South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-20
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waka belle. We feel sure she would
prove satisfactory as a kiss propo-
sitiOn.
Mr.. Hoover says wheat may 90 70
IS "A bushel. Say, wouldn't it be
better 70 keep wheat in the class OF
foods instead OF transferring il 20
the jewelry class?
A man is utterly indifferent about
other men believing his fish lies. but
when he arrives at home at a m.
he is prayerfuIly anxious that the lie
he tells his wife shall be credited
Another great German victory.
Eleven German destroyers succeed
ed II getting home before four Brit
ish destrOyers could catch them.
It's a good wind that doesn't blow
the dust into somebody's eyes.
According 10 a dispatch an Ar
kansas man was blown from his
bathtub by recent tornado. As
soon as an Arkansas man gets into
a bathtub something 10 interrupt
him is bound 20 happen.
When a woman laughs at her
husbands jokes they are either
pretty good-or else she is.
Philosophy is that which enables
a rich man 70 say there is no dis
grace in being poor.
The pope has designated June as
a month Of prayer for a just peace.
That is right provided we remember
that the way to pray for peace eff
fectively is 10 omit no effort or fail
in no purpose TO crush the last
vestige Of resistance out of the en-
envy He who fights hardest prays
most fervently.
One Of the chief horrors Of the
war is that all of the dormant tom
foolery and hysteria in a people in
varlably comes to the surface.
Gov. Bilbo of Mississippi an
nounces he will pardon every man
arrested for licking somebody who
refuses TO work. That's all right
but don't include a pension, for that
might produce a condition tanta-
mount 20 civil war and bankrupt the
treasury besides.
After this war is over there will
be many an egotistical jackass who
will really believe that il was won
solely because the president follow
ed his advice
Our idea is that il would be bet
ter 10 let T. r. raise his division
and go TO France than to suffer the
disturbance that must ensue If he
doesn't
Britain Tightens on Liquor" an
nounces tn, headlines. Our obser-
walton is tt it never fails TO tight
en- anybody else who swigs her for
dozen snorts or so.
Somebody is getting most Of our
share of the pork, porterhouse and
poultry, and We hope it is somebody
som ewhere in France, but we fear
/ II is some tile-crowned. spat-footed,
Glove breathed vagabond who doesn't
work a lick.
When they tell US that the retail
| price Of frying-size chickens is going
! to be 80 cents a pound, they might
as we'll do the worst and raise the
price TO IS a pound, since we will
/ have to do without or steal them,
/ anyway.
/ The headline of the cable reads:
! Blockade Has Caused Many Greeks
| TO Starve". If that is true, the
/ Greeks in the old country are not
the kind of Greeks we have in Mish-
awake.
The digging in the gardens will
\ help TO mitigate the agony of dig
| ging in the pockets. The two bill
| lions more a year that Uncle Sam is
after amounts TO considerably more
! than a little pocket change.
|
/ We have no doubt
That some bright man
Has found a way
To tie a can
/ To the sub and
/ Bust il 10 bits;
Then we will all
Sing: Goodbye, Fritz.
A democratic friend bet US tho