South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-17
MAN IN THE STREET

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ling. boxing. basketball and doinss
like that were diverted into other
channels IL might produce a won
derful quantity Of snap beans. gar
den peas. onions and corn on the
cob. A consuming energy that pro-
duces nothing is worth little 10
country in time OF war.
The lawyers are about TO begin
the litigation over the $4,000 900
, estate of the late Mrs. Robert w.
Bingham Of Louisville. Apparently
the picking is going to be fine.
We do not want 10 be discourte.
Gus TO the state of Florida, but can
We afford to imperil the happiness
Of the people of Mishawaka and the
cause Of truth itself by permitting
what Flor dians sell as strawberries
to circulate among our innocent AM
unsuspecting proletariat?
The plaintiff in an action against
q New York railroad man iSsnamed
Il. Catchman," and we can't tell
whether i, is a policeman or a
widow.
Billy Sunday is holding forth in
Chicago Billy is doubtless glad ID
set among real folks again, after
that two months in Washington
among casehardened politicians and
the bunch that regards government
as 4 failure so long as It fails TO
produce offices.
The government is requisitiOning
all the canned goods. Are we to be
deprived cf the traditional contain
ers for Gshingworms here at the
moment when the dogwood bios
SONS are threatening TO bloom and
the shacks at Eagle point are being
put in order to receive us?
A man never becomes so tired az
tending TO his own business that he
can not when an opportunity offers
devote an hour or two to the task
OF telling how somebody's else bust
ness could be better managed.
If Joe Russell gets all that money
he is suing for he will doubtless let
us have this summers ice supply at
the old figure.
The appointment of Charlie O5-
from as head of the retail merchants
for the third Liberty loan drive In
| MishawaNa has started us laying
! by" already. We know Charlie! He'll
suffer us to wriggle until he gets
everything we have. and the money
laid away for the weeks washing
along with it.
It becomes necessary for us to
selemnly. sternly and emphatically.
, hut kindly. inform South Bend that
Mishawaka's population has already
passed the 500 mark. We are now
/ worrying lest in the census of 1890
we shall fall short of 100000.
We regret that people still shy
the query. When will the war
end?" at us. But we break the rule
and answer il. The war will end
within six years after it has once
actually started. We think il will be
fully started within three years.
/ We wonder If Otto Lang and Dan
Ward have gone fishing today. We
are observing Monday as a meatless
day. and are especially fond Of fish
! out of Barron lake.
Addington Bruce thinks there il
much psychological value in the old
fashioned notices. like God Bless
Our Home" which are never seen
any more because they are out OF
fashion. as the old fashioned home
is out OF fashion. We have tried I'D
revive the motto custom in Misha-
waka, but the folks tell us light
housekeeping rooms are not a home
and that there is no psychological
merit or inspiration in God Bless
Our Lighthouse Keeping Rooms"
II Ia Toilette were a dependable
patriot. we might use him and gas
the Hindenburg line with him.
In less than three years from to-
dav the nation will rejoice in the