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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-02
THE MELTING POT
"Come Take Pot Luck With U.s."
LITTLE BOBBIE'S PA.
BY William 4. Kirk.

beekaus I spOak IL in skool. II went
like this, sed Pa.
Pick her up carefully.
Handel with care.
Pray for her prayerfully
Till the preecher gifts thare.
Then the ladies began to Ian at
Pa.
Yure husband has a wunderfuI
memory sed one of Mas friends.
bet he vary seldom forgits WHARF he
lives, she sed 10 Ma.
Ny husband is all the time Jest
ing, sed Ma, YOU must newer take
him seerus.
can see that, sed Mas friend. I
guess nobody ever took him seerus.
That was a crate poem. the Bridge
OF Signs. sed Pa. The way it calm
to be rote. the poets wife was all
the time playing Bridge. sed Pa. <
she always lost mummy X then you
cud hear her signs all oaver the
house.
see. sed Ma. Now run along &
play pool, sed Ma. or talk Bobbie
TO see a picter. We must proceed
with our meeting. & Ma kicked Pa
on the shin under the label seen
her kick him, she kicked him hard.
So Pa took me 10 see a moving
piCter & all the time he KEEP rub
bling his shin ware Ma had rec
minded him.
Bobbie, sed Pa, wen you grow up
never marry a literary lady. Them
literary ladies is taking yure moth
er's mind off of you & me, espesh-
ully me. sed Pa, G. then he rubbed
his shin sum moar.
I hoap thay will cum to our house
often so Pa Will talk me out to the
movies.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-02
ONCE-OVERS
RUSHING FOR RESULTS.


Are you one of the sort who is
always trying TO force the issue, or
can YOU wait for matters TO develop
naturally
Pretty Ioor policy. this rushirs
the result without a solid foundation
on which TO build.
A solid foundation is the secret
OF any success.
Success which goes up like 81
rocket and dies out as quickly Is
most undesira BILE.
Then look we'll to the root of the
matter
The little bulb which grows i'm
water must be kept in the dark
several weeks 10 get strong enough
and long enough roots 10 suck up
sufficient water TO support the tall
stalk with nourishment. else a puny
plant results.
The strong tree grows roots as
far and vide and long reaching as
its width and height above ground
Take a lesson from the thing you
see every day and apply IT TO your
own case. then you will not expec.
TO build "A house with pebble under
pinning. nor career with limited
knowledge and practice.
Learn a little and well. and waste
no time about IL. is the rule which
counts big in the end and makes
It's own results.
Copyright. 1879
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-02
APOLOGIES TO SOUTH SHORE.


Editor News-Times:
Few days ago l wrote you and
told YOU OF my grievance against
the city street car service. Since
then it has occurred to me that
did a terrible thing in wishing the
Northern Indiana onto the South
Shore and l take this means Of
apoligizing to the latter for such a
lack of consideration.
Last summer, YOU will recall
when this town OF 10000 people
had a perfectly good chance of bet
tering street car conditions in this
town by backing up the grievances
Of the carmen. they acted like a
bunch of scared cats. Instead Of
refusing TO patroniZe the street cars.
as any read bunch of live wide
awake citizens would when their
cause. it was just" they rode them
just the same, despite the earnest
entreaties of a few trail blazers
who tried 10 show them that they
had perfectly good chance 10
make the Northern Indiana come
across with better service.
tt is very likely that the South
Shore wouldn't give five cents for
the whole bunch of rattle traps that
ramble up and down the streets of
South Bend, World famed" Me-
| thinks that John Howard Pittman,
who fired the first shot at the Ger
mans must have forgotten the Sam
/ pie 81. car or the Hill So car when
/ he shouted To- his press agents.
South Bend and proud of it,"
Anyhow. long live the South
/ Shore and let us all hope that the
next time there is a strike that is
/ warranted on the Northern Indiana
that the people OF South Bend will
get on the right side OF the fight
and demand better city service.
Feb. p, 1918. s l.. c.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-02
TUNING TIE LIGHT ON CONGRESS.

Lest So forget we beg TO repeat that before CON
-reSs goes any farther witH its criticism admin
israt,e departments in Washington investigation
of the war administration. might well the
spotlight upon itself For Sinking responsibility falling
to function u "spceI up'-take this from a
recent Washington dispatch I'M which correspondent
interestingly Describes he typical day
al the copitoI
house. am unsuccessful effort
made 70 have that body resume consideration
OF the railroad measure which Director Gen.
AIcAdoo S pressing But the chamber decided
20 sidotack action on rails in order TO con
slider joint resolution authorizing the cree
tiou on the public grounds i'm the city Wash
ueton Of a statue OF James Buchanan, a for
MGR president @ the United States Those
Who favored action the railroad bin began
dliDusterns against the bill for the statue
with the result that two hours were spent in
calling the ron "A quorum. When the house
finally reached the point of passing the meas
urc under consideration. it found that it
could not enacted because engrossed
copy of ir had not been received"
The senate wasted the day similar trviaities.
Congress had been i'm session three months and in
am that time enacted only important piece OF
war legislation The declaration
Hungary IL had found time though to order an in
vestieaton visionary inventors. perpetual motion
machine. and ,he construction of two bridges over
rivers several thousand miles the
Meanwhile there pending such vital measures
these:
The railroad control lin;
The finance bill;
Sixteen annual appropriation bills totaing
&Ic.0o0OOO.0O0;
The bill extend food control.
The bin provide money building
houses for shipyard workers:
The bin draft who have reached i
since June 8. 1917.
The bin 20 coordinate activities OF the
various federal departments through authority
Of the president If you prefer take the
other one the super-e-ar board measure
The country getting treI OF the iutermiuable talk
ing and putterIng Of who ought be Iegislatps
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-02
The Public Pulse

Communication for this column
may be signed anonymously but must
be accompanied by the name Of the
writer 20 insure good faith. No re-
spon sibility for facts or sentiments
expressed will be assumed Honest
discussion Of public questions Is in
vtted, but with the right reserved TO
eliminate vicious and objectiOna bic
matter. The column 10 free. But, be
reasonable.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-02

Only Assocated Press in Northern Indiana
e"uth bend-IWo Leased Wires; Day and Night
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-02

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The courier-index., 1918-09-27
|0D TONIC
 tSAY NUMBER 40"

I Skaggs, prominent drug .narrlsonburg, H., writes: s ~ is still going good. If uer says blood tonic I say fO as it gives the best
 lOn or any blood tonic I have ,ea Tn blood poison, chronic
 usm and catarrh. scrofula,
 la ana lead poisoning, consti-
 aVer and stomach troubles. " use nodes, tumors and ' sn swellings that have with Pg magic. "pp
 ~ '' '. Mendenhall, 40 years |rs. sA'' Evansville, Ind. Price Ea. bottle, six bottles s7.oo. [v r R. Turner Drug Go.
The courier-index., 1918-09-27

it doubled that of pre-war days. And through the winter, and the govern ment has asked the cooperation of both the manufacturers and consum- CTS.
 As a result of the conservation measures, designers have created of cape designs, which were shown in their openings. Their graceful lines appeal to all women and they may be made from a minimum amount of material. One of the smart women seen at an aviation fete not long ago wore beige duve- tyn, the lower edge of which just dripped with the heavy silken fringe of darker shade. The body of the cape was shirred on a deep yoke which extended around the shoulders. The long ends were edged with frings to correspond with the lower edge.
 However, coat suits are vieing for favor, and so far are running them 6 close second The majority of suits are fur trimmed and tho ma: terials are not pure wool For wool too, must be given up, not entirely but that per centage which means the positive victory for democracy. Willing, says the modern woman, for she knows only too well the charm of the substitutes. And the sdbsti- tutes? Velvet and satins. What is there that is more attrocti?e, nore absolutely feminine than velvet?
 The large majority of dresses are developed in these fascinating stuffs. and owing to the richness and ele- gance of these fabrics little trim mings are required. Illustrated here are two exceptionally good designs which might well deserve develop ment in the popular materials. The first one is a combination of serge and satin with the touch of worsted embroidery on the ranel. The other is an entire satin frock ard trimmed with the raging novelty, fringe. Both are smart and simple and would he suitably developed entirely of velvet.
The courier-index., 1918-09-27
VELVETS AND SILKS
 MAKE SUBSTITUTES

New York, Sept. 25.-What a glort. ous relief-the arrival of the ever de- sirable cool fall days Thoughts turn most naturally to all the wondrous things that are offered for Indian summer.
 When the fresh, clear breezes are felt brushing gently our sunburned skin, we explore cautiously the rap. pid appearing area of new designs there to find defiant refutation to the argufying winds and lowered tenn. perature, and having acquired our protectorate, laugh in the face of the elements and carry on as usual.
 l say cautiously" must we explore. for indeed every little detail of pur. chase must be one of necessity. One can no longer go about experimenting with this or that style. Surely ev- eryone has been shocked when upon asking the price of an article found
The courier-index., 1918-09-27
BOOKS WERE t5o FEET LONG

How would you like to have to read a story written on a sheet or paper 150 feet long?
 This task faced those who made use of the famous library at Alexan- dria, for the universal writing ma terial of that day was papyrus. parchment not coming into use until three centuries later. This collec- tion contained ,000 books and when it was burned treasures or the literature and history of ancient days beyond all price were lost. The H. brary was destroyed by accident when flames spread to the shore from the fleet which Caesar had set on fire.
 The reed. from the inner covering of which papyrus is made stlii grows in the Egyptian marshes. lhlh strips of it were cut off and laid close together. A sheet was formed by laying strips across these at right angles, after which the materlai was moistened, pressed and dried. The paper thus made had fair writing surface but was not very durable. Unless handled with ex- treme care papyrus scrolls found now adays will crumble into dust.
 The sheets sometimes made loo feet long, were called "bibloi" rom which the modern bible and DOCK are derived. The ink used was made of gum and lamp black. Pa pyrus was not only used in Egypt' but a large amount of 1t was export ed. Excavations have brought 10 light many thousands of these scrois
The courier-index., 1918-09-27
1 STEPS TO ..., K COTTON PRICES
] ...r APPOINTS COMMIT
 INVESTIGATE AND CON Fo o'n.,,e7RY-oPPosITIoN 'n tINvEs.

, Sept. 23.-First steps Pns'On, ,be fixing of prices for to ' aos of raw cotton were
 r by the government Tn bday of [, two committees, one to
 lns ', ,he entire cotton situa- ! P's sse other to control during
 ! 'ne ef this this inquiry the distri, is ri
 ou .atton v by purchasing all or
 ,s needed by the United
 ls s the allies at prices to be i. " w Page, vice chairman oi Lst Commission, was named. named
 of inc committee of inquiry
 9r ,o 'b hold hearings over the
 ,;ng states. The other
 vre. w. R. Beatie, Green , ''o president of the Piedmont
 .;pg Co.,; R. L. Bennett
 'ras cotton grower; Ward Esss' ss'II omaha, Neb., retail mer- m |Fdward ss Farham Greene, Bos- former president of the 1 Association of Cotton Manu- \. | c. Redmond, St. Mat E q cotton grower; M. P. Int. Glendora. Miss, cotton tor
 n,, aa s W. Weiss, New Or L,,tou factor. D. s. Murph Of Of Iral bureau of markets VIII Etary of the committee. F.,hers of the committee to sor the government and the Es. Charles J. Brand of the rsnt of Agriculture, chairman; |L, Clayton, Houston, Tex ] of a large cotton firm op- in Texas and Oklahoma; J. |cyathmey, member of a large Firm with branches in many |nd Edward H. Inman, Atlanta [mer cotton merchant. now |as purchasing agent for the bent. {
 ] the war industries board bublic the personnel of the |eos. senators and representa- bm the southern cotton grow |es met with members Of the States Marketing Board to the proposed price fixing, hference adopted a resolution forth that it opposed price |n principle and appointed a
 
 lee to present the facts to |prnment committee of inquiry Effort to convince them that king is not necessary.
 |or Smith of South Carolina |sued the following statement: story sent out by the press N that at a meeting on. Tues h the president and the south |ators and representatives he |esident) definitely said that Id fix the price of cotton, Is h. The president made no btement at the meeting Tues br Smith is chairman of the kional group appointed to dis subject with the president. dispatch to Wnlcn senator refers was founded on infor- received from participants in |ference who repeated today B president made it perfectly ) them that he intended to lair price for cotton. They to permit the use of their
 It was agreed, however, that sident had not definitely stat
 he would fix the price.
 |tary of Agriculture Houston a statement denying that he pressed the opinion that 25 Tould be a fair price for this bottom crop. He said he had led no opinion as to a price Inn
The courier-index., 1918-09-27
THE WIRE WAR

Lauder paid a visit to the front some time ago. While
 B before a great barbed wire ae he asked a Highlander ng he thought the war would y years" said the Highlander, moving an eyelid. wen be another year and then it'll thirty nine years more to the wire"
The courier-index., 1918-09-27
ADD SHORT PoEMMs

Raw recruit, Second Lieut., No salute,
 Now he's wiser Thirty days TO mend his ways Saluting pays. D--n the kaiser!
 Birmingham News
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-27
VII. Pork and Beans
By Private Charles Divine,

pictured post near the firing line,
With the thrill of the battle around me, and hot,
But I'm back where the cannons can never reach
Yes, pictured post-and look what got, .
A trick of guard duty, silent night,
In Q. NJ. warehouse, full Of supplies,
Many mile from a star shells light,
Where the pitch black rafters are all OF M skies
pace up and down, with gat my hip,
I listen to creaking Of timber and board,
In the echoing shed there whispers to halt
And I've stumbled against something hollow (oh, Lord
It's a coffin they made for a fellow who died
Coming back from the front with knee battered raw
Somebody forgot to relieve me at mess,
And Tn hungry-Q wonder what battles he saw.
I'm hungry, and here in the darkness pass
Consignments of food that are piled on the floor.
It's food that wonld make me feel better know,
But it mustn't be touched while Tn at the door.
l bump into cases Of pickles and jam,
B. and NJ. pork and beans in New England style,
Royal Ann cherries, my mouth waters quick
If l wasn't SO hungry perhaps | could smile.
There Mountainside apples, twelve tins to case,
And Yellow Cling peaches, one box is undone:
And barrels Of bacon from Ferris & Co.,
And various jelies By Jones Son.
There's Colgate & Company issue soap,
Bull Durham tobacco, net fifty-twO pounds
And boxes of stuff that General eats
It's right at my side as I'm making my rounds.
$3.50. 81
But it mustn't be looted while I'm walking post. :
There are lads up in front who chasing the Hun,
Advancing and leaving their kitchens behind, -.
And carrying only themselves and gun. '~r
AT Chateau Thierry, the Ourcq and the Marne,
Out in the open, from red dawn to dawn,
They're fighting hike devils on hardtack and nerve,
And fighting some when the hardtack is gone,
And here at my elbow raisins and pruncs,
Consigned from New York, and all that it means
Yes, pictured post the firing Line,
But I'm guarding the infantry's pork and beans
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vi. Nguoi AMMAN
By Private Charles Divine,


BE is leading hist men over bushes and hills, "a :.
He is making the dirt fly somewhere in Francs;
1t may be day and half to the front,
Though it might be wherever it happened TO chance
An army of coolies, with backs bending fast,
Who chatter in music of cal, low and bong
Like water from bottles gurglng a tune;
And the uniforms glitter like part Of the song.
The brown, little, black haired Annamites,
stub of nose and slit for an eye,
But hand that can tilt with q valley or hill,
Though hardly one is a soldier high
Ouh di ddu, with your teeth stained black,
Your wrinkled old faces that jabber so fast,
TOi 81 lam, with your puff of tabac
That makes you go hopping dream gossiping, past
The corporal struts in his miniature pride:
Nguoi AMMAN is a Colonel at least.
By his vagabond costume assembled from scores
Of heroes of Franco that have long been deceased
Of horizon blue his eggins and blouse
The horizon that day was q glorious view
His breeches are khaki, his stripes without end,
And his eonical hat is of native bamboo
But he's leading bis men over bushes and hills.
Constructing camp for the U. S. A.;
With the lifting of shoves, the jingling of picks,
The little brown army is fighting to-day.
Duh di daa, with your shovels and picks,
You're volunteers at franc day.
Thuot lac, your pipeful's pinch,
long, long puff and you hop away.
From the Stars aud Stripes
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VIII. In Saint Parize
By Private Charles Divine.

by PRIVATE Sharles Dlvlne
You walk in dreams, in Saint Parize-to enter there BY
day ,t ~-'t'--
Through dazzling August afternoons through every
crooked way.
Go down the middle of the street. it's really more lane,
But oh beware the sences of shattered house and pane
Of courtyards walled glazing stone and flowers twice
as bright
Beware the suns white Stiffness such magic tricks the
sight.
The curtains shroud the windows of each epicerie,
The Lion dor has drawn its blinds, any may see
Canary birds sit statuesque in cages by the door,
Their crust of food between the bars is also bread Of
wari
AS soft as down, the feless wind; like nymphs, the
poplar trees;
Oh, everything is still as death, by day, in Saint Parize
The village pump is squeakless, its handle dangling
loose;
You share the cobbled pavement with drowsy, wan-
d'ring goose.
The town lies golden swoon; golden hornet huns:
The scene BELTS fairy tale, before the here comes.
But walk in Saint Parze by night, ah! that's another
tale,
When twilight and the soldiers come on leave across
Che vale.
Go down the middle OF the street, it's moving
crowd
OF moneyed Yankees talking French, and footsteps
ringing loud
No beware the sences of suffered house and pane
For every door is open wide 'Bon soir, msieu!' It's
plain
The golden Of afternoon only easement deep,
And Saint Parize did not lie dead but in the shade to
= sleep.
1t now awakes the shops full the francs and coppes
clink,
With sales of nuis and Spanish melons, postal cards
and ink.
It's beaucoup this and bcaucOup that, and combien the
cheese?
They do thriving jostlng trade, by night, in Saint
Parize.
The Lion dor is reused to life; So too is Jeannes cafe,
Its bezzled window panes look almost Sunday gay,
They face the Place do Ia Fontane it's where the sabots
clump-
To tell the TRUTH its should be: The Square with
the Squeaky Pump.
Inside the pendent yellow lamp glows family through
the room
Though chiefly it's the laugh of Jeanne that disspates
the gloon.
Vim blanc rouge, hmonade, and if you know her
well,
whisper brings salad in bowl that's like dell.
Dim, colored prints adorn the wall: Roger lIsls
is here
The time he tried the Marseiaise on Mayor Dietrehs
The checkered oilcloh table tops the red tiles on the
floor,
The view the darkling square beyond the open
door: 49,:
Where the pump is screeehing high and romping
children tease;
Aygrandmerc brings two pals to fill, hoop to guard
- her knees; 3..-
donkey cart goes homeward bound, with harvests
gathered late, ...
The cure rides his bicycle and rides it most scdate
proud Poilu, permissonaire is walking to and fro,
Reviewing sights he used to secand lovesome years
ago. .--'-sl
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Verses of Private Charles Divine. Author
of City Ways and Company Street"

bent up tube. The small opening in the nut the
bowl of the pipe. And pipe is passed around for
use among dozen or more Annamites.
Well Bill, we got to stop now, it's getting DARK
and there is only candle light in my barracks.
-f
Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-06-05
ROAD PETITION
In the White County Court. Q THE HONORABLE WHITE

lO 1 f1E l1OISoRAOLI " LII IT
 COUNTY COURT:
 We, the undersigned citizens and freeholders of White County, Arkan- sas, respectfully request and petition the Honorable County Court, of White County, Arkansas, to open, create and establish a Public Roat beginning and running as follows:
 Beginning at point where the Half-section line of Section Nine (9), Township Seven CD North, Range Five (5) West, intersects the Steekef- vile and Bald Knob Public Road; thence running West on the Half-sec- ton line of Sections Nine (9), Eight (8), and Seven CD, Township Seven CD North, Range Five t5l West, and continuing West on the Half-section Line of Section Twelve (12), Town ship Seven CD North, Range Six t6) West, to the Center of said Section Twelve G2); thence North on the Half-section Line of said Section Twelve (t2) to the Section Line be- tween Sections One CD and Twelve Q2), Township Seven CD North, Range Six (6) West; thence West on said Section Line to the South West corner of said Section One QD, Town ship Seven CD North, Range Six t6) West; thence North on the Section Line between Sections One CD and Two CD, Township Seven CD North, Range Six 60 West, distance ot three-eighths (s) of a mile to the North West corner of J. G. MichelPs and in the South West Quarter | (SW4) of the South West Quarter | fSW4) of said Section One CD, Township Seven CD North, Range Six (6) West; thence due west to in- tersect the Judsonia and West Point Public Road, a distance of One Quar- i ter(4) of mile.
 T. H. BEALS, ct al.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-06-05
ROAD PETITION
In tl,e White County Court.

tn tlte V hIte C0unly court.
 TO THE HONORABLE WHITE COUNTY COUKTo White County, Arkansas:
 We, the undersigned citizens and freeholders, of White County, Arkan- sas, respectfully request and petition the Honorable Couney Court, of White County, Arkansas, to Open, Create and Establish Public Road, Beginn ing and running as follows:
 Beginning on the Section Line be- tween Sections Fourteen Q4) and TWenty-three (23), Township Seven CD North, Range Six (6) West, at Q point where said Section Line cross es the Denmark and West Point Pub lie Read, on the East Bank of Little Red River thence running East on the Section Line between Sections Fourteen (1D and Twenty-three (23), Tnilteen (13) and Twenty-four (24), Township Seven CD North, Range Six (6) West, and on the Section Line between Sections Eighteen 18) and Nineteen Q9), Seventeen CID and Twenty (20), Sixteen (16) and Twen