South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-08

She is employed as a domestic in
one OK the city homes. and the min
lister. noting that she was a stranger.
stretched out his hand. He welcom-
ed her 10 the church and expressed
the hope that she would be a regu-
lar attendant. Finally he said that
II she would be at home some even
ing during the week he would call.
/ Tank you" she murmured BASH
fully. but ay have a fella"
One clothing factory, after paying
preferred dividends and Federal
taxes. had remaining $4,000. 900
1911 per cent dividends on SIS, 900
900 common stock, as compared
with $3.50 per cent the preceding
year Now we understand why
clothing must go up. The nanufac-
turer is starving.
The Germans are complaining at
the importation Of thousa nds of gall
Ions OF American whisky And yet
there are dusty-throated patriots in
this country who construe the cir
cumstance 70 mean that Germand
won the war.
Even IL the census shows that
Mishawaka hasn't 25.0OO population
| II will only prove that there are
thousands Of people in this country
too unappreciative or too uniform
ed TO come.
London reports that PussyfoOt
Johnson has been done in wax We
fancy that pussyfoot thinks he was
done in whacks.
Go $3.50.
Here is a copy OF a letter mailed
TO US the past week: Dear Mr..
man in the street. I see by the paper
that Emma Goldman is planning to
organize a party known as the
Friends of American Freedom. How
soon do you think it will be before
bonds for the same will be selling?
And. dear man in the street. which
would you advise me to invest in,
Emma Goldman's for American
freedom, or De Valera's for Irish
freedom. p"
A personal want ad in a New York
paper read: "A lady with a bottle
of vermouth would like to meet a
gentleman with n bottle OF gin: OBJ
/ iect cocktails" And the Federal
prohibition enforcement agent is
going after her little angOra. But
we'd resign our Job before we'd at
tempt TO strangle a genius grading
( 100 per cent ingenuity like that.
Our idea Of wise guy is the citi-
zen who goes about his business and
pitches his crop and when the time
comes 10 play politics gets in the
game and makes the politicians feel
as If they had landed in the middle
of an ant bed or flea metropolis.
Poverty is a great blessing" says
/ Collier. We find it so. 1t enables
US 10 restrain an alarming if not
deadly appetite for fried pork chops
and fried steak smothered with
onions.
A Brooklyn bootblack earns 1925
a week, according to his wife. And
II the truth was known he gets his
money from men who make s14 a
week
Anyway. we suppose the dry's vii
have TO be alert until the lawyers get
all the money OF the distillers.
The department OF agriculture
and labor report that the producer:
ar getting less and the consumer
are paying more. The men in th'
middle are smart. Can't they see
that hell Is brewing out OF con
dition like this?
Lloyd George commenting upoI
the defeat OF Clemenceau, says, IN!
turn will come In six months" On
OF the fruits OF victory, old man
Those who hear the dreadful hea
and burden CT the peril usually fee
the impact OF the swift kick wheI
safe ground Is reached once more
Your dollar may be weak, but &c
your brains and Drawn busy ant