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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-08
The Part of the Horse
In War-A Suggestion on
The Side of Humanity

In the thick of battle going against
him and his men, there has come to the
ear of many general a sound so eager
ly awaited and so welcome that it has
been easily distinguished above the
barking of cannon the cracking Of rifles
and the cries of thousands of singing,
cursing, groaning men.
1t has been the sound of horses hoofs
and reinforcements
The part the horse plays in war is
important-its part, like that Of man,
is TO bleed and die
Yet, to many horses in our country
war will come as a blessing if the sug-
gestion of the Philadelphia Public Ledg-
er is adopted as generally as we hope
il will be.
The newspaper suggests war service
for city horses from which both the
horses and the country will benefit.
Under the caption Flowing Teams
Needed" the Public Ledger says:
Heads Of livery stables. tesmsters and the
city government In rs several departments can
serve In the cause OF national defense. ar the
same time restoring their horses that break down
through being driven on the city pavements. by
farming them out for the spring planting and the
harvest. City owners are quite familiar with the
curative effects OF a seasons work on soft pOwed
fields for horses that are pounding ou' their
HIVES on the hard streets. Many farmers habit.
ually obtain free use OF horsepower Of this char
acter In return for responsible care. proper feed
Ing and housing OF the animals. which re.
turned to their owners IN the fali In sound con-
dition. Now there is severe shortage 81 plow
ing teams. The supply OF horses 20 be boarded
on farms should be svsteHatized. Owners ~
draft animals will And daily listed in the Public
Ledger the names Of representative OF the farm
ers' committees who Will arrange 20 have them
taken over for the season Stipulation may be-
made in each case that the horse is returnable
on call 10 the owner that II shall be properly
worked and fed and that the farmers and truck
gardeners taking them shall be vouched FOR BY
the mobilization committees.
The Times submits that the idea is
worthy of the consideration Of Michi-
gan's food commission food prepared
ness board.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-08
Building AS UsuaP-
Detroit's Assurance OF
Uninterrupted Activity

"See that sky-scraper there? a mod
ern fable makes the guide Of a sight
seeing car to intelTogate. you observe
that the workmen who are completing
the upper 20 stories have gone out to
lunch. while the tenants in the lower 20
floors are moving out because the build
ing is old-fsshionedr
Detroit is not reconstructing quite as
rapidly as that, but it is seeing the new
History Telephone building around the
corner from Times Square, take form at
the rate Of "a hours a day
Down State street stones throw the
graceful facade of the Fellowcraft Ath-
letic club will front the refulgent green
ness of Park Place before another sum
mer comes.
R. H. Fyfe & Co. will transfer their
historic frm-name to 10-story struc-
ture at Woodward and Adams, and the
building they vacate at Nos. 1s3-ls5
Woodward will yield to tall modern
home for the Detroit link of the west
understanding chain of Bedell stores.
Upon Grand Circus park site east OF
Woodward, identical with the Statler
location on the west side. the prehmi-
naries are we'll advanced for another
large hotel project extending from
Broadway TO Madison.
While wars preparations resound thru
the land, Detroit looks to the larger
meanings of democracy and prosperity
that loom beyond. 1t is building, as
usual. a.
It just has to keep building, so as 70
house that million we are going TO have
in 1920
(Attention Business Office-Marked
copy to Cleveland by first MALL
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-08
Pointed Paragraphs

II Won cannot take Joke Won
should make a special effort 70 BE-
come human beng
PIES arc just 90 good today As
were those made when We wore
children The change is in me ca
ere
Occasionally ? woman makes ?
fool Of a man. bur more often she
laahes him MAKE q fool % himself
Attending 20 ones own bushes
gives one good steady JOB
How lucky some men would be 2
they should lose their regulations
II isu ~ always safe 20 keep knock.
ing merely because the victim does
no. strike back
You won't have 70 vaif long n
YOU are looking for a chance 10 have
your feelings hurt
Good resolutions are formed most
easily JUST before one gets M on
the morning after the night before
Hot weather philosophy is always
effective except IN hot weather
A man Is hopelessly iil when Re
fails 70 make a fuss about any new
experiment that r. tried on him
Possibly the man who growls
about the washdsy dinner would And
n more pleasing 20 his taste u be
had done The washing
Cynlcs should avoid human 80
ciety and 70 ont where the dog,
are barking AZ the moon
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-08
A Street Car Ride In
Detroit, Up Hastings-st.
and Down Beaubien-st.

If you want to see a cross section Of
Detroit, with the ornaments and frosting
left off, just take a ride on the Four
teenth-ave. ear, up Hastings-st. and
down Beaubien.
On the way up you will see how part
of the other half'' live in this section,
how the black-haired, black-eyed children
amuse themselves and narrowly escape
death in the streets; how the women do
their marketing and the shops especially
seek TO cater to their peculiar needs; how
the junk-men dispose of the fotsam and
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-08
from another Point OF VieD
BIZ c. T. S.

Our officials are keeping the invention
of a submarine destroyer under cover. 1t
is needed under water.
The way to meet the submarine is to
catch it off It's base and hold it with our
spikes until We get tie attention Of the
umpire.
II Was Like This. Mysterious Somebody
Came In WhGc NC we're out and let
Bouquet o. Roses or nc Desk VIII the
Following Result
Whats the biz idea Eight mos
Birthday" lHoreu tines
"WFfIe-where did THESE come from
seven times.
"rctter change The water or en," four times
They shy little sal n tie water helps. Two
time
Snin sniff thirty sly fure
Y-mmnm m, thirty -four iries.
The man who can shout "Hurrah" the
loudest is not necessarily the most pa
triotic. Give us the man who can handle
a hoe, hoe.
A divorce has been granted a Detroit
wife whose husband sold the combings
from her hair she,was saving for switch.
Sidetracked
Cleveland has won ten games already.
We believe that sets world record for a
full season in Cleveland
Come right in, Mister, he doesn't bite
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-08
The Old Gardener Says

When dificulty IL experienced
IN sowing very small seeds n
viii be found a good plan 20 mix
The seeds with about Eve times
their bulk of fine and perfectly
dry sand The mixing must be
done 'bor1y. and then the sand
and seeds distributed along the
rows No covering viii be need
% - fhe seeds arc pressed into
ne around with = board or me
ast bark ~ me spade Too deep
plant ng Be- Tho csuse ~ many
failures
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-08
If You Are Bashful
ny ". NDDINGrON BRUCE
Author Of The Riddle OF Person
~ Atty" Psychology and
Parenthood." etc.

n YOU are bashiul just remem-
Der. please, that your bashfulness
may actually be form OF conceit.
According 20 your own statement
you blush and tremble and trip
when in public because you imagine
people are looking AZ you. and you
are unusually sensitive to peoples
gaze
Very we'll accept your state
ment "a 20 the sensitiveness. But
are you sure that people look az
you as much as you think? 10 you
really consider yourself OF such i'm.
poTtance thar people must needs
look az you.
Ia Il not possible that they look
at you only when you begin 10 blush
and tremble and trip. drawing their
attention 70 YOU by the strangeness
OF your behavior.
Give this a little thought. In con.
nection With IL ponder the following
story by the eminent Japanese sage.
Noritomo Tashi
Il once had a young neighbor
whose father WAS in position
which gave him access 10 the most
brilliant assemblies Az these gath
erings the younR man become noted
FOR his awkvardness and maladroit.
nees
~ Re was Obliged 20 greet any
one he would advance blushing. hes
itatins. apparently seeing nothing
round him. striking against oh
stacles in HE path. and stumbling
over the mating
Ills father brought him 10 me
one day and asked me 20 Try 70
cure him. for his excessive timidity
had become burden 20 them both
Thru the bamboo hedges that
separated our two gardens I had
often perceived The young man. and
had been struck with the freedom
~ his movements. in contrast 10 his
hsbitual embarrassment
Therefore. mediately came
10 the conclusion that as bis awk
wsrdness only manifested itseif in
public. he must belong 20 that class
Of timid persons who might Ger
tsinly be called concerted. For the
principal cause % their embarrass.
ment lies in the conviction that
they fasten the attention OF others
on themselves 70 such degree
that they notice their slightest yes
ture
so began by making The young
man conceal his Identity by intro
duclng him In company "a an OBJ
scure pupil 81 mine Gradually he
gained ease ~ manner when among
people for be felt convinced that
the humble student he was person.
atins would pass unnoticed among
the philosophers BY whom We we're
usually surrounded.
so well did I succeed nv this de.
vice that when I returned him 10 hts
father ~ was proof against the alb
surt selfconceit which. by convinc.
ing him that no was the exposure
Of All eyes had caused him 70 be
have awkwardly
Ask yourself II your point ~ view
may not be identical with this
young mans
Ask yourself further. n YOU
really have more reason than he
had 70 suppose that people. whose
minds are busy With other things.
will trouble themselves 10 pay spe
cial attention 70 You
Ask and answer these questions
honestly and the likelihood is that
you Will have taken a great step
forward in the selfcure OF your
bsshfulness
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-08

jetsam which they constantly gather
from the dlscards of the city where all
the old bottles and newspapers &c
You viii see the eastern market and
the farmers selling their produce. You
will see unappetizing fruit stores, FISH
markets and carcasses of animals to be
sent to the retail trade.
Further on you will see a prosperous
community. thickly populated, and with
an air Of thrift and wen-being
Here are huge churches built by these
people. and schools adjoining
This is the Polish district, and many
of It's people landed here with a few dol
lars or nothing in the pockets OF their
queer-looking clothes.
They began their career with a push
cart and could be seen gathering up
boxes, sticks, etc, from the alleys.
For a few years there were little
shacks dotted over the vacant land, made
of the boxes. oil cloth, lath and any sort
Of material available, where now stands
this solid little city of people so pros
porous that when its girls from the to-
bacco factories went on strike, last sum-
mer. they were backed. by such well-to-
do parents that they were able to hold
out indefinitely.
Farther along YOU pass near many au-
tomobile factories and if the noon whistle
has Just blown the workers swarm like
bees from their doorways.
These are the life springs Of the work
ing masses, giving employment to the
greatest number Of men and changing
Detroit from a conservative town OF 200,-
600 to a city Of 10000 inhabitants.
AS you come down town again you
find the homes Of the well-to-do Jews,
mostly apartment houses and flats, clus
tering near the new synagogue. You are
close 10 three Of the largest hospitals
and you viii have impressed upon your
eve. if not ear, that this is zone Of
quiet" A ride of few more blocks and
you reach the Negro quarter where old
houses, wooden and dilapidated, shelter
the black man
You pass humble churches, erected
with his meager savings.
You see old mammies and black babies
with their hair twisted up in pig tFliS
and with il all there is a curious air of
the JOY Of living. with which the Negro
is gifted
Further on you reach a spot where
those unfortunates Of society, the wom-
en- Of the underworld, flocked when they
sseSe .dEiyan from below. and which now,
we are told. is to be freed of them We
see the home for fallen" girls (but fail
to note any for the men who have left
the straight and narrow where many
nameless babies are housed while their
poor young mothers are assisted to make
a new start in life in an unfriendly. hos
tile world, and We finally reach the retail
business district where the ebb and flow
OF crowds Of anxious, hurried jostling
people are only kept from actual harm
by the vigilance Of the traffic police
These are many Of the elements OF
Detroit
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-08
The Religion of
Men of Letters
BY Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright 1915. by Frank CraneJ

OF all arlstocracies of earth that
which seems 20 me TO be the finest is
the aristocracy of men Of letters. In
our inmost hearts We all believe in an
upper class, in the elect, in the existence
of kind of people who are our betters
Our very protest against the tawdriness
and fustlan of the so-called superior folk
is proof that there is some real gentihty
they counterfeit
| am not much impressed by a fellow
who knows kings and has hobnobbed
with celebrities, and his advertisement
of his grand acquaintance irritates me,
but I confess to a feeling of awe in the
presence of a man who shows his famil-
iarity with the emperors of literature,
reveals a familiarity with Montague and
Sir Thomas Browne. has evidently pass
ed many an evening with Goethe and
Dante, and remembers odd conceits of
Charles Lamb and felicities of Walter
Pater.
What did these high priests Of letters
believe? Had they a religion, and what
was the temper of il?
The common denominator Of their
faith may be expressed as a certain high
feeling, deep and invariable reverence
for the eternal humanities When they
dropped into statement Of their creeds
they were as commonplace as peasants
and rs fanciful rs theoogians But there
is in their writings whether in the nov
els of Dickens. the essays Of Carlyle, or
the poetry of Blake or Wordsworth, a
profound undercurrent Of trust in and
respect for certain spiritual elements.
First Of all they worshipped truth and
the whole realm of literature is one way
or another a campaign against fraud and
pretentious humbug The Jokes of Mark
Twain. the epigrams of Schiller, the
ribaldry of Rabelais the pathos of Vic
tor Hugo, the rambling narratives Of
Plutarch, what are they all but tributes
from many angles and in varied forms to
the beauty and utter desirableness Of
truth?
Secondly. they believed in pity in that
sentiment that binds the weak upon the
strong and incumbers all power with re-
sponsbility. Their tales of horror or of
melancholy, their pictures of heroes and
victims, of the vicious and the gentle,
what is their manifest motive but to
move us to bear the burdens Of the I'M
fit? The common God Of Homer, Of Ger
vantes, of Thackeray, of Ibsen. Of Ana
tole France. and of all others who have
the eternal quality in their work, is
such an one as Maeterlinck implies when
he makes old Arkel say in "Pelleas and
Melisande Isl J'etais Dieu j'aurais pitie
des hommes' IF | were God | would
have pity upon men.
And the third quality of the religion
of men of letters is courage They seem
to see the race Of men as travellers from
an unknown TO an unknown country,
played upon by strange forces, ruled by
inscrutable fates. yet finding their JOY
not in slavish fear but in a brave domi-
nance; for the tragedies that crush the
petty do but hberate and ennoble the
great.
And surely any soul, Of whatever creed
or Of whatever unfaith. can be enlarged
and satisfied by Joining in the apprecia-
ton Of truth, Of pity. and of courage, the
religion Of men of letters.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-08
Edmund place
Let the People
Rule-and Write

Editor o. The Times:

To The Editor o. The Times
commend your editorial OF Pm
courage the Farmer b. taxing the
Taxes on His cultivated land
Such q TAX law would Do 81 great
beneh 90 soil tillers generally. and
as well 70 consumers. OF farm prod
uc's Yet believe that a sill great.
er heneH, would arise 20 AL wealth
producers n TAXATION vas limited
70 site values only nor only site
values in The country out site val.
res IN the cities
Michigan has entirely 100 much
arabic land kept out Of use Not 20
exceed l2 600 ~ out ~ -. oO0 600
acres are under cultivation. While
there II considerable non-producuve
land IA Michigan. The quantity is
very much Jess than most people
suppose What is needed. What all
classes except The land speculsting
class need, Is 70 make IL Improbable
% keep arabic land out ~ use
This can easily and quickly be
done BY exempting all improve.
ments from taxation. The effect
Till be 20 reduce taxes on used
land on cultivated land and 20 in
crease taxes on idle land The min.
ute the state makes II Improbable
20 keep and our ~ use, instead Of.
az now hy its endeavor 70 tax
Everything practically encouraging
rhe keeping ~ land out 81 use.
either the owners will use II. or
hey viii be- compelled 70 sell Il az
price that will make II profitable
for someone 70 buy and use
Tho Michigan site-Value.Ta1
league, in rte proposed amendment
70 tho state constitution reducing
taxes on Improvements and person.
al property and thereby increasing
taxes on site valves, r. nc first
necessary stop toward encouraging
farmer 20 cultivate virgin soil. and
also 20 put land already under cul-
tivaton % its very beet use. Other
things are also needed before IN
dustry and enterprise will BE- sure
Of their fulI reward But taxing va
cant land into use-a and site value
taxation viii DO thi must dru boz
done u me band SPECTATOR are
ro' 10 oo allowed 10 absorb most u
tho financial benefits n civilization.
hudson CRF-NEfd.
Detroit MAYO. lst7
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-08
The Lawless Heart

nv Gcrt1n Braley)
Dun trade han hound ne IN It's grip
A-r rrtrr HHnIf 7 pc '~ee
Fet dream trr " - pirate
II tir t.U ~ no open sea.
fr-ar f me psnrant dread and
That ft-s ~ fae nast AWAY.
A. vr 'se"r 7lone on merchants
n no eng - ~, ry'ns pray
Oh a~ fsp. atidirE hap.
trt deep wy heart - be
> a1reare~- asItN a s~arief can
And terror - the cen
iaw'es7 an4 rHthle7a bandit
hs hfetor, eyer know
roamirv -ea- in search ~ loot
40 tho hra3 20 an evil crew
On. here a. home am meek and
a man with a family.
Yet dream y leeds that were dark
and villa.
And - red rsd ngh.s - sea
And under my breath 7 softlv hum
eta from pirate song.
And ny throat grows parchsd FOR pi-
rate min
For ! have been dry 80 long
rs ~. y ordered and shaped and
And Kept 70 its rule and line
But mv thoughts can wander re
whole world round
And ~ dreams nv dreams ar.
so fhe I'D tales hold M n tnetr erin
Anf hunFrtiv long ~ BE-
s. pirate rhIHf or low black shin
w f1~ ~rfi 70 fhs 7nsn Sea
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-08

10 4 successful warfare
Worry among other things weak
ems the digestion and robs the body
N nourishment. This is followed
by a general loss OF strength. and
the body gradually loses It's resist
ance t0 disease germs.
Good health is rhe keystone %
The arch 81 preparedness Every
preventable measure must be taken
a, this time 20 guard against the
lnroads n disease
All % us will be called upon 20
make great sacrifices. II the war
becomes long continued Il Is pos
sihle that the strong viii have 70
give I'D easier occupations 70 The
weak while the physically ht take
up The tasks that are more labor
ious.
However. we must not allow our
minds 20 dwell TOO much on the
horrors % war We must not think
700 much o. whar might happen"
Worry r. a. dangerous as machine
gun in he hands Of we'll trained
soldiers We must use every effort
10 throw on rho hold which war II
likely 10 get upon our nervous sys-
'em
A. the same time re must ~
awake 20 an our duties and 70
-ponahIFles Whatever may be
The dIsfurbsnce we must keep busy
Thc balance and harmony necessary
for health mus, be maintained a. all
lines.
Mrs J. K The septum Of
nay nose is crooked and almost
closes one nostril, causing an in
famed and catarrhal condition
Should [ have an operation >"
When the septum separating the
nostrls is bent 70 one side and IN.
fsrteres with nose breathing the
condition should be corrected by an
operation
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-08
Anniversaries

,.i5[,,...Genssral Pulaski fortified
iTSs-rsmas Hamilton. Tr govern.
or ~ South Carolina and the ofdclaf
had ~ the notification party. born
A. Charleston. = o. Died OF TcxaA
tst2-- More thar % lives lost IN a
"a way ac.ident on the line between
Paris and Eersniias
1916 Cen Taylor pith 7no men
defeated 5000 Mevieans m ne hour
battle az Palo Alto
fss. PruEsian chambers accept Cd
'he Worth German constitution. sacri.
ncing Prussian civil rights 90 Der
man unity
ls5i--t-nited states and Grea, Bri-
tain signed me tr2ety % Washing
ton, referring the Alabama claims 10
arbitration.
iss,-Re, Peter Bourrade vas
made Roman catholic bishop Of Tue
son Arizcna
1875 RlotinE in the sirests Of
Milan was eupptessed b. the army
with great loss ~ NE
United states senate passed
The Barkhesf good roads bill call
Ing for fhe expenditure ~ fsb o00 400
ir road consfrtrflon
oNE YEAR AGO TO-DAY ~ TIE
WAR.
Ausrra llanq and New Zealand ara
t0of 0rsr part - The British front
Conttrt.si German asaeuifs ou Hflf
90 ard 1861 2ai ~ yerdun
@faHrGer ''r wnrir sunk on frIrf
roqsf b- suluafinN wfth cargo -
m inifi0ns from The United States
ToDk1's nIRTHDANs
BRIG Gen Ttoras = DavieF ono
% fhs commanders of the Arrsrl~a n
troops 1u fle Nerirar border born
In Srs yorl. o. wears ago today
Ur TdNn Wesley Vl1 fhs rrw
chancellor of Lincoln Memorial nrf
vorsfy horn ~ Kalida. o.. % years
aRs today
WrH Katherine Lent slovenian.
pr~sfAcnf ~ no Massschufrf ". q.
T. T. horn - years ago today
Clarence " Watson. former soma
tor from West Virginia and until re-
Gently member Of the Democratic
national committee born a. Fair
mont W Va. ~ years ago today.
Henry q. hinton. president ~ the
National F"form collation., born al
Prosperity. Pa 50 years ag1 today
Edward william Nelson. chief %
tho United states RioloNicsi survey,
horn ~ Msnch~ster n r. 81 years
ago today
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-08
Unreasonable

Willie was At play in he door ard
with ha little brother
VA ne hoIlered. II wish you'd
come out here and make Bob behave
himself Everytime hit him on
the head with the hammer no
howis -Avgwan.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-08

ana = a ? N o n v
u il the duty OF
- cry patriotic
citizen 20 keep
busy IN so m .
Well directe
path % work that
will produce those
things essential
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-08

Edward Jones Pearson, who has
succeeded Howard Elliott as presir
don't % the New York. New Haven
& Hartford railroad ~ an Indiana
BOY who has boon engaged IN prac-
ficsi railroad work ever sinre he
completed his education AZ Cornell
university.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-08
The Keep Well
Column
WORRY

Worry over The war should not
BE- allowed 70 destroy our balance
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-08
Detroit NaIN5. 1917

s searle sh.rvard rs reported 20
nave bllf rooden fre.rrfer -e-
centr ~ a rr4f ~ $500 and to
have sold u he dav before D. var
Launched Tor 1850 900.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-08

Tho Aneer ~ kfrhsnistan il a
dsvo'eo ~ th~ tricycle..
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-08

VIII YOU kindly inform me "a 20 Tho
Prod acts company % Minneapolis. MINI
Ny husband has some stock In this G.
hat 10 ail nor amount a. anything a. ci
lf the year and then in july