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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-21

One ought to seek out virtue for
Its own sake, without being in
f1uenced by fear or hope. or by any
external influence. Moreover, in
that does happiness consist.-Dio-
genes Laertins
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-21

The desire of power in excess
caused the angels to fall; the desires
OF knowledge in excess caused man
to fall; but in charity there is no
excess; neither can angel or man
come in danger OF it-Bacon.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-21

Keep truth, and truth will keep
thee. Whatever truth costs thee.
even if she put thee to heavy
charges, she will repay thee with the
largest interest.-Ex
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-21

Anybody who wishes TO travel a
hundred miles or so and pay 50 %
for seat to hear Billy Sunday har
Just "a we'll throw their money away
that way as any other
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-21

1t does seem that half a million
men under arms in peace time is
rather large number. hut you re
member what they said about un-
preparedness.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-21

BY the time the Germans sign a
few more armistice agreements they
will begin to realize that they have
been whipped
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-21

But if it is put up to Secretary
Glass to get the money It Looks as il
congress might let him do it his own
way.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-21

1t wouldn't be interesting to
President Wilson if he met no op
position and it is doubtful if he ex
peCted anything more.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-21
EDITORIALETTES.

At any rate it may be said that the
legislature has done little harm.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-21

Conceit may puff a man up, but
never prop him up.-Ruskin.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-21

Miss Malvena SoweN is spending
week with her sister Mrs Rogers.
in Bennettsville.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-13
Other Editors Than Ours
THE SENATE'S FAILURE.
louisville COurier-JOurnaIN

Congress convened in December to tackle it was
said. and solve problems of legislation Incl
its end The houses OF congress have accomplished
little. The has tackled Pres't Wilson mainly.
This session of congress has been characterized, in
sofar as tic senate is concerned BY great deal of
drive from gentlemen who might occupied them
considering other matters than whether the president
Of The United states sincere public servant doing
the best he to bring about peace basis Of
probable permanently, sef-seeking egotist, doing
the best me put himself forward.
Sens. Knox and Lodge men of brains and upon
that should be held to sricter accountability
than Mr.. Hale Maine. the his father
and Mr.. sherman Of Illinois, who, unlike the monarch
who never said unwise thing and never did wise
one" never has said anything which vndicated his
election to the senate But those different types have
differed whit in the pith and purpose OF their
marks They have found congenia if strange company
in Mr. Johnson OF California, made by the political
exigencies of the times the bedellow of the lettered
aristocratc Lodge and Mr.. Knox and the others who
have spent the session fussiy debate ends pure
has labored his heavy selfappointed task prose-
cutor of the administration for failure TO function dur
ing the war.
The greatest deiberatve body resolved itself into
debating society last December. putting the ques-
ton Does the president represent the United States
at the peace conference?
Mr.. Lodge. Mr. Knox Mr.. Hale. Mr. Sherman, Mr..
Johnson and few others for the negative Mr. Lewis.
Mr.. Thomas few others for the affirmative, have
succeeded getting upon the front page from time TO
That been the whole of the work of the
senate upon the floor of the senate IL is course
committee rooms and executive sessions scenes Of
more doing than the open sessions OF the SEN
but senate voiceless upon other matters, con-
tnu0usy vocal upon the question raised by meddle-
some politicians when the only of the public
is the various powers together in covenant
instead of getting together in Cnch, is depressing
example of failure to function"
Not constructive suggestion has emanated from
the greatest deliberative body since the
gan No senator has in any way proclaimed himself a
leader Of thought Not has connected his with
an idea that has proved worthy of discussion if we
Iarof 1rfaf
that Martin of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. surrendering
tried and proved democracy for socialism means
settling the problem OF railroad ownership. airing
and nipping the heels OF the president has been the
major occupation of senators of various grades from
the erudite Lodge the blatant Sherman The senate
has proclaimed itself the scold 1t has earned
for the disapproval Of rritated public made
up OF millions who advocates of Pres't Wilson and
of millions who not, but of 100 000.0 900 who want
peace as ii can be procured and secured and
will utterly miserable If the president. having
procured il and secured it. comes home known by the
world as a successful intercessor.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-13
TO FINISH THE SALOON.
Henry FOrd's WceklyD

National prohibition. coming by way of ratification
of a constitutional amendment. the reforms
which doomed big in the future whose arrival
pected would shake the world. Behold 1t came as
silently dawn, and makes illegal another yea
the manufacture sale and transportation alcoholic
beverages puts OF business 500 600 saloons
and night the 36th state vote.
more silently followed are certain 10 give
their assent and that which the Of
battle is a commonplace accepted of all.
1t tempts o reflection. first upon long fight
against the saloon by people who had suffered from
it, who had suffered vcariously in the plight its
victims; and then it tempts reflection upon the
fond hopes which Jealous people built upon the day Of
the victory. Twenty years nothing more
mlenial than the nation voluntarily banishing drink
would vanish. People who themselves o the
crusade endured calumny and scorn for the vision
which they held
Well. it is quite that the abolition OF liquor
makes a difference wherever il has been achieved In
all arguments that have used for the saloon
there never was one laterly there were not
even poor arguments offered in defense. The whole
indefensble. 1t will many
a long year before philosophical defense of
drinking be received in patience. And vet il Is
very much the old world with US because other
problems other enthusiasts and other milenia
dawns are promised for future days victory.
IL is thus the advances Thousands OF wives and
mothers would have given their all have lived to
national prohibition pass all the states yet
passed as the year comes without sound o. gun.
for which generation worked and wept and prayed
and paid, is a stepping stone toward other desired
objecta And the world goes on
We have a great event occur. We have seen
what the practical mind OF few years deemed
impossible And even while IL occurring eyes
pIshment This is nfe-'the wages Of gOing and not
Ito die
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-13
PRES'T WILSON'S LEADERSHIP

II becomes and more evident with develop
ments that Prest Wilson TO France just as an
American president should have gone went broad
sense democrat not autocrat; as "a delegate not
a dictator. He has been leader there appealing TO
the intelligence. the righteous mindedness, and high
purposes. of those with whom has come in con-
tact rather than assuming the role of a herdsnan
waving big stick" threatening and tuning with
insistence that everything be done his way or that
he would invoke world The presidents part and
the in which he has played it, significant of the
difference between democratic leadership and auto
cratic rule-perhaps Of the illustrations avail.
able in modern times
Had the president gone TO France with the blue
prints OF a international machine and spechca-
tons all worked out. telling this European country
that what they must. and what they must not do
many Americans criticised him fearing that he
would. while others damned him insisting that he
wouldnt-he would doubt have met all sorts of op-
position and resentment. some OF which might prop
cry have resulted in open ruptures That would have
been the OF the autocrat and confess that
there are Americans who would have been lust auto
cratic minded enough have done that very sort Of
thing The presidents way has been 10 take certain
abstract principles-hs fourteen points-as ideals 10
be practicazed incidentally schoolmastering Europe
into wanting praccalzed for keeping and
permanent results. and then along the rest in
venting the machinery make them effective there
at the boards
In other words take it from reports that come
the president has been playing the game Of
international politics after much the fashion
leadership. the late Tom Platt known as the
easy boss" played the OF New York state and
national politics. Mr. PIatt never directed seldom ad-
vised rarely suggested and "bossed only by being ap
pareny reluctantly won to approval exactly the
things tina; through indirection he had TO be
brought TO him. Platt had a faculty for quietly in
Spring others the things that he wanted with
telling them and then falling in with it after
being convinced" leaving the other fellow 10
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-13

think that it was he it. indeed who con-
ceived IT, and wisely enough win the approval and
support accorded him. Platts way OF handling
men, OF getting them to work, and Prest Wilson
has than OCCASION shown similar
aptitude.
France. England and Italy inoculated with the VIII
toxin, unconscOusly serving the presidents pur
pose. making their plans submitting them.
batting them and compelling" cooperation fast as
veopmepts dictate the fulhllment those purposes
Accordingly the harmony. where there might other
wise be dischord. allies think they dis
covered it all il they wish the results to be at
tanned. rather than the source will be the most
beneficial the future OF the races-while besides,
history. the final arbiter. will day
swer the whole question Alright regardless Of present
day verdics based egotsms partisan pre-
JUDGES. or national prides pOppycock
That finger around which the president United
her wisest have their way having taught them a wis
dom that is his-the finger Of the schoolmaster-wil
point back the Paris conference through long ages
and will be recognized by generations yet unborn
though the generation with which he lives may
Of its blindness AS teacher. and leader of democ-
racy the process Is ideal. When we talk about the
consent the governed" theoretically least we
intelligent rather than enforced consent
from the brain rather than big stick. desire
first need and attainment third; the process Of
democratic evolution. Any process
cratic and INDUCED in the Of democracy is
naught but hypocrisy.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-13
FEBRUARY 10, 1910.
"MARSHALING THE EVIDENCE y


The gentleman signing himself taxpayer" who ad-
dressed the republican organ Wednesday in criticism
of Prosecutor Samuel Schwartz may or may not have
been some member Of the city administration NAV or
may not have been an ex-saloon keeper may or may
not have been clergyman. but whatever he is he dis
plays enough OF ignorance 10 Justify him in with
holding his identity For so brilliant an ignoramus 10
hide his identity under bushel is the beginning Of his
wisdom
OF course. the purpose. usual is to take all the
blame off from booze ridden city administration
and very apparently grafteaen police department and
place 1t upon the prosecutors office assertion that
is the duty Of the prosecutor to marshal the evil
denee" besides placing the jury is all the
evidence one needs Of somebody wanting somebody else
70 do the police Department. work claim that
he is paid $500 year for such service is as misead-
ing as the remaining charge IS idotic
The prosecuting attorney receives So 300 year IRON,
which he must maintain office. and in St. Joseph
county employ three deputies-at NIishawaka Walker
ton and South Bsnd-paying them out OF that salary
He is not allowed the expenses of his office
or with which to hire other help with
which 70 marshal the evidence The liquor interests
have seen to in years that while prosecut
ing attorney has ample power words to do most any
thing he is hampered by lack of finances to keep
him from doing any more than their frequently
controlled police forces brings to him The prosecuting
attorney, after paying his deputies and main
wonderfully efficient police whose business
it really is to marshal the evidence-for the prose-
cutor present to the jury
South Bend. Mr. Taxpayer has police department
that it is paying $4,000 year to marshal the evil
dence." not $500 but $4,000 Why don't YOU worry
a little bit about where the $4,000 going to- and on
the question Of earning it, Are you one of the
"grafters." go-betweens who has been collecting
protection from certain OF the vioators in the city
and fear lest the prosecutor may some sort Of
action the part of the police that will throw a
mOnkey-wrench into your machinery?
II with decided III for anyone supporting
the present police administration talk about anyone
else doing their work forgetting obligations which
he thinks he owes the underworld" II requires a
brazen hypocrte. knave or fool to pursue such talk
and WELL cannot blame him any for Withholding his
name II evidences lack of
70 eNtnguish his sense of shame-and where shame
remains. it to seek TO corceal it,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-13
IN DEFENSE OF DARTMOUTH.

South Bend. Ind. Feb. -, 1919.
To the Editor Of The South Bend
News-Times:
Meredith Nicholson. in his address.
THE Valley OF Democracy, before
the woman's club Of South Bend.
last evening, implied that a spirit of
pacifism antagonistic 10 democracy is
creeping into our leading institutions
Of learning.
ToNprove his point he cited an ex-
ample Of a foolish young student in
Dartmouth college who was inhu-
enced by the intriguing seditious ut
terances of a German professor to
become a pacifst.
If such a spirit Of pacihsm were
prevalent at Dartmouth college since
the declaration Of war in 1917, il was
swallowed up in that greater. nobler
spirit of patriotism that emblazoned
700 and more stars upon Dartmouth
service flag in the first few months
of 1917.
From the opening of hostilities un-
I'll the rehabilitation OF the S. A. T.
c. unit in December of 1913. there
was not to my knowledge a single
seditious utterance Forthcoming from
an instructor in the German depart
ment My own instructor was very
careful not TO antagonize or create a
sentiment favorable 10 pacifsm or
Kultur in his classes. Instead. the
professors helped 10 win the war by
Joining with others Of the faculty in
cultivating several acres OF corn, the
proceeds of which were donated TO
the Red Cross.
Anyone who is acquainted with
the rocky. hilly fields Of New Hamp-
shire Will laugh 10 think OF pacihsts
venturing upon such a project
How much pacifsm can there be
in a school nourished by $50 years
OF unquestioned loyalty and demo-
cratic zeal? In a school that is with
out a doubt the most democratic Of
all eastern colleges To con Tenn
Dartmouth college because OF sin
gle instance Of weak minded paci-
fism would be unfair.
In the SONG. Men or Dartmouth. %
are these lines-"Men OF Dartmouth
set a watch lest the old traditions
fail" The old traditions never in
Guided pacifism nor do the Dart
mouth ideals today The men OF
Dartmouth have set a watch on
whose post pacifsm never ventures.
BERNARD a. KELTNER.
Dartmouth College.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-13
The Melting Pot
COME TAKE POTLUCK
WITH CB

South Bend with its many fact
cries. well paved streets. fine
schools. excellent parks and many
other attributes of a growing city
has another distinction that is bring
ing il fame throughout the entire
state
This new distinction, although
not of an industrial nature, and not
one that has been advertised in the
newspapers, nevertheless, is one that
is certainly placing the metropolis
OF the St Joseph valley on the map.
as il were.
For several months it has been
noticed that there is an ever in
creasing number of blondes in this
city. Now, il is not unnatural that
there be blondes in a city of the
size Of this rapidly growing COM
mOnwealth. In fact blondes have
been known TO live and thrive in
much smaller communities, but
when II is discovered that among
the rapidly increasing number Of
those possessed of golden tresses.
only those Of the gentler sex are
numbered. there arises in the minds
of citizens generally a desire to know
the reason.
And the reason has been found.
And it is "A perfectly good reason.
II is a we'll known fact esta blished
by long research, that the average
woman is not entirely satisfied with
her general makeup, thar is the one
nature gave her Some one of a
scientific turn of mind, realizing this
salient fact in regard to the femin-
inc half of the human species, dis
covered a way in which woman
generally can, with very little effort.
and at a comparatively small out
lay of money. change the color of
her hair that is IL the hair happens
TO be dark and the owner wants il
20 become a soft. golden hue
An authority is responsible for
the statement that most South Bend
women are dark complexioned. That
is to say. they are not blondes. and
for many years this CRY worried
along without more than its average
OF golden haired maids and matrons.
However. things have changed
strangely during the past six
months. and the reason for this
I change is "Henna."
Now. "Henna" hair is an inven-
ton, and il is said TO be the answer
10 the prayers Of many South Bend
maids and ms irons. 1t works with
remarkable rapidity II YOU hap
pen 20 see a dark haired lady enter
most any drug store i'm the city and
you wait about 30 minutes you are
I just as likely as not TO see her come
out Of the drug store completely
+ changed as to the color of her hair
The only trouble With the whole
4 thing is that a little too much of
this "Henna" stuff is liable 10 give
n sort of pinkish hue unlike any
/ thing anyone ever saw i'm hair color
But IL must not he IMAGINED that
every blonde in the city has used
this new invention Far from &c
but there are many who have. and
it is these th0t have placed South
Bend on the map as the CITY OF
Blondes" c. ]. c.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-13
Getting the Most
Out of Life
BY Bishop Samuel FaIlows.

THE DANGER OF SAFETY.
By two signs the returning soldier
knows that ne has arrived in the
land OF his birth. one is watch
your step" the other, Safety first,
and queer enough they must look TO
him. our troops were not watching
their steps in Belleau Wood or court
ing safety first at Chateau-Thierry.
Here at home, are we instinctively
prudent?
II so, the warning signs would not
abound. And 1t does not appear that
they enable US TO escape the most
serious dangers-the dangers, that is,
Of safety.
In the France our soldiers are
leaving. men exalted safety for years
and years. Monster planned out his
life with extreme caution. He saved.
He invested At so, having married
off his children and endowed them
at marriage. he would retire and
live on his income. In order to
make sure of that happy result, he
had but two children. From so on
monsieur fshed in the Seine or
lounged on a green bench in the
Luxembourg garden. Who was now
so utterly and completely safe as
monsieur?
But what came Of all that?
Northern France is in ruins. Mil
lions of Frenchmen are dead or
manned or blind. France nearly lost
the war Without help from Amer
lea. she would have lost the war out
right. For, by limiting her popula-
ton through regard for the safety
Of this monsieur and that and the
other, France had invited calamity.
There were not enough Frenchmen
20 drive out the invader.
No one in his senses despises pru-
dence Just now we Americans are
learning thrift. and il is we'll that
we are 1t promotes safety But
what Of the new dangers that come
with that safety? The world has
long jeered at our greed for dollars.
Will thrift make us greedy for
nickels? We have long bewailed the
materialism of our moneyed class.
VIII thrift make the rest of us as
materialstic? We have long de
nounced race-suicide. Will thrift in
/ crease It?
Thrift. one may argue. merely eX-
presses the instinct of self-preserva-
ton. and they tell Us that self
preservation is natures first law" l.
Z is though? Observe the baby. Left
Z 10 his own devices for five minutes
the little rascal will poke beans up
! his nose swallow q tack. steal your
razor. poison himself with purloined
medicine. set his dress on fire. and
/ leap from a fourth-story window.
/ Self-destruction is his dream.
Whole classes Of us instinctively
capitalize danger. There is no diff
/ fcultv i'm recruiting policemen. There
are always enough fremen. In an
! emergency there are always enough
soldiers and every volunteer wants
"a commission in the flying corps. Do
: YOU take it from all this that Nature
I calls self-preservation her first law
Watch your step. on proper oc-
casions seek safety first. But beware
lest prudence unfit you for legitimate
and entirely pra iseworthy adventure
aboard the sinking Titanic,
Charles Frohman said Death is a
Great adventure" and Theodore
Roosevelt said il in those same words
when his son Quentin fell from ar
airplane in France, but the greatest
adventure is not the momentary ex-
perience we call death it is the
long-drawn. wonderful experience
we call life.
Copyright. 1919
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-13
(CopYrieht. IyIyD

Montague Glass has written an
entirely new series of adventures
ior his famous comedy pair. Potash
and Perlmutter These are ex-
clusively for readers of The News
Times in south Bend. Printed in
this paper for the first time any
where or in any form-beginnin
next Sunday.-Adv.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-13
The Public Pulse

Communication for this column
may be signed anonymously but must
be accompanied by the name Of the
writer 10 insure good faith. No re
spOnsibility for facts or sentiments
expressed will be assumed. Honest
discussion Of public questions is in
vited. but with the right reserved TO
eliminate vicious and ObjectiOna bic
matter. The column is free. But, be
reasonable.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-13

We have a chestnut coke mixture
FOR magazine coal stoves at $40 per
ton. Coal Service; Bell 351; Home
6662.-Advt. 13470-13
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-13
Sore Throat Prudence

Your medicine shelf is not well stocked
without bottle of TONSILINE, for you
don't know what moment 1t may be
needed to relieve a sudden case Of Sore
Throat. Relieving Sore Throat is TON
SHINES special mission. It's made for
that-advertised for that-sold for that
one purpose. TONSILINE is the Nat
ional Sore Throat Remedy. Il is sold in
every State in the Union. You *
will need TONSILINE one Of e1
these days, or some night when s.
the drug store is closed-be,ter n
have a bottle ready at home
when you need it most. Sc, "A
and 6Qc. Hospital Size, sl.Q0. kA
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-13
Curinus Facts.

A married rounder usually has a
hard time trying 70 square hi~'saif