South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-19
Man in the Street

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eympathize with these savages hav-
ing known the great difficulty Of
keeping painted up 10 the require
menJs since 1915.
It's a good wind that blows no.
body H. Events have simply ruint
mince pie. plum pudding. fruit cake
and punkin custard, and apple
dumping without the properly sea
soned hard sauce is punk.
Another evidence that the Hard
ing troubles Will soon begin may be
found In the announcement that
Mrs. Harding viii buy a complete
outfit Of clothes in New York.
Anyway. We doubt that any blue
law scheme thar might be adopted
would succeed in suppressing the
kiss. The germ theory couldn't do
il.
II you want to he thrifty, remem-
Der that money earned By hard work
Yields much better 10 the sailing
process than easy money.
D'Annunzio is a persistent nui-
sance, but as such will hardly out
live the income lax.
Let the watchword Of every legis-
iature be Economy" but keep the
schools going. When righteousness
and intelligence fall into such
minority as they did on Nov. ?. the
nations prayer should be, Lord,
shower wisdom upon u.s."
The announcement that Burbank
has added a new nut to the world
Will cause no excitement nowadays.
10 seems 10 us that there must be a
new variety of nut born every min
ute.
Il New York Woman, suing for
/ divorce, alleges that her husband
has given her but five gowns in 20
years. Poor wOman We've had
more pants than that in 20 years.
Mr.. Bryan is now preaching the
single standard of morality for the
sexes. If this means for the wo-
men 10 be "a bad as the men, we
/ object; if il means for the men TO
/ be as good as the women, we be-
lieve it is impossible.
When there is any unemployment
I at all. il proves that civilization
I hasn't learned how 10 utilize its
| human energy. There is something
! i'm this world for every willing hand
To do, and something that it ought
to do.
/ II you think that times are stiffen-
! ing in America how do you suppose
/ the war children are faring in Eur
/ ope? Pull up your belt a notch and
/ divide with EN-. 1t may keep off
an attack of govt for you.
There will not be much Christ
mas in Ireland" writes a Dublin
/ correspondent Ireland seems to
have been having pretty lively
brand of Christmas all the year
round.
Still. womans part in politics is
not TO be 50 pronounced that the
average mother Of a young baby Will
put in much time marching in the
torchlight professions.
In New York they sent a man to
the lunatic asylum for kissing
I pretty girl 1 llt1 lldNt SOAAAN QuNFA
ideas about insanity in New York.
Detroit is all excited because two
prominent men have been missing
I four days If Mishawaka were as
close to Walkerville and Windsor,
/ Ontario, as Detroit ia the missing of
citizens "A day or two would cause
no particular anxiety outside of
their immediate families.
+ New York wife is suing a girl
for 100000 for alienation OF her
husbands affection. In the adjust
ment Of these martial disputes it
seems that the love of money is
~ ore potent than a cold skillet. But
these are not the good old days.
Ii is not so much Sunday goodness
that the nation needs as less week
day devilment
If 1921 can manage to get on a
better working basis and a lesser
stealing basis. there Will be much
Improvement before the year ends.
As we understand II, the prolet-
3riat is searching for a statesman
who can pay the war debt without
taxing the people.
a merry Christmas.