South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-01

special interests.
The French greatly admire Hail
Hail. the Gangs All Here" and we
know they will be charmed when
they have an opportunity to listen
to vocal rendition OF "Old Oaken
Bucket"
Well, what next? 1t would never
do to suddenly stop giving right
here at the threshold Of Christmas.
Wad compression is too pronounced
a tendency with many, anyway.
Still. we hope the enemies we must
now fast TO feed will be willing to
eat the substitutes" awhile and let
ius get nibble now and then at an
honest TO goodness biscuit such as
mother used TO bake.
We suppose the dainty and dim
pied little friends OF the second lieu
tenants in France are observing
from the reports how the French
girls are kissing the American sol
diers as they march through lib
Grated towns.
II Bertha Krupp isn't interested
in plows, skillets, frying pans, steel
rails, nails and can-openers, then
we can tell her straight that an in
dustrial crisis is pending in Essen.
She's going out the gun business.
A lady of our acquaintance wore
a forty-dollar bonnet on Lincoln
highway yesterday afternoon and It
was the prettiest hat we have seen
this fall. even II the rest Of the men
4 didn't notice IL. II Is no use FOR
women to wear these Fifth av. mil
llinery creations expecting folks 10
admire them unless they wear lon
ger skirts and give the hats
chance.
The kaiser wants the world TO
suspend Judgment, but the world
seems more anxious TO suspend the
kaiser. using a good stout rope.
We are not a profound economist
but we have it pretty clear that
when money doesn't distribute justly
among the creators of wealth, the
bacon and the meal likewise divide
iunevenly. with the result that
small number of human hogs perish
of obesity and the children OF the
slums perish Of hunger.
The allies ought not 10 be foolish
Ienough to permit the cannon mouths
10 be used for nesting purposes by
/ the birds next spring If the beasts
/ of bolshevism are continuing their
reign of terror then
/ IT will be just like posterity TO be
come cynical and ungrateful enough
\ TO remark that the Americans OF our
generation were patriot. altruistlc
land abundantly blessed with vision
! but that il was none too heavily en-
| dowed with common sense
We observe that since Nov. II the
prices of officers clothing ana fix
lures have fallen % percent. And
we believe the civilians will be able
70 buy wooden underwear and blan-
/ kets a little cheaper next May.
! We do not know who Will be
chosen TO succeed Secretary McAdoo,
hut undoubtedly the president
Knows there still are some highly
deserving democrats OF st. Josephs
county who might be drafted and
dragged into service
In Holland he awaits his fate.
And with complexion chalky;
How safer Wilhelm would feel now
IF he were in Milwaukee.
Dear Fatherland thou needst not
pine.
Dear Fatherland, be comfort thine,
The allies all long the line
Are keeping watch upon the Rhine.
1
female Sim Feiner. the first OF
the species discovered in Mishawaka,
lcarnoufages her identity by signing
the initials of one Of her neighbor's
70 an ignora mus communication she
sends lis. which consists mainly OF
attack on our AdNAoAAeh-ANs
had made up our mind to pay no
attention TO IL. but a dispatch to the
! News-Times from Dublin appearing
IN Fridays issue so we'll answers the
colleen that we quote but one para
graph: Very Rev. Canon Walsh
said the prospect before Ireland was
a gloomy one. as the criminal
ilunacv OF Sim Fein was turning all
Irelands friends against her. BY
insulting al trampling upon the
American Fl..g and cheering for En-
peror William he said the unruiy
Sim Fein faction was turning the
French republic. the American ma
tion and the English democracy
TITO bitter enemies of Ireland.
/ Fnuf sed.
Hear Reed Miller in "FIiawia ana
/ You" and There's Egypt In Your
F,ycS.' by George Wilson on Column
bia gigs. Beiger Furni;nNe Co. Advt-