South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-17
MSHAWAKA NEWS
MAN IN THE STREET

The events OF the war just ended
will inspire poets. sculptors. painters
and composers for thousand years
to come But no poets soul will
fame forth an Had for Wilhelm. no
sculptor's genius will visualize in his
hateful figure a hero great, no
painter will portray for century old
Halls of Fame his sinister coun-
tenance, no composer will conceive
a symphony TO impart TO the souls
of coming generations the majesty
Of his character. In all the years
10 come-even the native land ne
brutalized. betrayed and ultimately
wrecked-his very name will be
anathema, and the world will strive
70 forget him because he cannot be
/ recalled except to make the world
shudder at the atrocities and in
famies which have damned his
Dame forever.
Even the American tooth carpen-
tor will soon be ashamed TO have it
known that he was ever dentist TO
the kaiser.
Charlie CO plin was married re-
cently and tapt the matter a secret
/ for TWO weeks. We suppose Char
lie is quitting comedy for meIOdrama
or tragedy or something Of that
sort.
We must look to the future in
dealing with Germany. The allies
must see TO il that in the reorganiza-
I ton the German people are taught
/ that their future happiness and Sc
/ curity depend. upon their steadfast
support Of the democratic ticket and
the distribution of all the offices that
the revenues of the republic viii
maintain among deserving demo
Gratis.
We know man in Penn township
who has more than 100 head OF
I hogs and we never see him that he
isn't grinning. and hanged if we are
mind reader enough to tell whether
he is thinking about the profits of
Z sparerihs or gatherings We mere
ly know if they were our hogs we
would not think about the profits.
It is said that the former German
emperor will be informed in Holland.
There is no reason why Holland
shouldn't undergo some of the hOr-
ror of war just as the rest of us
have done.
When we think of the indescrib-
ably enthusiastic peace celebration
Mishawaka staged Monday we are
compelled to say that if anybody
had told us two years ago anything
big like that could he pulled off
without whisky we wouldn't have
/ believed it.
An Amsterdam dispatch reports
/ that the former clown ounce has
been shot We don't believe it. He
didn't smell danger while the night
ing was going on Probably his un-
imperial lowness was merely half
shot.
Won't that near beer-beer sold
! in Mishawaka intOXicate if one
drinks enough of ito" asks a mem
( Der of the East End Mothers club.
There isn't one verse of "Old Oaken
Bucket" i'm seventeen carloads Of il.
The little German children OF to-
/ day will outgrow the bitterness and
humiliation OF the present hour and
sense the real victory that Germany
| has won What she has lost is a
gain so great that it is worth while
what it has cost her.
With respect to feeding the enemy
when he surrenders there is no es-
cape from it, All democratic au-
thority counsels that course. Solo
mon and St Paul. two of the great
est leaders Of all time. expressly
commanded it.
The British house Of commons
passed the bill permitting women TO
sit in parliament. That is going
some. but the ladies who aspire TO
public life in Great Britain must re-
membe that in parliament they will
be expected to listen at times.
The worm will turn. A Chicago
saloon man was held up by three Of
his patrons and robbed of $40. Some
of the stuff they sell in Chicago
makes 'em do worse than that.
Every member OF the Spanish
/ cabinet has resigned. You don't
catch a democratic cabinet playing
the mischief that way unless some
thing equally as good" is in sight.
The Turks dread the outIoOk before