South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-02

Just at times, you know. the con
clusion is almost Irresistible that
many Of the correspondents in the
vicinity OF the peace conference
would be less mischievous 81 obey
were back in the home Office hold
ing copy on patent medicine ads.
1t Is we'll enough to remember
that a well financed housinS cor
poratiOn Is what can do Mishawaka
more good this year than almost
anything else.
The destruction Of the saloon is
gratifying, but people are already
becoming amazed 10 know
how many routes TO hell are still
giving excursion rates and the fast
est possible facilities for getting
there.
The bootleggers must give up their
Ticker when the policemen catch
them and they must do so grace
fully. The rule is TO render up 70
the seizer the things that are
seizer's-
A Missouri wife got 10 years for
killing her husband. It just seems
that in some OF the states a lady
has no personal rights at all.
II he isn't modest he simply isn't
a hero at all, but an impostor.
We amt any knockin' knOcl1er,
3ut we love the zip and swing that
IS the sort o music that the busy
hammers sing, when they're buildin'
up a city. or a buildin' OF a home;
that's the kind Of knockin' were
for. and each blow OF it's a pOme.
When you hear a bunch Of ham
mers busy buildin' up a town. II is
different from the knOckin' that is
always tearing down. There is just
two kinds OF knockers, them that
builds. and that destroys. and the
latter kind amt nOthin but a most
distractin' noise. II you're totin' OF
a hammer let II be the buildin' kind,
build a kindly sort Of structure that
will leave the glooms behind, build
a-lookin' TO the future, strong and
straight and clean and tall, not a
crooked and unsightly mess of rub
always forward, for the past is in
the past. and we want TO build up
somethin' that VII beautify and last.
IF you are "A buildin' knocker keep
a-buildin' right along, with strong
blows, delivered Clearly. given with
a heart Of song. and the world will
be glad for you. and VIII hail you
with acclaim, and the future will
be blazoned with the letters Of your
name. But IL you are just a knocker
YOU should find a hole some night,
and a-sayin "Here goes nothin',"
dive into Il out OF sight.
California is shipping a large sup
ply of lady bugs TO France TO be
used in combating the mealy bug.
II France needs lady bugs why not
send over that bunch OF wild suffs
I'm washington who cut capers like
a bunch of lunatics7
Forty years ago when a couple
celebrated their golden anniversary
people marveled that they had lived
so long. In modern times when
couple celebrate their golden an
niversary the wonder is that they
have lived together so long.
Still. even II a girl has an incom-
municable complexion she can not
dance the face touches face" dance
with a six-focter if she be sqatty.
American soldiers in Coblenz have
organized the order of the Cootie,
only veterans OF three months
scratching being eligible. Some
people have had that much expert
ence without going 10 war. Will
they be eligible?
or course. if these eighteen
informed American sailors who mar
ried Turkish girls prove that Turk
ism women are actually dOcile and
observe the "obey" pledge OF the
marriage ritual there may be a fu-
ture for Turkesses in the United
States.
A pastor says man should never
cease praying God for more grace
And a little more sense isn't going
10 hurt.
This is not a very good likeness
OF a. y. Warner but as he is today
speeding toward California his
bushes may be spared and we may
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rs y