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The Detroit times., 1917-12-10
Steady Down
ny n. AnnIVGToN BRUCE
Author ~ THE Riddle of Person
sittv Psychology and
arruthood etc.

There ore signs chat the war b.
causIuE particularly in our crowded
cities. .tbe widest spread deyelopmcn.
ot q restless. uneasy. strained a.ii
tude ot mWd adverse 20 natIonu stU
buIy and efficiency
Perhaps this Is only what IS 20 be
expected The tremendous economic
and social lislocations made neces
sary by wars needs would naturally
tend 20 have a disturbing effect on
many people
But This 3oes not ten the whole
story. And. In any event mcnol
calmncss must ba attained and mann
tanned II we are 20 Win the war.
Despite the great whirl oi present
day happenings, people must not Ter
themselves become uuGuly tense and
nervous
They must steady down.
When they find themselves rush
! ing feyerishly from one thing 90 au.
other.
When they ohserys IN themselves
a tendency 70 talk quickly, eHcitedly
and volubiy
when they notice that n takes lit.
le % make them bad tempered
When thoy discover that thei-
rover 20 concentrate attention has
dropped below what is normal 20
them
when they feel that their muscles
are constantly taut.
Then they need 20 recognize Thar
these are symptoms indicating that
they are rcactiUg 20 war tlmo con.
diuons m such p way aa 70 be
thrown cut OF nervous balance
To regain nervous control should
at once become their business. both
FOR their own sakes and for tho good
ot their country
It viii hcip them 10 do this if, 1o-
being already engaged Do some spe
cihc form OF war work, they select
a patriotic occupation and earnestly
apply themselves 10 g.
Il is. in fact my observation that
most OF the ncrvpusiy strained folk
I encounter today are people Who
have not joined as heartily Ia patri-
otic endeayor as they can and should
join.
Con sclously or subconsciously
hey are dissatisfied with trer1
selves. Their nervousness Is an
outward sign OF their inward dissat.
isfactlon.
or else they are people wholly OBJ
sorbed IN what the effect of The war
may be on lhcir personal fortunes.
They are people 80 selicentered
that the national crisis and the na-
lonal needs mean iitue 20 them
Ia which case the best nerve
steadier I can prescribe for them is
some real thinking about the simih
cance OF the war from q national
point OF view
Thus really thinking they VIII
awaken, as hey have not set done.
TO the paramount necessity for UNI
yersal war service. They viii seek
way In which they personally can
serve.
And. having found a way. having
begun 10 forget self In patriotic fer
yor. they will begin at the same
time 20 be loosed from the bonds OF
nervous strain
Il may well be that they can best
serve their country by lahoring dill
gently nj their present vocation
Their release from nerve tension
VIII result Just the same provided
only that they truly sense the patrl
otic significance or their work, and
stick 40 % with patriotic zeal.
For thus they will gain increased
selfrespect and selfsausfaction, ele.
ments Indispensable to tranquility
Of mind and nerves.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-10
'Tn the Days News"

Or y Jusserand. who is 20
boz tho guest Of honor tonight NJ
thc annual dinner of the Pennsyi-
vauia society ~ New York. has
held fhe post OF French ambassador
20 the United States for the past rs
years Ife vas born IN Lyons in
1850 and AZ The age OF 2f gained
admis ion to the French foreign Of
ace tlis diplomatic career began
DO 1881 when De was sent on an inn
porlant mission to Tunis Later he
was appointed counseior of tho
French embassy ln London From
tset f0 1902 dc represented France
af Copenhagen. and Iu fnc latter
rear vas sent 20 the United. States
A an author. u Jussoraud has arr
-------a----a 1-..-..--as..L L. l.....L.-
haVc hron translated into many
languages Probably h bes, known
work - "a Literary History OF The
English People"
The Detroit times., 1917-12-10
Anniversaries


TODAYts ANNTVEHs ARIES.
frGT-Thomas T. 3allaudst who
e-ta hlishsd the frHt school Tor dear
mutea n America. born ~ Pniia1si-
phia Died ia Hartford Conn Sept
lsi7-conrrsss admitted Mississippi
into The Union as ths tWentieth state.
1st2-viscoant Hiil. former com
uhnter- -ir-chfer of ths Britiah army.
did Born Aux IL. i717.
1861-Port Rnval, virginia, Waa
DESTROYED by Federal Eunbohts.
1864 General sherman arrived a.
savannHh. ard invested The city
1871 Women we're nlfhcrIZed 70
vote and hold office in wyoming
fEst-Teu -o1nties % Michigan
adopted prob 'bitions
Ie1D-Ccuut Won Bulow announcef
German Intervention IN the South
African war % be lmpoHsibta-
l91t-Fr-n-h captured town of
Afpech in Alsace.
fsfs-germany r-cansi Captains
F0y-Ed and won papcn. alta ches o.
PIE German embassy in Warrington.
oNE YEAR AGO TODAY - THE
VAR
N.-v British war council. headed ~
David Lloyd George. o.h ally an
ae-man merchant rubmor're
Deutachan3 reHcHed Germany sue
rerafliIr comp pIetIrF hrr ss0eri trip
ToDAN's BIHTJDAYs
Brig cen. Edward ~ Lewis. U g
recently lr nu utDi W Camp
shelby born 'a iaaiaEa f gears aE9
0.ntsn Herman o. eueEHev
- IaeI nrrr rHdH uHh.
40 frr taff.n-
HaHt -'tts
Ta.r He. iHtei States ern-
The Detroit times., 1917-12-10

you New Years greetings The same
to you and mother sends hcrss With
much love
BESS.
T. S. Mother says she wants to thank
YOU again for the handkerchief and that
She hopes the nightgowns fit She wants
Haa 10 -ranind lou again about wearing
your rubbers B
The Detroit times., 1917-12-10
Novel Cases In the Courts

Punitive damages. & is held IN the
Mississippi case of Illinois G. r. Co.
vs. Hawkins, J.. r. A. 1917, d. s77.
may be awarded against a railroad
company IN favor ot q passenger
who misses connections because OF
the unreasonable holding of bis train
beyond schedule time 70 nccornmo-
date party OF excursionHts
A mans wife may lay down the
law 20 her husband, but she Is al
ways willing 90 lct him lay down
tho carpets
The Detroit times., 1917-12-10

AtAN aaN
are bright and
normal, but are
handicapped by
poor vision or eye
strain
Tho correction
OF these defects
by tho use Of
proper eye glasses
The Detroit times., 1917-12-10
From Another Pontof New
By C. T. s

They are singing American songs in
England, probably, we presume, because
they think they have to do H.
The Kaiser's palace was robbed. That
is, that's what the Kaiser says
Detroit theaters were unable 10 give
Sunday matinees on account Of the cold
weather Due to delayed trains, tho.
and not strike of the chorus girls.
PEACE TERMS
we had words last night
None from her an from me,
Fr0wning mad I could be-
or slving her 70 understand I was;
And she IN tears
She's seven years. last August
She raised her head
Her cheeks were red;
I should have sent her straight 20 bed.
But couldn't-while We were mad
Sometimes. when she IS bad.
] wish that were not her dad
All She had % gay was.
"Youu be sorry. now. because
made something yesterday.
AZ school FOR you,
II
She tried, but couldnI say the rest
And then her head sunk on her breast
Finally. ! had 70 say (that is
They say ! have to)
We'll. OF 20 bed. and try tomorrow
To be gooE"-
hoped she wouldn't hear me
Harder than I hoped she would
u took her longer than before
To pick her crayons from The hoori
She had 70 take another look
Inside her faded drawing book
And had To have cookie nrst
Before size went-and what thirst
sensed Ctwas truel q little iass
Looking a. me Ger The glass.
WITH lashes raised ard then Dut down,
To see n still wors frown
on what I'd given % have smiled
who cautions spare and spoil the chHdr-
VINO SAYS that must wear THIS frown
TO satden those biz eyes Of brown,
The stairs are reachef-a haf way glance
Is hers-oud my-last chance
Ard then hear. s0bbod Page, 6eaf,"
Too mucht
t~vanlsh trown .'1
What is it. better g.sl come hsrei-
nicer girl rH cry to Pc
'If you FIli rieare make up with me.
'Yes v,l Iohz as l.ve.
i' yoaH rss me ems forgive
DId ~
There last uIrff7
ono ruers ea.g t35-f. Pre- raatf
or anyway.
think TH gel
Tha tmaz present from Eer
The Detroit times., 1917-12-10
Laugh With Us

stow that guv'nori- interrupted The old nsh
errnan. Il didn't care nufin' bout the boy But
the young beggar has got all the bait In his
trousers pocket"
big sturdy countryman. fresh from the
mountains, Joined the police force. and was sent
20 81 - -
The Detroit times., 1917-12-10
From Bess TO Tom;
From Tom to Bess;
From Bess to Tom!
Home, December 8, 1917.

Home, December 8, 1917.
Dear Brother:
am writing this for mother She Is
hoping that you will be able to get away
this year and spend Christmas with us.
You would make US all very happy if you
could arrange it; myself, Of course but
mostly mother. It's very lonesome here
in the old home since Gilbert enlisted.
/ want YOU to know that mother Is very
anxious to have you here with us, but
don't lei her know tha, ! said anything
about IL because she told me 20 write as
If the letter was from me. She says,
to use her own words, after having re-
meubered "a dozen times that she wished
Won could be here: "You know, Bess he Is
very busy ia the city and maybe he would
think it selfish in me If ] were to ask
him" One reason why she wants yetr
here is. ! think, she has knitted you a
pair of mittens and has bought you some
heavy nightgowns and is a little worried
over whether they are the right size.
Now, Tom, come if you can. 1t viii do
her so much good You know you
haven't been home for Christmas now
in six years. With much love.
BESS.
p. S.-If you come let me know at
once. The sooner you write and tell me
you will be here, the more days of hap
piness you viii provide for her. looking
fn,.vuo,.1 70 vOnr cOnninO R
Office, December %. 1917.
Dear Sister:
am very sorry, but it is simply inn
possible for me to get away. have big
deal on in New York that wifi necessitate
my being there on the 9th. see by
my railroad guide that / could make it by
leaving early the next morning, but the
connections, as you know, are uncertain,
and there is that terrible wait of 80
minutes at the junction in case my train
should be on time. Besides, this is fright
full weather for travelling and / have just
gotten over bad cold Now, l will tell
you what / want you to do. | am inclos-
ing my check for $50. You go ard get
it cashed in new money and put it in
her stocking and tell her it is from me.
/ am busy this morning, but tonight
intend sitting down and writing mother
a good, long letter ] would like TO be
with you, but you know how it is. /
hope you have a very merry Christ
mas and bountiful New Year. Your
loving,
BROTHER.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-10

lie was very anxious 10 show
how smart he was. and kept a
close watch on everything that
Was going on around him.
Ono day he was walking
along ono of the principal
streets. when he saw a notice
board With these words stand
FOR four carriages painted up
The Detroit times., 1917-12-10
he X eep Well
Column
EYE DEFECTS

Many children are backward and
seem mentally dun when, as a mat
The Detroit times., 1917-12-10

This meant. OF course. that no more Than four
carriages were allowed 20 stand nj one time At
that moment however. there happened to be
only three
The policeman went up 20 the nearest driver
and inquired where the fourth carriage had
gone 10. The man replied that he believed II
WAS In the stable.
Then go and bring ~ out said the police
man, sternly "th8 is a stand for four carriages.
not for three
The Detroit times., 1917-12-10

corning bis royal hiEhness
whilo at Calcutta He had zone
for walk early one morning,
and on bis way back stopped
to speak to-an old soldier. who
wore among other decorations.
q ribbon of the mutiny
You are In the army your
aelf?' asked the old man pres
entity.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-10

The duFo ndmIf'U1 That he Wa
Getting on all r'Fht2' was Tho next question.
io which DIS ROYAL birhness replied that he
seemed 20 be- doiDc fairly well tho perhaps not
so VOL as De could have wished
go and YOU never will" was inc blunt and
unexpected rftort of the veteran. "Tou want a
powerful lot ot Influence behind pou 10 make
ANYTHING of a ehow ia th0 army ,oday You
-ake my tp. matcy. and churk ~"
The Detroit times., 1917-12-10

IL final AtlltL1-LIl- nallllll--IA IA - "
sages No ne KING Next day there appeared
over De door Of the nrst sausage maker thd
simple expression u loyalty. COO save nd
~uRl"
The Detroit times., 1917-12-10

street and one day ono ~
them placed over his shop the
legend
We scll sausage 20 tho gem
try and nobility OF the coun-
try The next DAY over Tho
WAY appeared tne we sell
sausages to Che gentry of fho
whole country Not to bc 0ut-
The Detroit times., 1917-12-10

d carrier IN Detroit, cents a week else
- where, 20 cents week. 81 mail, s.
year Call Malu 452c. Entered az the Pest
Office IN Detroit as secoudciass mail matie'
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-23
"I Love NV Country"

And even now. all over the coun-
try, on this bright spring day, there
are mothers who are waiting to
know what they must do. Mothers
facing the day with heads up and
shoulders back, ready to stand
steady when the blow falls; moth
ers who shrink and tremble, but
ready, too: and other mothers, who
cannot find the strength to give up
to the service of their country the
boys who will always be little boys
to them.
l love my country. There is moth
ing she can ask that I will not do.
am ready to live for her or die
for her. Last stand OF the humani-
ties on earth, realization of dream
and fulfillment of an ideal, my home,
my native land-that is America to
me. Because / am woman. / can
not die for my country, but 1 am
doing a far harder thing.
am giving a son to the service
of his country, the land he loves
From the Altar of Freedom.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-23
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Justice E. A. Walling. of the Su-
preme Court, in session here, looked
in on the State Senate, of which he
was formerly a member.
Theodore c. Search, prominent
Philadelphian, was a Capitol vis-
itor.
Colonel C. 4. Cresswell. former
colonel of the Third Regiment, is
head of a cavalry organization of the
home guard at Germantown.
Elmer K. Hiles. secretary of the
Western Pennsylvania Engineers So
ciety. has entered one of the new
regiments with rank of captain.
Giuseppe Donate, the sculptor,
played detective and arrested a man
who robbed him in Philadelphia.
Joseph Elkinton, prominent
Quaker, is home from a trip tn
China and is speaking on conditiRAS
in that land at Philadelphia.
Chess IIamberton, a Franklin
banker, is to be the speaker at the
banquet of Northwestern State bank.
ers at Grove City, Thursday.
The Rev. DR.. Charles e. Snyder,
Pittsburgh minister, is to go to Souix
Falls.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-23

n CCORDING to dispatches from
"A Berlin Professor Weldner, an
agricultural expert at Passau,
Bavaria, advises the people of Ger
many to follow the example of
Nebuchadnezzar and eat grass, con-
soling them with the assurance that
alfalfa and red clover are not at all
unpalatable when properly prepared.
The picture the Good Book pre-
sents of Nebuchadnezzar dining
sumptuously upon dandelion, mar
row-leaved dock, alfalfa and other
dietary dainties of the field and
meadow, is not calculated to fill the
German breast with unbounded joy
over the thought of going out and
doing likewise. We have it upon
unquestioned authority that "he did
eat grass as oxen, and his body was
wet with the dew of Heaven, till his
hair was grown like eagles feathers,
and his nails like birds claws"
We have a vision of the German
family getting up early in order to
nibble enough tender shoots Tor
breakfast before the pigs and the
chickens get on the job-beating the
early bird to it, as it were u and
fighting in the meadow behind the
barn with the cows and the horses
for supper Maybe the subservient
German mind will yield even to this
indigniU. but we suspect that the
change from sausages and beer to
grass and rain water will be even
more than the patient minions of
the Kaiser would stand without
protest.
Be that as it may, however, we are
in no wise 10th to express the hope
that the German people may feel
constrained to give the suggestion
of Professor Weldner a fair trial,
land that they may profit thereby
even as did the distinguished gentle
man of Holy Writ to whom he refers.
Who knows but the learned pro-
fessor may have in the back paft of
his mind as a possibility for Ger
mans partaking of grass diet this
confession of Nebuchadnezzar, fol-
lowing his sojourn with the butter
cups and daisies, to wit:
Ny reason returned unto me and
for the glory of my kingdom mine
honor and brightness returned
unto me.
If Professor Weldner can guaran-
tee similar results in Germany he
has the permission of the United
States to lead forth the German
people to pastures green and at the
head of them his imperial majesty,
Emperor William, as chief Nebu-
chadnezzar of the lot.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-23
On to France

philadelphia Record)
France saved us. Now we have a
chance to save France. This nation,
which Germans have for forty years
been threatening to bleed white" is
already weakened by the effusion of
blood through nearly three years, and
it needs help. The encouragement will
come when the first division of the
American eXpeditionary force shall
join the heroic French army which is
staying the flood of invading Ger
mans and slowly evicting them. The
help will come as successive American
divisions join the French, and the
Germans are driven back where they
belong.
The best news that has come for a
long time is the announcement that
a division, under the best officer we
have, has already been told off to go
to France as soon as possible, and we
do not doubt that before the an
nouncement was made the transports
had been collected. The value of
even one division will be out of all
proportion to the number of rifles
carried. 1t will be the demonstration
to our Sister Republic that we are
coming to her help.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-23
o2.35 PER CENT. RISE
IN DAILY PAPER COSTS
LEditor and Publlsher |
By BRIGGS


Prices of forty-seVen articles that
enter into the making of u large
daily newspaper have advanced ap-
proXimately 92.S5 per cent. since the
declaration of war in Europe in
1914. This figure does not take into
account news print and wages, which
vary with the community in which
newspapers are published.
The Chicago Herald, in announc-
ing the change in the price from
one to two cents a copy, gave as
the reasons the advance in the price
of all things purchased by a news
paper. 1t cited, among other items
that it would cost the Herald $780,
600 more this year than last for
news print paper, and that the price
of everything used by a newspaper
except iodide resublimed had gone
up. The figures given by the Herald
show what a large daily newspaper,
maintaining an engraving plant, has
to contend with.
Victor +. Lawson, in his statement
to the readers of the Chicago Daily
News of the reasons which have
made necessary the abandonment of
the one-cent selling price, cites the
fact that the increased cost of white
paper for that newspaper for 1917
over 1916 will be $1,3S1, ,574.30, fig
ured on equal tonnage for the two
wears.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-23
Drum Taps

Drum taps! Drum taps!
Who will come?
Drummer there in the binding fight,
Why do you beat so fast tonight?
Why is your face so blanched and
white?
Drum taps! Drum taps!
Who will come?
Drum taps, Drum tapsl
Who will come?
Sluggard, what of the silent-elain!
They who fell-have they died in
vain?
Drummer, strike on your drum
again.
Drum taps! Drum taps!
Who will come?
Drum tapsl Drum taps!
Who will come?
Who's for liberty, who'll pay toll?
Who will blaZon on Valor's scroll? ?
Strike, oh strike on each drowsy
soul!
Drum taps! Drum tapsl
Who will come?
Drum taps! Drum taps!
Who will come?
Hark! Like thunder that stills the
drum,
Valorous youth no longer dumb.
Shouting battlewards, Lord, we
come!"
Drum taps! Drum tapsl
10, they come!
w. Monro Anderson in London
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-23
Camp Hill Complaint
TIE Editor of The Telegraph:

- h'e Eutf" OT rue IcIegFdPH:
This letter is addressed to you
with the hope that publicity may
bring relief from the obnoxious, un-
sanitary system of garbage disposal
which now exists in Camp Hill, and
which will shortly become very
much worse with the coming of hot
weather.
At present the citizens of Camp
Hill are expected to dig a nice little
hole in their yards and bury their
garbage every few days. The dogs.
however, object to this hiding of the
sweets, and promptly proceed to dig
Il up, and examine it. and scatter
what they do not want to the four
winds. This is certainly wonder
ful system for the Twentieth Gen.
tury. Needless to say, the flies also
are among those present, and il a
better breeding place for flies than
exposed, decaying garbage can be
found, we wouldn't KNOW where to
look for it.
We like Camp Hill; good water,
good air. nice homes. good trolley
service and an eXce11ent class of
people. But a miserable disregard
of the health of the community is
evidenced by the lack of proper
garbage disposal. oh yes. we are or
ganiZed; we have community this,
and community that but wouldn't 1t
be more to our credit to have a COM
munity movement directed towards
obtaining relief from such an out
landish custom, and dangerous prac-
tice.
Isn't it strange that with the cause
of the last Statewide epidemic of
infantile paralysis not definitely de-