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South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01

perhaps submitted in spirit OF heckng. still have
a significance indicative OF minds that are seeking
for light perhaps with even more seriousness than
they seek for hcat-and where is there a better
place than in the schoohouse where the young are.
and in a receptive mood, for the shedding OF such
light? 1t may not the temporary expedient
but In building for the future. which the hope or
America. there is nothing like IT,
That the value OF the public schools Of any city
is largely teacher value exactly some such end.
the truth promulgated by the instructors OF the
three high schools OF Toledo. to which have
ferred. They saying in series OF advertise
ments in the press OF that city. This advertising
campaign. by the way. is the Toledo teachers meth
cd OF acquainting the citizens with their demand
better pay and public's duty to provide the
OF payment. II is cOmmendable move. and
that might followed in other cities with
profit both teachers and parents.--and American
izat!on,-ths too without soliciting any advertis-
ing
Under the title Are Your Schools Worth While"
the teachers forth the local salary conditions,
concluding with this statement:
ITO the teacher effort of the past years
It is largely due that the dominating inhu-
IN America today is the Little Red
SchoOlhouse and the Big Red Terror"
In striking confirmation OF this here comes secy
lane OF the interior department describing the
teacher as the "bulwark against bolshevism." this
fclicitous phrase being incorporated in his
nouncement that during last year $4,000 school
teachers resigned to accept more lucrative work.
That means that more than NTH of the instructors
Of young generation forced to leave their
chosen profession because it did not pay well as
other work for which they suited.
The Toledo teachers query thus becomes one of
the most pertinent now before the nation. Who is
going to answer these questions, for the coming
generations that Mr.. Collins has submitted above.
n not the teachers? We need as of realization
here in this country OF the value of enlightenment
in comparison with msconception and ignorance
exactly the thing that the schools are for.
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01

fer twenty cents. It's funny thing
Z me that some o. tn soldiers that
have got home over ther don't or
ganize an put a crimp in tn prof.
teers that are claimin' { have won
tn war in Washin'ton. down on tn
farm an in tn factories an boostin
Liberty bonds at fancy salaries while
we wuz goin' over tn top. Things
is purity high over here, but I got
stung worse at ever stop gettin out
o. tn United States than I've been
stung over here even in some o. tn
leadin' Paris hotels, believe me.
know ever buddy at home had { go
Z work an deny 'emselves lots o.
things { keep US boys at tn front
but they didn' have { git rich at it.
II looks t me that they've decided
Z run tn war a couple O years long
er even II il is all over jest so they
kin clean up more money. I'm goin'
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01

Private Stew Nugent. A. F. f.
who is now located at Ehrenbreit-
stein on the Rhine. has written a
letter Z his mother here vigorous
ly protestin' agin tn various classes
an elements in tn United States
that are claimin' tn credit fer win
min tn war. Private NUgent's let
ter appears I'm this weeks Shphorn
an runs as follows: Dear Nav. 1
suppose you're still livin' an work
in although I have no information
as Z that From several American
newspapers that have found ther
way over here 1 read where ever
buddy won tn war but tn soldiers.
Tn farmers take tn credit an are
organizin' an demandin' represen-
tation in tn councils o. tn nation. /
see where they demand a ten-hour
day an brass band L play while
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01
THE ROYAL REFUGEE.

DERTIAPS the allies will press their demand for
1 the surrender OF Count Iohenzollern. Hoi-
land might conceivably be bulldozed into giving him
up, Germany into endorsing the demand for his
extradition and thereby giving Holland an excuse
let him go, but perhaps the allies will be just
rs well satisfied If Holland stands pat and Germany
declines TO intervene.
So far as Holland is concerned. her stand seems
warranted by international law and custom. II VII
helm is properly classified political refugee
Great Britain, with her free traditions and pre-
cedents matching those of Holland and America.
may well hesitate TO back the demand by force.
Moreover. the allied governments seem not at all
sure as what they would DO with Wilhelm if they
him i looks therefore II this royal gutter
may end his days IN his chosen place of exile. And
so tell the truth. few people seem to care.
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01
Mrs. Solomon Says
Being Confessions of the 7OO Wife Concerning the Man Who
Undersandeth Women

while until he had learned the ways
of women.
Then he came unto the damseI
and cas- himself at her feet and
wept. saying:
alas. alas. what "a fool am 1 to
love thee. For my sins have been
past counting, and my weaknesses
have encompassed me- and there
is nothing in life for me save de-
spair and destruction. Yet per
guide me, ] had not come 10 this
bitter pass, oh, would that werc
FIT 10 marry thee"
And the damsel perceived that he
was in great trouble.
And she put her arms about him
and gathered MIN TO her heart
BE OF good cheer. FOR thou
shalt not perish / shall be thy
strength and thy backbone. thu
right hand and thy guiding angel
Yea. I shall wed thee ANYHOW.
For I perceive that thou needest
mel"
And in her eyes there shone g
great light.
But the youth hid his face in his
hands that she might not see his
smiling: and in his sleeve there was
triumphant laughter.
For he possessed understanding
of women; and he knew that ANY
woman would rather be a martyr
than president; and that. while she
idealiZeth the hero whom she may
adore, her heart mrneth 10 the
weakling whom she must coddle.
Selah
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01

Z try L git discharged jest as soon
as prices at home git right again. TIL
Heinies over here treat US jest like
we fought fer them, an I'll begin L
think ther right If somethin' haint
done over home Z show 'em where
ther wrong Us boys know ther
game. but it's purity hard { muff
ther generosity after all we've been
up agin'. I've got a lunch date as
I write with a swell big round Ger
man countess o. one O. tn first fam
lilies an I expect she'll pin a cross
on me Another funny thing { me
is why a couple O. million regular
guys that fought over here an are
now at home regulatin' ther various
communities don't demand Z know
what they wuz Cghtin' fer when they
wuz over here an git some action
on it. Your son. STEWART.
CCOpyright.)
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01
Fantastic Plot
Win Kaiser as
Central Figure

In its current issue popular
magazine prints a striking story
which might be termed a topical II
rather fantastic plot The chief fg-
ure IS William Hohenzoliern. who
IS portrayed as the inmate of
cheap boarding house in the center
OF London. Al the same time a man
who is supposed 20 be he IS "a Lrls-
oner in the tower awaiting trial BY
the allied judges
Hohenzollern. taken I'll. discIoses
his identity 20 a fellow lOdEer =
young secretary OF the foreign -
fee He then disappears When the
trial OF the supposed ex-kaiser takes
place soon after in Westminster
hall, the young secretary hiss occa-
sion TO attend and witnesses a d-a-
matte scene when the real H0hen-
zoilern, a spectator in the gallery.
interrupts the proceeding by de-
claring himself 20 be the cuiprt and
the prisoner at the bar "a Berlin
actor impersonaung him. AS has
been suggested. the plot is fantastic
so much so that the author had 20
lay extraordinary emphasis upon
the natural eEotism OF The ex-kaiser
to account for his presence az the
trial. his desire 20 hear what people
were saying about him and 90 wit
ness the stir he was creating
And now comes a news dispatch
from Berlin saying Ferdinand
Bonn. at one time the most popu-
lar actor in Germany and a special
protege OF former Emperor Will
liam. has offered 20 substitute him
self and go 70 London made up as
the former monarch. Not SO much
for William as for German honor
would I do this Bonn declared.
The ridiculous scheme apparently
differs slightly from the plot Of the
story. inasmucE as the allies would
be expected TO acquiesce i'm the sub
stitutiou. but the mere suggestion
shows how much stranger truth can
be than fiction.
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01

mental hurdles. and indulging in
emotional flights. He gets awfully
weary OF being 'dazzled' and enter
tanned and stunned and 'fascinat-
ed, and alternately adored' and
'spurned'-and ali that. Why does
girl have TO 'dramatize' everything
from a telephone call to a kiss? It's
so enervating."
"Oh, for the same reason, sup
pose" responded the widow, that
bachelor has to pose and crow
and do stunts for the delectation of
the fair sex. All the worlds a stage,
10 them-and all the men and wom-
en- merely onlookers. They haven't
had the vanity squeezed out of them
by the steam-roller Of matrimony.
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01
Council Chamber is
No Place For Lady

Chicago's board Of aldermen has
voted against young women stenog-
raphers because. as one member de-
clared, "A council committee room.
where the aldermen meet informal
ly 10 discuss civil measures, is no
place for a lady
Unwittinrly. the city legislator has
given the key 10 what is the ma
ter with administration in "a num-
ber OF American cities. Council ami
conference rooms are made the bat
tleground for feudism that often
sinks 10 the basest levels of person
al recrimina,iou. In ~ heat Of a'-
gumcnt men otherwise IeaCcablc.
law-abiding and dignihed give way
to passion and violent talk Truly.
the average council room from coast
10 coast is often mo place for A
lady"
What the Chicago aldermen have
lost sight OF is that if their deliberaG
tions are mo place tor "a lady -
are no place for a gentleman. There
is no double standard Of decency.
Undoubtedly there are reasonable
objections to the employment OF
young wom in certain occupa-
tions but officials should blush for
shame 20 admit that they do not
wan; 20 restrain their native priv-
leEe of making fools and barbariars
Of themselves.
The meetings of men in business
councils are not ordinarily such as
a woman would find uncomfortable.
The business of "a er at city should
command added dignity because Of
the responsibility that goes with Of
flee The restraining and refining in-
fuencc OF young American woman
hood mi-ht have prevented many
d.srrac ful s0uahh'cs in the eX-
perience of the average municipal
itv
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01
Why Wido7OerS Make Shining Husbands But DuU LO1erS
By RouUL1nd-Tzrough the WidouvS Lorgnete

ing him the bitter truth about him
self" finished the widow with a
whimsical little smile. there's many
a cocky, imperious, young bachelor,
from whom I have ached to extract
the 'cocka- -doodle-do' spirit. But ]
don't suppose I should have told him
the truth-even if I'd married him.
why not?" queried the bachelor,
you're a woman"
Yes" interposed the widow, but
I'm also a widow. And I've learned
TO tip-toe around a mans vanity,
and avoid his tender spots and his
sore spots, and pour oil on his
rough spots. I've learned by long
experience and by hard apprentice
ship at the art Of making the do
nestle wheels 90 round smoothly, 20
substitute soft-soap for paprika, and
sugar for spice. and gentleness for
brilliancy. and sympathy for sparkle.
All the vanity and the blatant egot-
ism Of girlhoOd have been crushed
out of me by the steam-roller, and
I've come 10 the comfortable point
where I can be just as happy and
pose just as effectively on a foot
stool, as on a throne.
A man is no longer to me either
r tin-god or a worm-but just a nice
pleasant, perfectly comprehensive.
likcuble. lovable human being; Meth
or to be worshipped nor feared,
scorned. nor trodden on; but 10 be
accepted as is and made comforta-
bic. and allowed 10 go on being as
mere as he likes"
Amen" sighed the bachelor fer
venCy. "and yet they wonder what
makes widow SO attractive
"ICs marriage repeated the
widow with gentle conviction. "it
humanizcs a Womau-'
And denatures "a man." scoGed
the bachelor with determined cynic-
.-m.
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01

Ny daughter, consider the heart
OF a woman; for it IS stranger than
a doughboy's French. and softer
than restaurant ice cream.
Now. Babylon there dwell a
comely damsel, of whom four
youths were enamoured.
And the first Of these came unto
her with the fanfare Of trumpets
and the blowing of motor horns, as
one should say, Look who's here.'
And when ne had SHOWN her ali
his trophies and war medals, and
displayed all his accomplishments.
he offered to bestow himself upon
her
But the damsel was not dazzled.
and refused him without reserva-
tions And his vanity was shattered
forever.
Aud the damsel he9rkenod for "a
little and was tempted. But in the
end she turned from him: for he
wore a soft tie and rolled his own, "
And the third youth came to her
with burnt offerings and jewels and
orchids and devotion and twin
six, saying:
Beloved. let me take care of
thee, For. thou art as a flower in
wind, which requireth TO be shelter
ed and protected, Lo, If thou wilt
marry me ! Will cherish thee as a
jewel in a casket OF velvet"
And. almost the damsel was ger
suaded. But, in the end she said.
"Oh. watt"
and her heart had never yet been
thrilled.
And the fourth youth dallied a
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01

Neither of them has ever had TO
share the limelight with anybody.
And nobody has ever tried to tell
them the truth about themselves, %
added the bachelor with conviction,
"or to remind them of what ridicul-
Gus insignificant little atoms they
are. in this vast universe. It's the
opportunity you have for learning
the bitter truth about yourself that
makes marriage such wholesome
discipline"
YES" sighed the widow. I've
longed passionately to marry many
a man"
What the bachelor almost drop
ped his cigarette.
"For the blessed privilege Of tell
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01
THE SCHOOL TEACHING PROBLEM
MORE THAN ONE OF WAGES.

INCIDENT to the local agitation for ar increase OF
L salaries for school teachers-deserved. provided
the money for such purpose can be legally obtained
the muddus operandi Of the teachers of Toledo in
a campaign the same end intent upon
educating the public to their needs wants, and
value the community. IS OF local interest
Add 20 this program OF the teachers a recent re-
port OF Peter ". Collins labor leader who has
been making speeches all over the country as a
volunteer enemy Of boshevisrn giving a list of ques-
tions that fred at him wherever he goes. and
the claim OF the Toledo teachers particularly as 10
their worth to the community IS greatly enhanced.
Here some samples OF the questions
isn't Trotzky better man than Pres't
Wilson?
Isn't direct action the only way to
change the present system?
since all governments are founded on
force. aren't we justified in abolishing them
by force?
What has Christianity done for the
world in 1000 years?
Why should stand for this country
when did anything for US?
Isn't class struggle the only hope OF the
workers?
Didn't they cruelty Christ for doing just
what the bolsheviki doing today?
Isn't the l. W. w the greatest hope OF
America?
do YOU believe that all mon have an
equal opportunity for life liberty and happi-
ness IN this country"
These questions says Mr.. Collins are asked not
merely by aliens. by members Of radical labor
organizations, but by citizens Of many types some
Of them holding important positions in their
munities They cannot be answered with an epthet
- sentence. Most of them show vast. strange
background Of misconception and reveal a wide
eEDread need of sound education on economic and
political subjects such education is perhaps the
Enost imperative demand i'm America today. There
ought TO be "a great. thoroughly organized cam
Eaign OF enlightenment
Yea "enlightenmenti" such questions though
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01

Aladdin was right, Any woman
OF 80 would joyfully exhange her
"old lamp" OF experience for a
bright new lamp" OF enthusiasm
and magic dreams.
The paper shortage won't affect
the average husbands love letters.
He can still compress his whole pas
sion into a fifty-word night letter
gram.
Nobody on earth is so blase and
synical as a girl Of is. who has
just recovered from a "grande pas
sion" for a man who has never
even glanced at her.
No doubt. when the original cave
lady came TO" after her courtship
her first exclamation was, Darling
tell me; am I really ne only woman
you ever knocked senseless?"
II is said that Noah was a hanhA-
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01
Reflections of a Bachelor Girl

Tor for I've hundred years Of his
life; but from his determination 20
pair everybody off when he boarded
the ark. he must have learned what
a terribly lonely thing the single
life really is
II a husband and wife would show
as much respect for one another s
tooth brushes. they would not so
often awaken from loves young
dream with a nightmare.
OF course. a woman's time is not
half so valuable as a mans and yet
what woman ever was knoWl. %
waste a precious minute over any
thing so foolish as a patent cigar
lighter?
No doubt. Henry VIII was the one
who first cried Never Again.
and thought he meant it-after each
matrimonial failure.
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01

Speaking OF the irony OF fate-there's Secy o.
War Baker with his term OF Office almost ended,
facing the necessity Of finding Job. and by his
confession, with life-membership card in the
bartenders union given him when he mayor of
Cleveland-and look what happened Jan II!
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01

Attention of the platform makers
IS respectfully called 10 thc opIor-
tunity of Winning the sarpart az a
large body o. our I.ow-r.- .zr1s HY
Incorporating in -he campaign
pledges "a plank prov.diug FOR more
miles per 81 Hon.
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01

If sugar is going to be more plentiful al 90 cents
and upwards pound than it cents that
ought to be ample evidence that somebody should
raise cane
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01

Gen. Mcnash OF the Australian army. comment
ing on the developments or the war, dism,sses tho
American army by virtually placing It in the
among those present class. Really this gross
praise of by military of other countries
is becoming mCst embarrassing.
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01

The Chinese government is trying to install sys-
TEN OF shorthand writing to replace the thousands
of separate word-characters now in Why
wouldn't an ordinary musical scale do?
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01

Someone in the last few days has reported that
there cannibals in Mexico. II there are Wen
hazard the statement that they dine Pretty
tough meat
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01

1t isn't those men who loved and
rode away" but those who might
have loved and never dared. whom
a woman remembers most tenderly.
and regretfully.
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01

Some Of those presidential bOOms sound more lk,
poT guns.
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01
wIDoW-CIsNis

Oh yes a wife is a wonderful in
spiration: Many a man has been
=purred on 10 fortune by the
thought of the alimony he had to
pay.
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01

To the average person ~ nun-
dane interests it appears chat in hir-
ing detectives 20 guard Liu while he
speaks IN "a fashionable Sew lor
hotel. ". Maeter.inck is sttlch.r
altogether unnecessary lmpor-ance'
20 himself
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01

True gallantry IS not confined 20
the battlefield. Gen Pershing kissed
an Oregon mother whose son sleeps
in France when she asked only %
shake his hand.
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01

a 81. Louis clergy yulln has resign
cd his pulpit 90 become a traveiinl
salesman. But thus ~ pastors -.
not threatened 20 quit en masse anr
let the world 60 20 Tho doEs.
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01

oNLT SUNDAY NEWSPAPER NORTHERN INDIANA Mailed
In Bend as class matte
J. STEPHENSON obfshsr
JOHN HENRY ZUyER, Editor
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01

Plenty Of Favorite sOns-but where are the Fav-
orite Daughters?
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01

To a man, being born for luck
means being born with "a natural
genius for making love and money.
born with naturally curly hair. and
"A figure that can be fitted in the
ready dy-made" department.
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01

Single Copies Sunday evening day
der; By hs and s. beyond
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01

When a successful authoress or a
popular actress marries. one always
feels tempted 10 ask. who is the
pll~cEy man %
Copyright 1920
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01

Cheer up! Life VIII never lose all
its charm, until that tragic day.
when lovers decide 20 strike. and de-
mand double pay for every kiss af-
ter 10 O'Clock, and saturday and
Sunday off,
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01

Hitch your wagon 20 a star. but
don't be disappointed II it turns out
a perambulator instead Of a twin
six. one is as expensive in the end
as the other is IN the beginning.
anyway.
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01

When a man goes about calling
himself "a fool" it is a sign that
he has done something particularly
reprehensible; but calling himself
names makes him feel so moral. and
injured and irresponsible,
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01

Silence is the best substitute for
brains. The less a woman says about
anything. the more a man suspects
she knows about il.
South Bend news-times., 1920-02-01

1t is said that Noah was a hanhA-
The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-25
ARMY AVIATORS PLEASED
 WITH SUCCESSFUL PLIGHT
 FROM NEIV YORK TO NOME

NOME, Aug. 25 Cby Associated Press).-"We are enthusiastic over the success of our flight, because we accomplished what seemed to be inn possible. The entire trip was made with the original motors and they are still running beautifully"
 This was the statement today of Captain Street, commander of the air squadron which made the flight from New York to Nome, in summing up the results of the trip.
 Captain Street declared the trip has demonstrated the feasibility of estab- fishing mail and express air routes to Alaska, and he predicted they will be established in a short time.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-25
GEDDES MAKES DENIAL

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 25 (by Associated Press) Sir Auckland Geddes, British ambassador to America, issued state ment today saying the charges by Con- gressman Britten of Illinois that Great Britain appropriated $87,0O0 to be used by the ambassador at Washing ton "for entertainment" in furthering the Democratic campaign, was "abso- lutely untrue" He said the fund cov- cred living expenses for himself and 30 other members of the embassy and amounts to less than $3,O0O a year for each person.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-25
HARDING IS AGAINST
 ONE-MAN LEADERSHIP

MARION, O., Aug. 25 (by Associated Press) s).-Senator Harding, addressing delegation of actors and actresses, pleaded that the nation get away from "one-lead" activities, so that each citi- zen can play a part in the development of democracy. He also spoke for Americanism, and deprecated any ten- dency of Americans to retrograde as citizens of the world, adding that he personally was not so universal.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-25
LORD MAYOR IS
 SLOWLY DYING
 FROM HUNGER

LUCERNE, Switzerland, Aug. 25 (by Associated Press). - Premier Lloyd ment today concerning the condition of Lord Mayor McWheeney of Cork, who has been on hunger strike slnce being placed under arrest and who is said to be near death. Lloyd George said that whatever the consequences, the government could not take the re- sponsibility of releasing McWheeney.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-25
RENTERS IN SPOKANE
 FACE BIC INCREASE

SPOKANE, Aug. 25.-Hundreds or Spokane apartment house d"ehers have been notified of rental increases to take effect September 1, according to the statement of tenants of more than 15 different buildings.
 Many who have not been notified definitely of increases are expecting notices any day of a boost in the rental rates. The increases range from 20 to 20 per cent.