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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-09
SCHOOLS AND TEIEPHONES.

Looking ahead in planning school buildings ought
as simple looking ahead in planning tele-
phone lines So the City club of Milwaukee has de-
cided, as reported a number of the Survey.
Milwaukee like most cities n United states has
been letting school buildings Just grow far as
any forethought wisdom their size and location
concerned. The result is-as it is in other COM
munities-that school buildings rarely accommodate
school pupils. The buildings are small for the
number of pupils. Equipment is insufficient. Many
of Milwaukee's children going school in
portable in easements that far from
hygienic. These makeshifts did reduce over
crowding.
The City observed that the local telephone COM
pany managed plan ahead for increases in pOpula-
ton, for growth different localities Every five
years the telephone company made careful Of
citys population noting the number of families in
each block paid types of buildings standing and
projected the amount and location of vacant land and
other important With information hand.
the company could estimate the probable direction and
growth of future population. well the kinds Of
telephones wanted every district could then
proceed lay extensions with economy
efficiency.
The same kind of thing. adapted to school needs.
undertaken by the City club 1t found the imme-
deficiency school facilities estimated the
probable coming increase in school enrolment. The
population expected double sections in the
next twenty years decrease others stationary
in and increase only slightly in remote portions Of
the city.
After the initial information procured the build
ing program comparatively Plans looking
the needs of the decade superseded the
plans school which had been found to be
wrong
The idea excellent 1t all fits in i'm
phase of the city planning movement There
no why school facilities should grow
ing demands instead of always tagging away behind.
Appropriations school buildings practically
wasted if they improve conditions Surely our
public schools important telephone sys-
TENS Why little efficiency from the lat
ter improve the former?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-09
hklings and Thmklings
BY We1 Jones


people think squaring the circle is a problem
history
has a mule.
sovereignty
sovereignty" How MAJ who
Lot of financial plumbers that leak.
Twoud make were
mete N it.
he
he gong to do"
If the tunnels Of the American Philadelphia
white WILDE
mentally Virginia
doorknobs Would
o a
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-09

in making his grade. repeat the republicans
the election boards have countenaneed IT, per
haps in for such assistance given them
IL any in exaggeratng CarsOns rightfu figures. Ack
and Carson very evidently "toss-up both
respects the actual conduct OF the primary election
the count with regard to the great
before the people of the city-that Of MAIN
tanning decency and decorum in the community.
No. the republicans have nothing over on
the results O primary. We are uItra-enthu-
siastic the nomination of Mr. Ackermann because
we do like his promised policies. and neither %
we admire much OF his backing. though do admire
his being honest about it, We prefer an hon
est rogue-if such animal possible.-to Me-
phistopheles the disguise time. and
If contemporary is honest. and truthful, or has
been during its years OF pretended purity. and
promoter OF cleanliness. it will future Phari-
order that spilled yesterday and not
let its partisanshp stand its of practising now
has preaching that is, unless has been
preaching it merely for political effect
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-09
PHARIsAiC REPUBLICANISM AGAIN

We witness with interest that splendid eN-
hibion of "holier than thouism that sounded forth
yesterday as is custom, in the music of the
republican organ Main st. incident to its com
uent Tuesdays primary. Indeed Teresa, repubh-
canism is a synonym kingships; the king" you
know. can do no wrong" The very devil himself
might be nominated ~ the republicans. for mayor
Judge clerk or official crap-shooter" and wings from
all appearances forthwith sprout from his shout
der blades Some of reasoning justifyng DR.. Frank
lin r. Carsons nomination, instance is almost as
reassuring as the proverbal yaler dorg" barking at
the moon
Understand. we are not here to defend numerous
tics of the winning side of democracy If have a
door yard to afraid to clean it our
selves and to acknowledge the dirt We don't
however to have the republicans help make the dirt
been this instance if there has
any; then play the roll of the Pharsee to throw
more mud al it. every election board in South
Bend was a democratic Inspector judge. clerk and
sheriff and the same for the republicans with the
cepton OF Inspector There could be nothing crooked
polls in the way of illegal voting, fixed
count for either party without opposition party
members Of the board knowing it, and at least sub
missveIy having a part If there anything
that kind bipartisan machine arrange
ments with the republicans very vital part OF that
bipartisan machine.
And is just as well known that the republican or
sanitation back DR.. Carson it is that the
democratic organization back Of Rudolph Acker-
mann. Furthermore. there evidence the result,
the past Of candidates with refer
their attitude toward clean city government
TO be taken account goes show that the
republican machine and the democratic machine were
pretty much che thing DR.. Carsons record
mayor Of Laporte and likewise his recent at
utude toward Mayor Keller has been promising
south Bend-say nothing of what he has given u.s.
by means brand him IS seriously devoted a law
enforcement program simply OF wolf
sleeps clothing than Ackermann is; he. and the
Ackermann and his hackers, know where they
stand. They brazen about IS proclaim it,
while the republicans seek cover it up-paying the
hypccrite
The liberal vote i'm the republican party-unques-
uouably the vote courted 10y the republican ma
chine for their candidate.-ran asainst Grant Man
ming considerably heavier proportion the liberal
democratic AGAINST Rostiser. Claude f. Nicey's
vote insofar as second choice was expressed ran
solid for Carson which means that had Nicely been
the race his woula have been for Carson and
Carsons plurality would have been AIS OF a total
republican vote of 2.ssS.
Ackermann's plurality out Of "A total democratic
vote of 5.sS6 7s6 Figure yourself. The
republican just better than half the demo-
cratic vote yet the uberaI-better called loose
plurality Manning was 40 more than half the
democratic plurality against lsostser II there was
any erookedHess the polls tending assist Aeker-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-09
THE MANICURE LADY.
BY William +. Kirk.

The old gent was reading poetry
to mother and me last night" said
the manicure lady. It's the first
time my father has had one of them
tender streaks for years. George.
and l think it's about time he was
getting affectionate. He had met
some old buddy from South Boston,
and they had spent quite a merry
time together, 1 guess a kind of a
South Boston tea party, as brother
Wilfred put it,
"One of the verses the old gent
was spelling has kind of went TO my
heart. George. II says:
And SO 1 would dream by the river
And he loved for my dream al
ways.
For a dreamer lives forever
And a toiler dies in a day."
Kinda sad that sounds like to
me-" observed the head barber, tax
ing a five-cent tip with very poor
grace and gazing moodily out Of the
window.
1T is kind of sad, George" aG-
mitted the manicure lady, but life
is made of them sad things when
we boil il down. 1t seems to me
when life is all sorted out like you
would sort out the weeks washing
there amt much left but them vain
regrets and hopes expelled, or
whatever il was Mister Wordsworth
called 'em.
Il was just thinking while you
was shaving that actor with the
padded shoulders. George. what a
phoney thing this here city life is
getting TO be. You can't get no right
line on no one, hardly. Honest to
goodness. about the only one around
here 1 feel sure of is you, George,
and l have known you about eight
years, at that.
Ct was just thinking if it takes
years to dope out a barber, how is
a trusting girl going TO pick a hus-
band with which TO walk along life's
pathway with? Them gloomy
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-09
MINORITY RULE.

right good the part of the incoming
United States senate which may be convened in extra
session of a month. maybe not; that it
contempates seeing that the most reprehensible
fbuster in the history of civilized government" will
repeated. The United States should not
permit itself be disgraced by such exhibition
that which ended the last session "A little group of
winful men, representing no opinion but their own"
should able render the government Of
the United States helpless contemplate"
viii the senate restore within its chamber the
fundamental principle government which pre-
walls in every other department of political life
principle that majority rules the minority
acquiesces?
Not for many years has the attention of the nation
been United it is today.
That body bitterly criticised decade ago of
selfish club" regained public
in years by tractable and democratic
havior 1t has even been called truly representa-
tive than the house. But the under close
scrutiny and hostile criticism And redeem
self endure the bitter wrath and condemnation of
the American people.
II is absurd that institution so un-Amercan as
the unanimous consent rule should become
established in any American legislative body. But it
seems to have sprung time when the senate was
what has always professed be- group of gentle
men. 1t supposed then that any senatorial
gentlemen would deliberately block the will the
majority by talking measure to death The fHbuster
device by which much legislation favored by the
majority has been killed, is later development.
If senators will not be gentlemen" the sense
or good sports" in the sense. representative
Americans in any sense it high time TO abolish the
rule Its abolition. however. peculiarly difficult
spite of the readiness of The crazy rule
is said automatically everlast-
ing Unanimous consent cannot be done away with
except by unanimous consent
The only hope of restoring the mechanism of popular
government in the group of mall
contents Will acquiesce in the overwhelming verdict of
the nation and do their part help country pre-
sent united front the world
Even though they may still be blind TO the harm they
have done and the greater harm they may do pub
lie regardless Of party hopes they have enough
Of the spirit OF American decency to
the nation have its will and enough patriotism 10 stop
giving aid and comfort their countrys enemies
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-09
Soup-Pot Effective
Agent to Reduce
High Cost ofLiOins
BY Garrett p. serylss.

Miss Pearl Macdonald. Pitts
burgh. has uttered a very true and
wise criticism Of American kitchens.
based on the absence Of the soup
pot II is evident that she knows
how they live in France-the home
not only Of good but Of economical
and sensible living.
French literature dealing with
the life of the people is full OF the
'pot-au-feu.' and if Balzac de
scribes a kitchen he doesn't overlook
the soup pots, since every French
housewife has as big an array Of
them as she can anord, of every
size and every degree Of breakabil-
ity, for the proper French soup-pOt
is an earthen affair. They affirm in
Burgundy. which is the only part OF
France where l have ever lived in
the real sense of living. that is out
side a hotel, that an iron pot would
not answer for soup. That saying
may be a flower of experience. for
certainly, 1 have never eaten soup
equal TO that made in Burgundy.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-09
THE MELTING POT
GOMEZ TAKE POTLUCK WITH US.
IT'S Up TO YOT.

lady had little smile wasf haudbr Eht
ore il day night
She found becoming tie
would for a tamil
with pride
She found reflected inside
\ lady had little frown by The hour
She found that gifted Bile powe
BY forming all her a and ug knot
She made her husband do
But while she worked
1t made some incOnvenient marks the
Perhaps have progentors whom
Who
But still disposition ised
And all surprised
Just how surprised
That detail is imperfect quite wholly up to you
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-09
ONCE-OVERS
MAKE YOUR HOME MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN THE
STREET CORNER.

your boy
q
you allowing them the freedom which youth must have to
instruments which the
corner gang
annusenen
now
Authority bad quality in nu
sic 5 flores cho age.
Are playing your children
imhibes
ar too nervO
a live e to be noise
He Will his be at home
Copyright 1917 News Service
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-09

thoughts come 10 me a whole lot
lately, George, especially on Sun
days when l am setting alone at
home with my own thoughts and
the comic supplement. a dreamer
lives forever and a toiler dies in
day" Them's sweet words, George.
but sadder than a almanac joke.
It's fierce enough TO know you gotta
be a toiler without all the time
Juggling around the thought that
you're going TO die so soon. l gotta
kinda cought this morning, too"
I'm going 10 take whatever is
handed me and not make no squawk
about it," declared the head barber
sturdily. That's what | told the
Missus the day we got married
though l often thought since that
wasn't a very happy wedding spiel,
and I've been running true to form
ever since. 1 amt no dreamer and
/ don't want TO be no dreamer.
unless l could dream how the races
is going to turn out, so / could hand
something to the handbook men that
they wouldn't forget If could
pierce the future l would pierce
their pockets, believe met
We'll. ! hope father don't meet
up with no more pals from South
Boston" said the manicure lady
They're all the time talking about
South Boston being the cradle of our
American freedom, and l guess it is
Every gent 1 ever seen from there
rocks when he is walking"
This fellow coming in is rock
ing. too" said the head barber.
Maybe, he's the one was out with
your old gent last night"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-09

The "pOt-au-feu" is one of the
mainstays of the French commits
sariat, as it is of the everyday liv-
ing of the people And a little pure,
harmless wine always went with il
when | was in France, and. l be-
lieve. does still. The devil that the
prohibitionists should be after wears
the colors of the whiskey hend and
his congeners, not of the innocent,
enheartening wine of Cana.
But the magic of the French
soup-pOt is not all told Yet. The
housewife does not always have a
good piece of beef to put in the
pot, but if she has only a bone she
will produce the '-pot-au-feu THE
LIQUID half of it-and Il will pos
sess nearly all the wonderful prop
critics that characterize the dis n
when no expense has been spared
in its making.
Ii may be i'm its subtle sugges-
tons and inducements 10 economy
that the soup-pot would prove most
effective as an agent for keeping
down the cost of living in America.
The soup-pOt cries out against
waste: il says: Don't throw away
those bones. those scraps of meat.
They are full of u0urishment; let
me show YOU what i can do with
them" We ought 70 listen far
more than we do 10 the remOn-
strances OF the sOup-pot. our
grandmothers knew its wisdom. and
its savoTy steam, penetrating from
the kitchen. made our grandfatheTs
smile happily when they crossed the
doorstep.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-09
The Mirror of the Mind.

What an awful-lOOking william
the prisoner is" whispered a lady
in a police court TO her husband.
Il should be afraid even TO stand
near him. Hush" whispered her
husband. The prisoner has not been
brought in yet. That's his lawyer"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-09

Approximately 20 per cent Of
each potato pared by ordinary
household methods is lost in the
process. The loss includes much
and sometimes ali of the portion Of
the tuber containing important
soluble salts Potatoes that are
boiled and baked in their skins lose
practically none Of their food
al1e
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-09

The German army men who have been deriding Tn
taken the nature of the weapon It's Big stick And
If Uncle decides to swing the Prussian ntar-
lists will weight
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-09

equal to that made in Burgundy.
A 'pOt-au-feu" means a good deal
more than the French English die
tionaries give it credit for. In the
first place it means the soup-pot it,
self, and. secondly. il means the de-
licious and nourishing product of
the soup-pOt Then that product is
divided into two parasitic soup
and the boiled meat. which are
served separately and one after the
other, if you want both, and either
may be spoken of as "pot-au-feu."
believe that Miss Macdonald is
right in asserting that living would
be less dear in this country If our
kitchens had plenty of sOup-pots
and our cooks understood the art of
making genuine soup-not the wa
terry, spiced stuff called clear
soup" The way they do the thing
in Burgundy, as far as ] understand
it, is TO take a good, but not a cost
ly, piece of meat. something like
what in New Jersey they call at pot
roast" and boil il in an earthen
(never a metaD pot. And now
mark the science of cooking, Into
the "pot-au-feu" (pot-on-the-fire)
they put, along with the meat. be-
sides the ordinary seasoning bits of
savOry herbs and vegetables, such
as small carrots. a few tiny onions
or a wisp of garlic, a sprig or two
of parsley, a leek, a stalk of celery,
and possibly some other things
known only to French culinary gem
Jus.
These are to flavor the soup. And
they do flavor it! They not only
flavor it. they transform it, a
French peasants family which has
only a "pot-au-feu" for dinner feels
no envy toward a rich neighbor who
spreads a costlier board When
they have finished their meal.
washed down and enlivened with a
little good, cheap wine, drunk with
water. they are content with all the
world and ready for hours of hard
work. But the "pOt-au-feu" is not
confined to the tables of peasants.
Where l lived, near Dion, in a lit
tie hamlet of farmers surrounded
Will Adl sc tSAdlNSs " Aloot DlOplAN-
tors seldom left home, the soup-pOts
were kept as hot in the chateaux as
in the cottages.
When the annual manOeuvres of
the army occurred in our neighbOr-
hood it sometimes happened that
the officers asked permission to have
a company of their men make their
soup" for a midday or an evening
meal on some unoccupied field un-
der the trees. and il was one of the
most interesting-and appetizins-
scenes that L have ever beheld,
when the soldiers gathered around
the little fires built in mere scoops
of the ground and, with mouths a
water, watched their cooks, chosen
from the ranks, hang the "pots-au-
feu' over the flames, put in the
'legumes" (the havOring herbs and
vegetables stir up the fire and
manage the boiling with incOmpre-
hensible attentions until there be-
gan TO spread around an odor Of
good living that would have drawn
Lucullus out OF his tent and induced
him to throw his peacOcks' tongues
TO the dogs.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-20
BOY PILEERIlRS
Corsica Lads Arrested on Many
Charges OF Theft.

Corsica, Feb. 20.-Gladstone Ben
nett, Alfred Rogers and Tommy kro-
Ian. whose ages range from 13 to 10
years. have been arrested by local
authorities to answer to the charges
of burglary and robbery of Corsica
stores and homes. ranging over the
period Of the last two years Fhe
aggregate of the property stolen
amounts to several hundred dollars
il is said.
Among the articles alleged TO have
been stolen by the boys are COW hides
from a local butcher shop, a shotgun
from a grain elevator office. a box
Of old coins from the railroad depot
and money from several homes.
The boys are believed to have eff
fected the robbery OF houses by
means of skeleton keys they had
made.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-20
TWENTY YEARS
AGO TO-DAY
Items Taken from the Daily
Leader Files.

Frank Brennan, of Lake Preston
Is visiting his brother. Roadmaster
M. j. Brennan. OF this city.
James German, Frank Jones and
James Howard. who burglarized
John O'Donnell's store at Ramona
last fall and were convicted of grand
larceny. received their sentence this
morning from Judge Jones. two
years and six months each in the
penitentiary They We're taken TO
Sioux Falls today BY Deputy Sheriff
Davis.
The wind and drift is reported to
be very heavy north In the state.
The train for the north was aban-
doned today and commercial men re-
turning from the west say hat no
trains are moving on the James Val
ley or Northwestern roads west OF
us. Virtually our only railroad com
muneiation is with the east.
Last evening occurred a debate
and entertainment at the Westaby
sehoolhouse, four miles south oil
town, given by the Alpha Literary
society. This society has been or
ganized about six weeks and is q
feature In the school taught by Miss
Fannie Il. Stacy. The meeting was
a highly enjoyable affair. The pro.
gram consisted OF the following
Music, Mr.. and Miss Stacy; history
of the society, Maud Mitchell; reel
ttaion, Laura Mitchell; recitation
Roy Westaby; reading, Miss Stacy,
music, Mr.. and Miss Stacy. debate
Resolved, That the globe theory is
mistake: affirmative speakers. Walt
er Stark, Robert Meller. JOSEPH
Westaby; negative. Robert Westa
by, Milo Thurow. Paul Thurow. Th'
question was decided in favor of thu
negative.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-20

We don't like the word usually,
but we are guilty of this and as AN
honest confession Is good for the
soul" and incidentally good for
business, we want TO tell YOU TO what
extent we are guilty.
OF late we have been receiving
letters from eastern firms offering
to finance this firm. that is. TO ar
range so that we can carry a big
stock of ears with a minimum invest
ment. Now we don't need this, We
are quite capable of financing the af-
fairs OF this firm without outside
help, and are doing it very nicely,
but the idea of the big man in the
east has given birth to a plan that
we IAN carry out here, on a smaller
scale, of course, but practically the
same thing, and in this we are guilty
of plagiarism; we are copying the
other fellow.
We believe there are many people
in Lake county who would like to
buy a car this spring, and whose fl
nancial condition would justify them
in this but for the ready money
needed, under the old plan.
What we will do is this: Amy
man with an established residence in
our territory who is drawing a sal
airy and stands right with his firm
can buy a car of us, either a Ford, an
Oakland, a Stearns, or any other we
handle. by paying a part of the
initial purchase price and the bal
anc monthly.
Now this does not mean that every
Tom, Dick or Harry ear come in and
buy a car and have ii charged as you
would a dollars worth of sugar, but
it does mean if you are right you
might drop in and talk it over with
us.-Smith Auto company.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-20
DAKOTA TROOPS
ENTRAINED SUNDAY EN- ROUTE.
TO FORT CROOK, NEB.

San Benito, Tex, Feb. 20.-The
Fourth South Dakota infantry left
Sunday afternoon for Fort Crook.
Neb.. where they will be mustered
out.
Sioux Falls, Feb. 20. The South
Dakota regiment should arrive at
Fort Crook, Neb., some time today or
Wednesday morning. Muster out
will proceed without delay. ii is be-
lieved. and the boys should be back
In their home towns by the end Of
the month.
The committee in charge Of ar
rangements for the public reception
planned upon the return here OF
Company B invites voluntary contri-
buttons to aid in meeting the expense
of decorating the auditorium and
giving the banquet to the soldier
boys.