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The Detroit times., 1917-02-20
Let the People
Rule---Qnd Write
let Us Have War.
To the Editor Of The Times:

To the Editor Of The Times:
BY what right have tho peace atany price advo
Gates appropriated I.lncolnl In their writings
and arguments the great emancipation 10 con-
tinuaIiy referred TO "the man OF peace pre-
sumably the kind ~ peace advocated by bryan'
starr Jordan and others ~ like kidney His
recent natal anniversary was particularly rtch In
Inference that the mantle ~ Lincoln mas fallen
upon the advocates ~ unconditional surrender.
And yet shortly after he assumed the presl
dency Lincoln initiated what was, until the out
break OF the present cataclysm. the bloodiest
war OF modern times and carried II TO success
full conclusion for the sake OF a principle
In Ilncons time there were plenty or men
who wanted 90 compromise. to parley and 10
paiayer-men who believed that dissolution OF
the union was preferable 90 an armed conflict,
iust as there are now men who seek IN embauass
and IN obstruct President Wilson. now that hs
has tardly and reluctantly. ~ II true. but none
the less firmly taken his stand for American
rights on the seas But they did not clairn
conradeship with Lincoln. we're they gen
orally given credit for moral superiority over
those who stood ready 10 defend their country
They were referred TO. not a. friends % hu-
mainly, but "copperheads" Rnd generally sus.
pected OF being influenced more or less by mo-
tives Of physical cOwardcc.
Yea Lincoln Was man ~ peace-the peace
OF righteousness- shen chs 4sod arose he
was willing 10 tight FOR II. But a is hard 20
see the connection between I,ncoln's kind OF
peace and the peace Of abiect surrender advo-
Gated BY the BRYAN cohorts Perhaps some one
OF the commoners disciples point out the
similarity.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-20
Anything Will Do"
nv n. ADDINoroN BRUcE
Author OF THE Riddle Of Person
atty" Psychology and
Parenthood." etc.

]
Causes OF failure to get on In the
world are many and varied. Some.
OF course. are much more In evi.
dence than others. Among those
most in evidence is the false and
foolish idea. Anything will do" In
every vocation we and people OBJ.
sesSed by this idea. II is absolutely
fatal TO their prospects in life. Tn.
der It's influence they are certain
to be kept from making headway-
certain. indeed. 10 drift helplessly
from one position 10 another.
They cannot hope 10 hold any 20
Eitlon long. because the idea Any.
thing will do" fosters In them the
vice 81 inaccuracy. so justly detested
by all employers. Employers well
know that an inaccurate employe Is
dangerous one TO have around.
for he always contains within him.
self the possibility OF mistakes that
may cost infinitely more than the
wages ne receives.
Wherefore inaccurate employees
are tolerated only until their places
can be hlled. Then they are turned
adrift. even before they have made
any mistake or consequence. Na,u.
rally. they feel aggrieyed. especially
n they are victims OF the Anything
will do" obsessIon.
They are likely 10 reason much AZ
ter the manner OF a certain cook
when taken to task for her indifer.
ent cooking
IL guess cook well enough was
her sullen response. Il notice that
What cook Is eaten"
Is that any proof OF lts excel
lenee." demanded her amazed mis-.
iress Would you have ms waste
4, n We do not like IT. Or DO you
really think that any kind OF cook
Ing is good enough cooking"
Today that cook is innicting her
Anything will do" cooking on some
other family. Who doubtless will sim.
Harry astonish and aggrieve her by
letter her 40 at the nrst convenient
moment.
Some day she may discover what
the trouble really IL and may get a
new and wiser point OF view. appre-
ciating the truth OF the old adage
that whatever r. worth doing n all
is worth doing we'll Until this en-.
lightcnment does come 20 her she
can count on being a perpetual loser
% Jobs
so with the stenographers who
type their letters carelessly. the
clerks who work unsystematically.
the statesmen who make reckless
statements. all workers who lightly
value effort and accuracy They can.
not progress. they cannot possibly
progress.
Many years ago. writing OF bust.
ness success. a wise philosopher In
evsryd day life made the declaration
1T matters little what virtues a man
has n he is hAbituaIiy ineKacL"
These words are worth taking 10
hear; By all % Us today. Most OF
al should they be tAksn % heart by
those OF us who are so unfortunate
As 10 suppose that In our work Any
thing will do"
Anything" may do for a little
while But as soon a. those for
HON we work discover that this Il
our attitude 10 our work We are
doomed
The Detroit times., 1917-02-20
The Little Blue Flower
ev Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright 1915. by Frank Crane)

know, MAZDA. that my love Is not red,
II will never make your blood leap, nor
stir that wild, creative tremor in your
soul. II is no rose of swooning fragrance.
no liquor to make a godlike moment. no
trumpet TO your woman's will.
1t is blue flower. and pale. such -
grows along the icy edges of the spring.
Yet it is love. none the less.
Those who conceive of love as having
no meaning, of being either q sinister
hypocrisy covering selfish purpose, o.
an absurd shadow cherished by weak
lings who cannot have the substance
who think thus OF love unless It mean
mating. directly or indirectly. are ignor-
ant of that which forms the greater part
of life's beauty and life's subtler. more
delicate, and more abiding satisfactions.
am inclined TO agree with the mys-
ordained to bear the burden of a great
mystery. the secret marriage of the
Lamb, that We might not be without .
continual symbol whereby to compre-
bend that holy union, that when the
Bridegroom come We might know him
worthly." For whatever dishonors mar
riage defaces the hottest symbol of life
Also | know the naughtiness Of the
human heart. the stumbling feet Of the
will, and the dangers that crowd thick
about them that stray from the main
Travelled road into the meadow for flow
ers.
But I have learned, beyond this, that
the safety and soundness of life cannot
be assured by any laws. fences, walls. or
commandments, but solely by our pow
err TO idealize all we touch.
/ never see a woman's face with that
mysterious appeal TO me in it but love
it. / have loved many so, and hope to
keep on, loving many more, until l die.
(Nor does this disturb the high priestess
Of my affections, who Is wise, and OF dis
posing mind.)
So when | say I love you It Is not an
exclusive feeling of which | speak. IL II
no secret. II is no proclamation II il
genuine forthputting Of heart to whom
your girlhood flashed one Of it's wireless
messages. a message that came not from
anything you did but from what you are.
You are breath of youth. blown
across impossible years. You are the
blossoming of old dreams, OF thingA
knew no, then
Yet now remember all these things werc 81
Even as of music. Needed not We know,
What time u sounds again
And tina, old music. idly Sc, apart.
Comes flowing back and Quickens In my hssxs.
Thrilling. and Wild. and low.
Women such as you have meant much
to me- All along my path have met
them, this company of the elect - not
beautiful, not gifted, not this or that,
but what the Italians call simpatica~-
women whose friendship is not as the
friendship of men, because 1t contains
in il something warm. something electric
and inspiring and alive, that no man
has for another.
Let US call it love. For surely love
has its soft-shining stars as well as its
sun. its firefies hunting the wide fields
as well as its lighted house window It's
dreams and visions as well as its business
Of the day.
Take then my love, Mazda, little blue
flower: YOU will not be ashamed TO wear
IL and perhaps 10 look at II with bright
ening ewes. as you put il beside the red,
red rose the man you choose VIII give
you.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-20

ms ACCOUNTS are
swollen out Of all
proportion. I d q
arfal practitioner
In get-rich-qni
magic. dusts Oh
his bag OF tricks
and gets busy.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-20

Miss T. C-"Is epilepsy inner
tied p"
Not a. such There is often some
thing wrong In The inheritance. The
alcoholic father has an opilepiic
child or he insane parent has an
epicptc child
The Detroit times., 1917-02-20

PHYSICAL COnul-
ton
Hang nails are
due 20 the infeo
ton OF minute
Sits at the root
OF the nail The
sits do not be
c o m q infected
The Detroit times., 1917-02-20
An Anti Saloon League
Worker Admits Prohibition
Campaign Was a Lie!

An official OF the Michigan Antl-Saloor
League dropped into The Times Office
10 tell us that he had accepted the super
intendency Of the Anti-Saloon League
in Rhode Island.
So we asked him what kind Of law
he intended 10 work for in Rhode Island,
bone dry or jag-a-month?
why" he asked, docs The Times
persist in calling the Anti-Saoon meas
ure proposed for Michigan 'jag-a-
month measured"
THE Times calls il that because that
n exactly what il is" he was told.
'sThe Times ought 20 understand the
position of the Anti-Saloon League" he
said. when we were circulating our pc
titious for submission. we had TO i'm
press upon the man who likes HIS drink
that we were not seeking TO deprive him
of his personal liberty, or the privilege
Of keeping a supply in his own cellar
that we WERE seeking to put the saloon
out of bsuiness, as meddler In politics
and against good government and the
home"
These were the exact words OF this
Anti-Saloon League leader. who went
farther and named large contributors to
the prohibition campaign who are in the
habit of keeping a little on hand for
themselves and their friends.
Take the words of this Anti-Saloon
League leader and the campaign for
PROHIBITION in Michigan was LIE:
conceived as LIE; fought as LIE and
won as LIE, and every minister who
pleaded for support for PROHIBITION:
every newspaper that asked the votes
Of its readers for PROHIBITION, and
every man and woman who raised voice
in behalf of PROHIBITION was a LIAR.
The Anti-Saloon official grabbed at the
sitter of the amendment like a drowning
nan grabs at straw.
Everybody knows that the spirit which
prompted the efforts OF ministers. news
papers and individuals conscientiously en-
eaged In the campaign took cognizance
o. restrictions in the letter of the amend
msnt due to lack of authority, which
authority has since been vested in our
lawmakers by the decision in the Webb
Kenyon case.
The Anti-Saloon League officials said
the purpose of the campaign was to dis
pense with the saloon-and, evidently, TO
move the saloon into the very homes it
defiled.
He said the placing of 4 limit Hpon the
amount Of alcoholic liquor a man may
have in his possession in a certain
length Of time represented progress"
We told him that the amendment didn't
nay anything about progress short Of
dry Michigan.
And we told him. further, that we
didn't see any difference between letting
man have a quart Of whisky per month
and letting him have a barrel a month,
insofar as the principle of the thing is
concerned.
We told him We didn't like the atti-
tude Of the league.
Later in the day We heard from the
Anti-Saloon League official again
He cited US a case that appeared in the
newspapers the same day-the case Of
Tennessee.
Tennessee has been moist" for six
months and the item told Of greatly i'm
proved conditions there.
The Anti-Saloon League official point
ed to this item 70 bear out his suggey-
ton Of progress" in a "jag-a-month"
law.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-20
The Keep Well
Column
TRlFLEsI

Hang nails on the fingers are a
pretty good index OF persons
The Detroit times., 1917-02-20
From Another Point OF NeD
81 c. 7. s

The mayor seems to be on the right
track but the coal doesn't.
Potatoes are now 81 bushel. The
price. the dealers say. is due to a short
crop Here or in Europe?
1-f-raae1s -t-s-r7-i
Let's see 81 a bushel; how much would
that be dozen? What we're driving at
is this: First thing We know we will feel
IS if we can afford to eat eggs.
JUs;iee justice. We Want That Case Appealed,
5sosh.
I'll bstcha that IN all the tine
Since Homer tranped thru Greece.
u has been quite The thing 70 jlbe
And builyrag the poet tribe
And they have held their peace
But b. the Gods q love and war
This last crack is too much
A publisher Is fined ten shads
For printing "nnKf-toreading ads
Beside some poems and then my lads
The wise court adds IS touch
and it amt the ads and u alnt the skads
Tha' cause our nerves 70 shaiterl
Bur tkat Hfe m see the DAY
We bear Judge ard jury say.
Tn tfat CoEsc1e conclusive way.
Poems ai1t 20 read.u matter"
Col. Hitemvithpis
They have fined a Detroit doctor $40
for failure 20 report a case Of diphtheria.
Make that catchin', too.
What become Of the old-fashioned kid
who had q collection of plug tobacco tags?
REVERSE ENGLISH
5u7co s1odnHs.on salesman: YES the price Of
his lot IS s60o-S50 down and the balance In
monthly payments q $40 o. course. you must
remember TIE per cent interest. s. per lot per
ye7r urseep FOR thrss Years. state ard county
taxes. which ~lii make tre actual cost % IN. lot
shout $500. Ne cannot premise you a resale
entnin to years. Tho tHc market price % this
lct ssii be Sfoo ,r ITO years. don't imagine you
car Oct 500 To- r. ss ths market price and ~hs,
YOU can Get fer Tot are ito stinet prices
w. Mex.
Detroit is TO tage the pageant Of
bW ue and Light"
TrcD observes Alex. Dow, III VIC
DOME ect that coa
HlaAA-a ans aiHareHrn
winch SIDE person sleeps on? JTw
If you live IN Windsor and work in De-
troit, until ferry service is more certain
we would advise you 20 sleep on this side
lie should have been driving more slow
] ly, not having chains.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-20

IF THE TINES PRINTS 1T, The TINES BELIEVES III.
TTNHs
u on assertions
letters relating
with dollar
dollars goods" recognition 10
print applicable
preserving Integrity
address will be
preferred Address,
Detroit Mich.
ine. Ike ,he-e the
The Detroit times., 1917-02-20

bunghole in the barrel Of booze so long
rs the barrel has drinker at the
spigot?
The Detroit times., 1917-02-20

In times Ike these when wages
are The highest Ia history and sav-
The Detroit times., 1917-02-20

The mayor seems to be on the right
track but the coal doesn't.
Potatoes are now 81 a bushel. The
price. the dealers say is due to a short
crop. Here or in Europe?
The Detroit times., 1917-02-20
REVERSE ENGLISH

Detroit Is 20 tage the pageant of
Du no and Light
trcr observes Alex Dow, III We
dom t gct that CO.'S
The Detroit times., 1917-02-20

Let's see; 81 bushel how much would
that be dozen? What we're driving at
is this First thing we know we will fee
IS if we can afford to eat eggs.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-20

better than no progress at all Ieuur tc
wants It's moneys worth and will shoot
the whole nickel
That is 10 say. why take sixteenth Of
loaf when you can have a whole one?
What will we gain by plugging up the
The Detroit times., 1917-02-20

Justice. Justice We Want That Case Apr
Bsosh
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-09

city, arc visiting with relatives In Co.
lumbus. o. i
J. A. Morrison and son. f.. c. MorrI-
son. have arrived home from Charles-
ton. whore they spent several weeks at
tending IN business matters.
Miss Alma Clcgg. OF Eleventh street
is visiting with relatives In faden
City.
Carl Holy. OF ClarksburG. spent Sun
day here with friends and relatives.
W. W. Henderson left yesterday for
Chicago and Grand Rapids. where he
will attend the furniture openings.
Mrs. Nicholas Walk. Of Jefferson az
cnue. is visiting with Martins Ferry
relatives. :
Mir. and Mrs. E. S. Ruckman. Of Buff
faIo. y. y. are visiting with relatives
here.
Miss Goldie Parsons. Of Center street.
Is visiting with relatives in Terra Alta
Mrs. Margaret Russell. of Fairmont.
is spending several Days here the guest
OF Mrs. Mary Lutes. of First street.
Mrs. George Callahan and Miss Boss
Eye arc visiting In Cleveland. O.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gayman left yes
to-day for Cedar Point. where they will
spend a months vacation.
Miss Mona Sullivan. Of Grant avenue.
left Sunday for Buckeye Lake. o..
where she will spend vacation.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-09
Enthusiastic Service
At the Union Mission
Rev. r. E. Z. strider Delivers impress.
sive Sermon Last Ntght-Jau
Services Hold Yesterday.

At an enthusiastic. meeting at The
Union Mission last night. Rev. r. E. L..
Strider. Of the st. Matthew's church.
preached q very effective sermon, which
brought five conversions. y large
crowd attended the meeting. many OF
whom were newcomers. y fnur-picc"
orchestra furnished music for III" sing
ing Rev. Stridcr had the profound at
tention of the audience throughout the
meeting. His subject was Christ Al
ways HaS Something to Say"
Tonight. q. ". cory, the superintcnd-
ent OF the Mission. will speak on
watch" Tuesday. the Ladies' Bible
class will have charge Of tho services.
and on Wednesday, night. Louis Seaman.
convert or the mission. Will have
charge OF III" meeting. Tho regular
Sunday jail service, held by tho mission
Yesterday was one OF the best on rec
crd. 20 men coming To the altar for
prayer.
The Sunday afternoon Sunday school
class at tho mission yesterday was en-
cept!nuallY we'll attended by 4 happy
bunch Of youngsters from tn" South
Side Thr%" children are transported
from their humns In lnrg" nul0mohil"
trucks each Sunday. aud after the SEES
sion are taken back III" sam" way. TO
have seen them yesterday. "I" would
think that Il picnic was tn hn held, AS
the children thoroughly enjoy The OK
pcriruce of being taken to Sunday school
in an uuioInnhlln.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-09
SWEEPING CHANGES
Continued from FIRST Pngo.)

memora bic parliamentary sessions IN
the history Of Ih': rinrir" Th" chan.
crllor was present tn tIhT when tn"
committees r0ny"ird at = O'rlnrk. All
the ReichYIag factions remained III
session In Individual groups until lat"
last night To decide " hat lane al action
should be taken.
The Xelunr Am MlItaE Saws that II
DEBUT ion Of Xix members from the
Social Democratic party IN The R"Irh-
stag called on Chancellor Won Beth
mann-IIullweg, late Fruiay. for tn"
uuru0sp Of Undressing the gravity Of
the situation On him. The Delegates
insisted that thu chancellor max" an
uncol,Ivural declaration that The gov
ernmrnl was prepared al any Time tn
enter into peace nrgOtIaIiun" TN Tho
basis of thr status quo. Th" hrputH.
tion also demanded Immediate Intro
ductiOn Of parliamentary and "l"Ctur.
al reforms. urging tn" appointment nt
leading Rrichsiag deputies 10 srcrc-
tarIal and ministerial posts.
REPRESENTATIVES Of IN" Progressive
PEOPLES party and 1T thr National
Liberals also were in conference with
the chancellor.
AMSTERDAM. Iwly H.~-Ii"rlin dis.
patches say that he R"irhStag main
committee concluded Yesterday It's dis
cussInn in executive session NJ the
war situation. Chancellor Won Beth
mann.liollwrg went to IN" ltcichstHE
building with all tn" secretaries of
state and made a speech. after which
many Deputies spoke. The committee
then adjourned.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-09
Moundsyille Briefs.

Ray Garvin has returncd 20 FaITmVHt
after u visit at bis home here.
Mrs. Gilbert Webster. OF Wheeling. is
spending several days here the guest OF
her mother. Mrs. Mary Heedy. OF
Fourth street.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Delaney Of Okla
hOma, arc spending several weeks here
with relatives
MIR. and Mrs William Carney, OF Cam
ton, O.. arc visiting with relatives here.
Mrs. W T. Myers and children hnv"
returned fran Cameron. where they
spent srvcrnI days with relatives.
Ray Miller of Akron. D.. is thc guest
Of relatives here.
Mrs. r. e. M.akin. Of Akron, O., is
visiting with relatives hero.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Francis, Of this
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-09
Local Boy With Pcrshing's Troops.

Elmer Shaw. OF THIS IitN. IOFmUF
chauffeur for pr. e. r. McsScrly, WAS
one Of the men attached to General
pcrshing's division recently landed IN
France. Announcement Of this was re-
rrivrd Saturday from the war dHpart :
mani nv local relatives AZ Shaw. This
makes three FfrrianS who are now on
French soil. the others hc'ne MISS
Lydia Reynolds, who IL with the Lake
side Rcd cross unit. and Walter wye
knii. who is III the Marietta coileGe
unit Of The American Field service.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-09
RHd1anort Rriefs.

Tho camping outfit Of III" Kirkwo"d
Fishing cl,t5 will be shprrd today 10
F'rrcport Tho members viii leave
Thursday I, was intended TO ship III"
outfit last Thursday. but it was posi-
poncd until today.
Adam kocgler and family motored 10
Cambridge yesterday.
Miss Lottic Cox has gone to Cleveland
To visit relatives.
Rev. c. NJ. Hollet. Of Athens. O..
spok" at tho West Bridgeport NJ. f..
church yesterday morning and at the
West Wheeling NJ. r. CHURCH last
night.
Sunday with relatives in Bridgeport.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-09
politics Marmind Up.

Municipal politics. especially the
race for the Democratic nomination
formayor. is warming up. with all the
candidates on the anxious seat. There
are three Democrats seeking the job
and i, is expected this will be the most
interesting contest OF the primaries
on August II.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-09
MAYNARD DOCTOR.
VACCINATES ESQ
sERuh TREATMENT Is GIVEN TO
$50 PERSONS IN SEVEN
EoURS.
Residents Of Two Townships Flock t
Dr.. A. N. For4ytne's office and
Exhaust Vaccine Supply.

seven hundred and fifty residents "a
Culerane and Wheeling townships nave
been vaccinaicd during the last lew
days, according to u statement MADE
last night by pr. y. NJ. ForSythe. OF
Maynard. Hundreds flockcd TO the Of
flee of IA" Maynard physician yeSter-
day. seeking protection from the DAN
ger OF smallpox which threatens HE
community. and 200 persons were vac
noon. Only tn" fact that tn" supply ct
vaccine was exhausted enabled the
physician TO stop when lie did.
SO great was the thrunS that Jammed
his office yesterday. he was forced II
FALL In Dr. Cope. Of Barton, 10 assist
him. Vaccine sufficient To give lUU
more treatments has been ordered Tor
future vaccinations. Due To the r!gi'
lance of the authorities nf cnleratn
township. tho smallpox cases have been
confined to the THREE original cases III
the Taught home. and his In spite OF
TN" fact that L man by the nam" OF
Matthews vino started the dIS"as" III
Maynard aid vicinity violated uuarhn'
sine regulations and made hundreds ia
BILE To tn" Scuurce.
Matthews left Maynard last week
coming to HrldScpur, on Il irain. anI
after circulating Through the town
went To- Wheeling. whore IN took
tram for som. plaC" III fennsrlranta
His criminal negligence has aroused
health authorities and cfinrtS are be-
ing mad.. To local" hIn. Ia. III" rs still III
4 dangerous condition Scores OF pas
<eng"r$ on the train "n which he cant"
IL bridgeport w"rr thrown int" Il state
IT terror wh"u h. calmly showed them
how "h"au,ifuiIy" h" was scaling off
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-09
Two More warrants.

Charles Hscklc and Cal Toland. pickco
up III lower town saturday by Sheril
CLAYTON az alleged Migrants. were fined
81 and costs or 20 days in jail. when
arraigncd in Justice Lewis court. Both
took the latter. llackle had gun on
his person when arrested and S soon
as his present sentence has been com,
pIr,rd he will be arraigncd Tor pistol
lotinE,.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-09
sma1lnox Ont of Township,

The last case of smallpox was eradi-
Gated from PcaSr township Yesterday.
when Township Health Officer William
Rritton fumigarcd the home nr Isaac
Matthews, ut Stop :. on tho Rayland
line and the tent. Up NiNoN'S run in
There arc still a :"w rascS nf infantilc
naralvSis IN the tuwmShip at Florence.
but the situation there is apparently
under control. \ special nurse has
been appointed to look after the cases
thor,