South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-23
West. Home Phone II8; Bell 10

| The explanation is easy. The fish
! mongers have determined 20 monger
all they can while the mongering is
SO nifty.
We don't care a rap what the
| school board thinks but we Will say
| this for Bryon :. Legg: He is one
Of the best impresarXio's we ever
ran against. And we run against
him quite often. That's why he's so
good
I The people who think they are
I doing all they can possibly do for
| the country viii probably be sur
! prised a year hence TO find them
selves doing twice as much with
half the effort. But they will know
more then.
Our young helpmate, Clara, has
so many letters and packages COM
ing from the cantonments through
out the country, Panama and Eu-
rope, these days that we can't help
! but think that the soldier boys look
upon her as a modern Grace OAR
ling, emphasis on the Darling.
AS we understand it. the ponder
/ Gus reserve manifested by the sena-
tors in their attitude toward La
1 Toilette is causing that little dill
pickle to keep his auricular organs
in action more and rest his tongue.
We admire Gen. Byng and think
he was the hero of a magnificent
exploit, but the statement that he
has Strengthened his line doesn't
quite reach us. We think the Ger
mans Strengthened the line.
We have discovered sporadic
cases of the Cigarettes day
We fear that war conditions may
| make il impossible for us TO divide
more than six months pay among
the porters, janitors. elevator boys.
boOtblacks, messenger boys, newsies
and other friends whose kindly
smiles at Christmas time appeal 10
our generous instincts.
We are gratifed TO report that
official returns show Jerusalem has
gone democratic by a pronounced
majority.
In Europe spies are sentenced TO
death. In the United States they
ought to be apprehended and given
the same swift treatment.
If you want TO locate the leaks
in your pockets. make a survey of
your habits. Then you Will find
where you can buy from one to
twenty thrift stamps a day.
Christmas is now so near that
we find ourself wondering whether
the turkey hash on the morning aft
/ er will have enough pepper in it
and an onion or two to make other
members of the family satisfied with
one helping.
One war correspondent says the
Germans hate even one another.
Then the report that even the mass
es of German people are lost to all
the finer sensibilities cap not be
true.
When we were a boy in our cal
lous youth we attended an old-fash-
toned Presbyterian church in Scot
land. The farmers were then wont
TO buy and sell their livestock dur
ing the sermon. This was in the
days before there was an organ in
the church. But, we never knew
any of the flock to sell their con-
science in the transaction. An eX-
ira penny in the plate would square
the elders.
Which leads us 10 say: The News
Times. 100 Lincoln way W, was
asked by the Rev. DR.. J. a. Burnett,
pastor Of the Presbyterian church
AIishawaka, to give up its quarters
the past week to the Red Cross
workers. The News-Times through
its manager, did so without a CULVER
It's staff answered hundreds of tele-
phone messages; its daily news 10
the head office was delayed; its
equilibrium was upset - still il
didn't complain. 1t was all for de-
mocracy sake.
| Speaking 10 the large audience al
the Hills lecture in the auditorium
Thursday night, Or. Burnett told II
that the headquarters Of the Red
Cross was at "12O Lincoln Way w"
He didn't mention The News-Times
No. Ask him why, The fact is
there is another newspaper comes 10
Mishawaka. If The News Times is
ever mentioned by one of the
preachers they are threatened with
expulsion from its columns, This
gag might work with some, but we
know Of others who are too big 70
be buncomed We don't need pub
licity but preachers sometimes do
We wouldn't have mentioned this
out several people called on US 20
tell us Of the very evident picayune
method employed by the Red Cross
speaker on this occasion.
Again-A Merry Christmas TO
you all.
! SUSTAINED FRACTURED ARM.
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