y tho hreaking 90 the iee in Ire
geuts park in London.
iNf3->e Foi~cn fil was BURIED al
Chisrlhurst England
fS2AM Casimir FEricf resigned
the presidency OF the French Ilo-
1900 Asa : H1silusil - governor
~ ohio. died al Columbus Born az
Rome y y sept No. 1894
1905 United States senate pfFs5u
Joint resol utian rruitting to china
demnlty
ONE NEAR AGO TO-DAY ~ THE
Wan.
Russians renewed desperate at
tackS iu tiallcla ana Brs-arRhia
EcFn4any b. announced rrprlAaN "a
against Britain fof ssyeiens saet.
dent
Paris reported spirited artillery ac-
iions IA Champagne, the ArEonnc and
the Woevre,
Russians failed IN an attack in
district 90 CEsruoNtt south - che
River styr. according to BERLIN
roDkis HfRTuDANs.
Nirgb o. Hinshaw chairman ~ the
Prohibition national committee. born
~ Wnolson. Iowa. 81 years sEo to-
day
big Gen. Charles G. Morton. lu
command x divisional headquarters
al Ei FRsp. born SO years axo to-day
Crown Princess 81 sweden, FORMER
Is Princess Margaret - tunnausht
/ horn 10 YEARS ago today
Elmvre Ssrlfs. former SOY crnoi
of Nortn pakota born iu Juneau
county Ms 5s years axe to-day
Lp " p Fauncs prssiacnt ~
suwn university, born AZ Worcester
/ Mass 81 years ago TODAY
Albert 81 Gllchrist. fcrnler Eover
nor ~ Florida. born a. Greenwood
: So 50 yeAre ago today
Harmon = Kennel. nrpGhfirar
candidate for United states senator
from Arkansas N the recent election
born A. STAFFORD. y. Y, 6 years az,
today
RRf word chapman. rhnrtstul>>~ 1'
tte cleveland Aw~rtcRn league base
hall team born ~ O~enstoro. <y.
20 years ago today
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15

An elderly lady entered store and asked
b. shown aorne lablfcloths \ salegman brout
a pie aud showed them 10 her. bui she said 4
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-15
from Anorher Point OF NeU
By C. T. s

Convicted Of selling absinthe cafe
proprietor in Paris has been fined 10000.
If We were the cafe proprietor, we be-
heve we would take the 80 days.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-31
A. Tho Hospitals.

Mrs. Paul Traeger, wife of Rev. Mr.
Treager, OF Baxter, underwent a seri-
Gus emergency operation at the Dea-
coness Wednesday evening for a stran-
gulated tumor Of the abdomen. Her
condition Is fair.
Miss Lola Scott, COS Kest Main street
underwent minor surgical operation
at the Deaconess this morning.
Mrs. Cornelia Forbush. who had an
operation for the draining of an appen-
diceal abscess performed Saturday Al
the Deaconess remains about the same
George Shovel, of Clifford, who I'M"
derwent an emergency operation fol
ruptured appendix at the Deaconess
Tuesday, was better today.
r. A. McGregor. 201 North Second
avenue, who was operated on for mas:
toiditis Saturday at the Deaconess, has
been seriously i'll with pneumonia. His
condition is fair.
The condition OF Clara, the 4-year- ole
daughter of James Otta, living north o.
Montour, is better. She had an opera
ton for appendicitis performed at st
Thomas Sunday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-31
GERMANY'S PLANS IN EAST.

Evidence 10 Found Indicating lnten.
tons to Annex Territory.
correspondence OF Associated Press. ]
French Front, May IA. - What
Frenchmen regard as proof that the
German government has planned to
annex the Baltic provinces Of Russia
was found in 4 German official pam
phlet marked strictly confidential"
and found In q house at Noyon after
the German evacuation Of that place.
Both German government officials and
German newspapers recently have de-
iriiedi thheTe ~as any Anch plan hut the
discovery Of the pamphlet is held here
az evidence to the contrary.
The conclusions summed up In the
pamphlet are: .
"The culture OF the Russian Baltic
provinces Ia German and has been so
ever since the first German colony
migrated there. The culture Of the
-,Lithuanians and Esthonians is also
German. The Baltic provinces are the
most German OF all the Russian
frontier territories. The Russian in
auence hae manifested itself there only
as an element Of destruction and de-
composition. It has remained purely
superficial and has been maintained
only by the presence Of Russian Of
itcIals. Should these disappear the
Russian influence will 80 with, them.
THE country Is almost entirely pro-
stestant and the "a 4ithuaniana and Es-
thonians are DrHt Asanta axsailv like