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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-25
How About Those
Fellows Who Married 4
To Escape Army Service?

As your paper Is the most truthful paper /
know Of I want to ask question. ] read tn
The Times that il is the president y w!sh hot q"
draft married mon Now 10Y husband has neeh
urafted and cannot get exempted, and we nave
heen married three years and have no nous"
or means Of support. bor know q Tor oi nei
married one and Two ears. VINO were fAtH'i'''
without one BIZ of trouble and again, some men
married longer Than two years who could hol
ret exempted no matter how hard hos tried
Now please fell rae thc -Fason wh4, IT n4 can
without any trouble. ! dort wish ~ siaTl sl'
trouble al THIS tine whf- ere~ ooif shoni3 2.
patriotic as / wan' tc te and "Ih do efef tia-
can for rny country ouf thirk one married nin
should have as much chance or oe-ng AeniIie-
as the next one
Please print The answer m YOUR parrr next
week IN you can J know & pi ce ,rl'hil. De-
cause I have found I can 'rue' fhe im
This woman is not alone in her COM
plant.
No less than an even dozen wives,
claiming themselves dependents entirely
upon the earnings Of their husbands for
support. have come 20 The Times with
the same query this woman makes.
The Times has referred these women
TO the draft boards. and has recommend
ed appeal to the president, if found nece--
sary, having been powerless TO 90 any
more and having all confidence that me
men selected for the responsibility OF
guarding the draft would meet 1t with
their best intelligence and Judge Of every
case impartially withathe idea Of prevent
ing unnecessary hardship anywhere.
That here and there a mistake should
be made in the giant task Of getting to-
gether national army in hurry, is no
reflection upon any board making It, yet
it is a mistake just the same, and 1t IS
the opinion of this newspaper that there
should be way of correcting the mistake
without having to wait until IT can be
brought to the attention Of the president
with his muItitudinous duties and cares
In time of war.
Mistakes HAVE been made and as
result of them the presidents very plain
" spoken rule stands violated.
We do not know that men who should
be with the army are not there.
We do know that if this wife who
writes The Times has stated her case
fairly, an injustice has been done, and
that injustice exactly what President
Wilson wished to guard against.
A married man whose wife becomes a
dependent by his going into the army IS
needed more at home and can best serve
his country at home.
The situation is not that desperate at
this time that we are called upon to sac
rifce our women nor TO pauperize them.
There are enough single men at hand
to meet the present emergency.
There were nearly enough young men
married in hurry in Detroit, following
the declaration of war, to make up De-
troit's first full quota.
Send one of them in the place of the
married man who isn't at heart a Stacker.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-25
Diseases
nv "a. ARLINGTON BRUCE
Author OF The Riddle OF Person
atty" Psychology and
Parenthood." etc.

There is vast difference be-
tween symptoms and diseases, mo
many people 30 nor seem 10 appre-
ciato this fact Instead OF regard
inC symptoms AS merely Indications
~ disease they regard them as be
ms in themselves diseases
Consequently. whenever they are
troubled by any sSmptom. their inn
mediate thought is 90 get rid ~ the
symptom by direct attack, rather
lhan to search out and attack the
condition responsible for h..
n. for example. they find them
selves afflicted with persistent
cough they DO not visit a doctor TO
learn why they are coughing They
go 90 The nearest drug store and ask
Tor bottle OF good cough medt
cine"
by so doing they may oe gravely
endanrsring their health
Perhaps the cough Is due TO a
transit0ry and quite trivial condl-
ton In that case he nostrum viii
seem % work ut-tc Ior ,ue aL..'... Isl.
cnes.
Put % may be that their cough II
indicative o. something tho reverse
of trivial
u may signify the presence. IN
throat or lungs, or The germ OF that
dread disease tuberculosis II may
be symptom OF heart disease OF
u may betokrn some other serious
naiady an early stage
In which cate the patent medi
cine swallowed VIII do little II any
good In the end those who have
relied on D. viii have 70 consult a
doctor and will have lost precious
timo
Obviously. such people need 70 be
educated f0 discriminate more close.
ly betw ren cause ana effect They
need 20 recognize that hey are the
victims 90 mental blindness. due 90
a psychological tendency we'll de-
scr.bei ay an Indiana physician, pr.
Robert Hessier
cone %, mo pcculiarlties ~ the
human mind thar The moment a
name is gwen 10 theory, 20 a
phenomenon or even "a sensation. 70
ISL hy many men at least regarded
as definite entity This ia espo-
calB trGf n enc case of abnormal
conditions 40 fhe auman body
~The average man does not 70
Eart an diiwent or symptom sim
ply a- Warming frCm nature that
s0metnfng i- wrong. and thar means
should bo taken fo correct The con
dNon hy removing the cause
"He regards il as an entity that
4HsH .aa Va I.
an antidote or In other words. a
medicine Hence q pain calls Tor q
pain ktl.er and cough for a. cough
cure
And. adds nr Hesslor In a couple
of sentences hat con mend %
earnest consideration
THAT chronic illhealth and dis
ease may result from such a course
.s we'll srown to medical men That
is why ttrv say thai fhe more
patent medicines the people take he
more work 'hcre rs for The Doctor.
n you. my reader feel obliged IN
an rauaor 90 admit that YOU arc
among hose vho fail 10 Discriminate
between ymptoms and disease De-.
think Yourself now % the possible
danger. af'fhe tallira
Don't rush 20 The doctor A. the
first slight fwinge az any ache or
vain / would not bo understood as
advising 'hat
Euf " aches or pains or coughs
eem 10 be getting a pretty strong
n0.d ON you. f they show sign5 =
becoming regular thing by AZ
mean. e. 20 a doctor and let him ok.
anime and prescribe for you instead
az prescribing for Yourself some pat
emit medicine
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-25
From Another Point of NeD
b. G T. S

Vow comes apace The winter time,
We 40 not care or aI for e.
yff once "a rear do We assent
raracs autumn then we Fab f)r r.
Police Commissioner Couzens says he
believes every member Of his force is
honest. AS we understand Prosecutor
JasnowsM. at least one of the commits
sioners policemen disagrees with him.
The ZeppeIins have dropped in on Lon
don again.
Just fellow luck TIE can have
friends hv the score IN Cleveland, where
they never wn "a championship, bat no.
body 10 go and visit in a city that has
real ball club.
DO goes % battle Germany.
That's Tough
Elf tougher grt
JUST thInl ~ where ho BIAS to 80
To train fo he a vet
He goes 20 battle Germany
With swoVd.
so double quick
Hut tougher yct u thaf tough,
tie goes to batfIc Nrcea
Potatoes are said TO be 80 cents a
bushel in Essex, but where is Essex?
Wonder if IL is possible that Mr.. Gerard
looks like his pictures2
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-25
The Treaty of Peace
BY Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)


Edward A. Filene, Boston merchant,
has presented TO the American Academy
of Political and Social Science a valuable
paper in which he points out the need
Of having represented in the council
which shall draw up the treaty of peace
for this war suitable number of per-
sons who represent the masses and the
business interests of the various coun-
tries involved
Usually treaties are arranged by dip
lomats, whose aims are purely political
and often dynastic They play their OBJ
scure and devious game of political chess,
and the people have to abide by their
conclusions.
But the time is past when any set of
politicians, however able, can with safe
ty be given blank check which the
myriad populace is 10 ill out with money
and blood
The men who make the coming treaty
must have in mind the welfare of the
people, and not alone the advantage of
this or that nation. Direct representa-
culture should have their say
For as Fernand Engerand said, in the
Echo de Paris, "the peace that will con-
cude this unparalleled war will be the
greatest event in history. A long.
very long peace must be its main object.
The problem to be solved is nothing less
than to rebuild Europe to have
good peace it will be necessary to have
good Europe"
He might have said "a good world"
And TO have a good world, one in which
so frightful a calamity as this Teutonic
outbreak cannot possibly occur it is alb
solutely necessary to prevent, by the COM
bined power of mankind. any one nation
from creating such military force as
can threaten the peace OF the earth.
1t is the program of miitarism, in
which every nation except America was
more or less entangled, that is the danger
TO civilization. The path to glory, or any
prospect of il, for any one nation by
means of its armed forces must be for
ever closed The world will never be de-
livered, for instance. from the fear of
the German military machine until it IS
reduced to such small proportions that
il ceases to be a possible menace.
1t is going to be hard for triumphant
France, England, and Italy to disband
the forces that have won them glory, but
that is precisely what must be done.
War is an anachronism. It has no
proper place in modern life. Nations can
expand and races excel in other ways.
And unless the treaty Of peace that con-
GUIDES this struggle provides in a prac-
tical way some form of world agreement
or world government which shall put an
end forever to the possibility Of one unit
Of national egotism attacking the rest of
the world, in medieval dream of con-
quest, it will be useless.
There is something worse than Prus-
sian militarism. it is that idea of mill
taristic pre-eminence that still fingers
from the bloody past to curse all nations.
By all means let US insist that the
treaty of peace shall be drafted by the
representatives Of the people, and not by
! diplomats only.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-25

7 NHts
operations advertising s~neler u
risied Or
sdVer
Users The Times will not be
Advice ~tN also
ne and
address preferred
Address,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-25

farmers bulls turned savage
and -rame carccniug toward
them The farmer promptly
'Bedadh said the youth.
throwing down the bag. 80
that's The sort of game you're
going 10 shoot. farmer. youH
have 20 carry your own bag
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-25

Little Eleanor had been 10 church
Tor me nrsf time and on her return
home her grandmother asked her
h0ap sho nked &c.
"Oh. ] liked b. alI right" she re
piled. but ihc men didn't act a biz
fair"
what did they do"
WHY. one man did all the hard
work and another man came around
and got all the money"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-25
CALL or WOMEN FOR
PERSONAL SACRIFICES

The Frankfort Za4t4aE has lsserd
tr appeal 20 fhe women ~ Ger
many 70 sacrifice their personal be-
.0Hgings to save the country The
appeal reads ln part
The house % Germany is In
danger 81 niB-f be- saved fr ans
--l-- +--f------Af - ----7---T--r ~ tfrT-
meny give up all }07r gold and the
entire contents of your 3evei boxes
Wre1def folr wedding and your
nneaRcmoa rings your hr0ochc-
yuur bracelets and All memcntoes
you bold
Take al thls gold 20 The gold
purchasing Office we need d.. We
reed &c greatly
"Sor s rhls all n Germauia
needs gold her children call for
clo'hiag fnr furniture. for shoes
Give lp the .avetfe ~ VOW first
born Get ria ~ r0lr gowns your
osfume7 SOUR k.rfs. yolr b.ous es
and your clofk and take them 20
the castoa clothes Office
"Doscend INTO your cellar and
climb into your attic Gather up
yolr empty bottles your corks old
amps ard plates door knobs.
rrue bags. waik.lg sticks um
braliaa cushions. clvorlcfs OH toys
ela picture framf7. and Gritty them
fC fhe h0H ch0lI effects collections
oHce
Ger ria ~ al Your objects ~
INJURY hranzes cups vases china.
nd -o forth AWAY with your fans
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-25

straight as 20
pell correctly IL
hoGid b. AS Wen
informed as 10
Che elements ~ IT.
balanced general
diet AS 10 regard
20 the dates 90 the
presidents or tho
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-25
Laugh With Us,

Father" asked Tommy. the other day. why
Is 4 lhat the boy said 70 be he father u he
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-25

dollar besides ! always said that n was a
father I wouldn't be so stingy az The rest of
them are. Go In. pop, and have a good time
while you're young. [ never had any chance
myself"
NJ Tompkins gazed in blank astonishment a.
Tommy Slowly The sirnhcance Of the hint
dsVned upon him. Producing a s. bill. he said.
Take no. Thomas When YOU really do be-
come father. ] hope " won't Doe your misfortune
10 have a son who is smarter than yourself"
farmer going FOR days shooting engaged
an Irish lad 90 carry hs bag for him. They aad
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-25
The X eep Well
{ oiunln
SCHOOL,

Il should be az much matter
~ course for child 70 stand
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-25
What Is Going On in Germany!
As Told BY the Newspapers We Get From the Teutonic
Empires and Neutral Nations.

were nof able 20 earn an amount
equal f1 Che relief previously grarl
~ ~ -Aalr famlies-w which .s ron
s.feret proof Of The good wages
earned Berlin workmen
Present 1890 persons IN
Berlin receiving public meals
EAT DOG NEAT
on FALSE PeETENsEs
Th6 r1tenburg Zeitung reveals
another Wefhod used by restal.
rant owner fo remind his guests OF
The good mes before me war Ac.
oor1iag 20 This paper che finest
roast vea he juiciest mutton
chops ft fenderesf legs az hare
were unt ately procured ia a Ger.
tain popular restaurant ar Peter
hagen
Tho portions were dear. certain
ly huf y were delicious. and. ne-
sides We arc al accustomed now 20
hiRh prices specially when Xo
dino without a food ticket on
those 1cr ions We feel as tho 2e
had boon -auqrortof back into Tho
GOOD oll 9ra war days.
$50 Ing went harmonious
lv M pfr hagen until a misfrus'
ing ges proceeded 20 deive into
fhe Then ono fne day no
feUrr thau IS dog collars and ~
piece ~ relored ribbon were dis
covered % fhe kitchen ~ the Peters
Harnr rf.tr ..ra rf
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-25

EINUIT look NIUHNIN HUU You VI
flies swimming about in my
coffee.
Too true" replied tho gem
To whiffess % Huckabuck TaY
ern "ft is indeed unfortunate.
sir but " you will let tho cup
set. or sat-. az the case may be-.
for II few minutes The insects
viii drown and then sink -
The bottom. and you will soon
forget all about them. Howlyeh
Judge.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-25

Mr. Tompkius had never
given this subject ans thought,
and was hardly prepared 20
answer offhnnd
why why be- said stun
blingly its so because % ls. !
suppose.
Well. pop. since I'm your
father. I'm going 20 give YOU
--------. D. H. --L.------ -
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-25

Alas" said The drummer m the dinner table.
Kindly look closely and YOU viii observe four
f1fa. rulrofuluV 4frtif in
The Washington times., 1917-08-15
Do You Lead or FOlIOW?

are under the thraildom Of PopS's
unfortunately immortal lines:
BE not the nrst by whom the new
Is tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old
aside"
Why not. I'd like to knowi II the
influence OF that philosophy had
governed Christopher Columbus life.
he wouldn't have dared try for the
new passage to India PaliSsy the
Potter would have given up his
search for q glaze. GRlileo would
not have theoriEed about the solar
system, And, II being the last TO lay
the old aside were really very dread
full, we might kill OF our horses be-
cause We have automobiles or stop
writing real poetry becasue We have
discovered vers libre.
The point Is to express your in
dIviduality so that II does you and
every body else the most good. You
can't do that by depending toe much
on what other people are doing or
by ignoring the fact that they have
to be slightly Independent on what
you are doing.
II you have q new thought Whtph
is different from popular thought,
why not investigate-why not study
1t carefully? II may have the germ
of real progress in it 1t may con-
tain the beginnings OF the sort Of
information OF which the world II
in search.
The matter with most OF Us IL
that We are frightened to death to
say. Il don't know" No one worth
while despises any one else for
acknowledging that he happens to
be Informed on a certain subject,
In fact. to confess II don't know
carries with IL the idea that you
dare confess because there are other
things about which you do know a
great deal!
II you are strong enough to lead
a suffrage movement Intelligently.
no one Is going TO despise you for
acknowledging that you don't I'M
derstand the navigation Of a boat.
You're only bore when you pre-
tend that you do and stupidity
block intelligent discussion by your
pretense OF having information on
a subject where you can't contrib
ute one real idea.
Don't torture yourself by trying
to learn to foxtrot when you really
hate to dance II you are going to
be heavy and awkward and hard n
The Washington times., 1917-08-15
ANECDOTES OF
THE FAMOUS

Mrs. Carey Evans the newly
married daughter OF Mr.. Lloyd
George. recently told an amusing
story OF how her father. driving
home in his dog-cart one day. came
across a little Welsh girl trudging
along so wearily that he offered
her a lift
She accepted silently. All the way
along Mr.. Lloyd George tried hard
to engage her In conversation. la.
could not get her to say ANYTHING
more than Yes" or No"
Some days afterward the "rtis
girls mother happened to Gl-s: Lion.
do you remember that ray ul:Il
girl drove home with you Us, GI:sr
day?' she said smIlInS:y. ~ s;.,
when she got home she sa:d. 'LJ;S-
ma. l drove from school, Wit. 5.r-
Lloyd George. the Ia@y-:. at. "a
kept talking to :ae ara +.d7't
know whatever - -. fo- w. satl
NJ. Lloyd George aargss yyu ~, en-
ever you talk Si:N h.,:,, Laa =
hadn't any money
The Washington times., 1917-08-15
Little Boobies Pa

Every time try to do sumthing to
up-lift humanity. Pa sed. you give
me a kick in the shins. Haven't you
got no ideels, sed Pa
No ideels eXcep you, deer song
ritter. sed Ma, you are the ideel OF
my dreems. L smoak our pipes
neeth the Stars & stripes. Ha Ha,
sed Ma Why doant you maIk the
smoak our cigars nssth the Stripes
& Stars. That wud show how you
can jump from one thsem 20 an
other. sed Ma, 4 you cud have a
third korus like this: 4 talk q
chew nseth the Red White 4 blue.
You are vary flip tonight, sed
Pa. wish hAdsnt shown you this
song at all.
That Is all rite. sed Ma, will
try TO get the memry Of 10 out of
my mind. Time heels all scars. sed
Ma But doant rite any moar
verses like that, Bsd Ma. unless
you want to use them for = To-
backo Ad.
The wives OF poets In the old
days used to cher them up. q en-
currage them, sed Pa.
The wives OF poets Is deffernt
than me. sed Ma am not the
wife OF a poet. You are a song
ritter. sed Ma. thare Is a dIfferns
You wuddent call snItchy Coo po-
etry. wud you, sed Ma, eeven this
eevning. wen you seem to be Kind
OF confused The next time you
smoak yure pipe nseth the Stars
& Stripes. sed Ma, see II you can
dash off a better song. Thars Is
room for one. Ma Eed. & then Ma
began to play on the plano a Pa
went to the meeting Of the Coast
Deefsnca.
The Washington times., 1917-08-15
By William F. Kirk.

-yHAT the country needs moAst
w Of all now. sed Pa, is q reg
lar patriotick song so the
solJers can sing It wen thay are
marching. like the English sang
Tipperary. Feeling that CRATE want,
sed Pa, & understanding II, have
dashed on a song witch will maIk
them cheer up, set Pa l haven't
rots the verses. but this is the
korus. 4 Pa sang the korus:
For UnkeI Sam, for Unksl Sam.
Wen nto with sord gun,
4 we will talk 4 awful slam
At every wicked Hun.
Well march along 4 sing this song
BeekAus this song Is clever.
q Smoak our pipes nseth the Stars
4 Stripes
wIch ncats on high forever
How IL that7 ssd Pa.
That 10 q kind Of smoaky song.
sed Ma I doant suppoas you ever
had q thought. Ma sed, that dident
have sumthing to do with tobaecko
You are Citing 80 you look like one
OF them wooden Injuns In front OF =
cigar stoar. Ma Sed. standing thArs
with q Ratchet to put the nick In
nIck-oteen. as It were
Then you doant like this sonE7
sed Pa.
like 1t all but the eight (s) lines
of the korus. sed Ma. witch IL all
/ have herd OF II. smoak our pipes
neeth the Stars and Stripes. Ha Ha,
said Ma.
Pa got kind Of red In the face.
The Washington times., 1917-08-15
By BEATRICE
FAIRFAX

drag about. how can you expect
any one to enjoy your performance
But II you talk well the man who
gets 6 chance to sit, and rest At
your side may find you an actual
oasis in q desert
Don't be stubborn IN your refusal
to learn new things-but do bs
selective enough to pick out the
things you want to know. the things
you like to do-and to stand for
something worth while in the neld
you enjoy rather than to trail in as
an also ran" In = nsld where you
are outclassed.
Not every broad Jumper can run
i've miles, and not every hundred
yard Splinter can vault the pole. Be
q specialist and learn to admire the
other chaps performance enough to
cry: Say. old chap, that's great
stun. like to know about It Tell
me how you do 1t"
The Washington times., 1917-08-15

to the nearest shopping district feeling herself
monarch in her own right
cit does not take long She does not dream OF seek
ing further than the first street pedder whose glass
beads and brass trnkets sparkle in the hot sunshine
How to make q selection? Why to be sure the first
her eyes rest upon. They are all SO beautiful
Any Of them will do.
The old man holds out to her with Jolly
smile. She takes It in her hands The advisory
board make up their minds to hereafter keep their
eyes glued upon the mud at their feet. No more
beautiful necklace has ever been seen
The peddler has given her a hften-cent necklace
for her ten cents but he thinks II would be bad bus
to let her know it. He comes Of race many
times martyred for supposed greed, but whose gen.
erosity to its own poorer members has been long
unappreciated.
AS she walks back to the neighborhood Of her own
home she has few misgivings to what her mother
will say Of such expenditure IN these hard times,
but the pure Joy Of possession Is undimmed even By
this It will remain SO until the last glass bead u
broken