South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-05
MAN IN THE STREET

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Of the occasion we enjoyed some fra
grant perfectOs for which we re-
turn thanks:
Smoke up! Smoke up, Ed. Jernegan
cries,
Smoke up on me. the Enterprise:
We've turned the milestone once
again
Wen make IT century. and not
in vain.
We're young as ever, Wen never
grow old,
We're friendly to all. we never
scOld;
We may think a lot, but it doesn't
pay
To write all down we sometimes
would say.
You boys are young, may you never
grow old
Like US, in the maturer fold;
You're privileged ones, you're here
to fight.
Give them the devil, show them
the light
1t is one thing to overhear the
of the puppy-lOve age. but you want
10 break for liberty if you are within
earshot of an old widower with iron
grey whiskers when he begins TO
reel off baby talk TO a fat widow of
. o summers.
What this country needs is "a re-
lighting of the fires in the grand old
kitchen ranges Of the American
homes.
When you come to reflect upon
the Impenetrable dignity and utter
self effacement, just think of Charles
e. Hughes.
The hundreds of bathers who are
dispOrting themselves in the waters
of the St. Joe at. Merrifield park can !
thank The News-Times for the con- |
veniences placed at their disposal.
Here is the climax of one of Marse !
Henrys war editorials: The ma
tions have struck the harp of mercy |
and the song of hope bursts forth |
l.
their courses join the refrain. The |
Christian world. upon the cross of |
Christ-by the blood of the muir
dered innocents-yea, the spotless |
soul of Edith Cave1l!-his sworn re- |
prisals and redress-in the name !
of the Virgin Mary. the sword, the |
power and the glory of the Lord of
Hosts-amen!"
one Of our out-Of-tUne musicians |
says that music is often mere than
meat Not when the proletariat |
lines up on the subject. A pork |
chop will score stronger than a !
symphony two-thirds Of the time.
Another thing the girls ought TO re-
member: Half the young men who
fail TO marry feel that they can not
afford the luxury of a wife who
knows how to do nothing and is IN
willing TO help.
There is nothing rough-housey
about us as a rule, but there are
some senators and representatives
in congress who ought TO he clouted
on the bean with an AK handle.
The circumstance that Lillian Rus
sell says kissing destroys the beauty
Of the mouth does not necessarily
mean that il does. but rather that
Lillian is getting very few kisses
nowadays.
When the vacation is over and
YOU count up the money it cost you
then see that really the best part
OF vacation is the evenings scan
ming the railroad folders before
you go.
II NAV become so that custom
will require the bride-elect to visit
a LAWYER 10 arrange for the pre-
liminaries for her divorce while the
groom-elect has gone 20 buy
license and engage the preacher.
The Mishawaka ministers cannot.
of course. 90 fishing on Sunday but
If it were really necessary for them
10 confer with many of their men
members today that would be the
way to locate them.
There were fewer divorce suits
than marriages in Mishawaka Tues
day. That is a wonderful tribute to
the salubriousness. serenity and san
ity Of the old towns summer ell
mate.
There are people who go 10 the
mountains In August where they
must pay for fires. whereas we home
bodies enjoy all the heat we want
AZ no cost whatever. and the beauty
of solar heat is that it is smokeless.
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