South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-03

human nature IA constr utteQ lual
the hell-roaring profits OF one year
are never available 20 cover the
shrink, shrivel and shortage Of an
other
In town. the desire Is for wages TO
remain stable and all prices gOi
down. In the country. IL is for all
crop prices 10 remain up and all
store prices go down. The trouble
is. we XpeCt too blamed much in this
country.
Restore the petticoatg. lengthen
the skirts and elongate the shirt
tails That will help the cotton sit
uatiou We need q reduction of
nakedness more than a reduction OF
acreage.
We can say with complete conf
deuce this morning that though
bandits might clout US on the bean
with "a monkey wrench. they would
never Doe able 20 get away with any
money.
This country needs more hands
and fewer feet with corns on them.
This is the week for taking
stock" but be sure you take your
own stock.
IL amnesty is to be granted TO all
war convicts ina this country. we in
sist that no pension shall be added.
( If you want to know the real
truth about IL. there ia as much joy
in picking a cold turkey frame as
there is I'm the initial attack.
You may feel the fresh breath Of
the new year today Look back "a
Z bit. look in "a particle. and then for
ward.
II you've got job. warm TO fl.
I freeze 20 IL, stick 20 II, nurse il. love
/ IL. stay with II. 20 10 it, eat it up.
| step on H. nail il down. buck il
/ hard. grow TO il, get all over it,
pray with it. These are the times
when the clock is not quite so i'm
I portaut IL part with it.
You have observed. haven't YOU
that minorities are always right
when YOU are in the minority
An optImist is a guy who sees
I the rainbow. knows there is a pot
OF gold at the end OF it, and has too
much sense TO chase it,
Reforming the other fellow is not
+ only exciting. but il is SO much
more comfortable than contemplate
! ing ones own dehciences.
Personally. our interest in the hol-
iday shopping upheaval is ended We
are all in, and SO far as we are con
cerned the rest depends upon the
! neighbOrs
In the old days when a man be-
came q grandfather he would let
up ON work and sit i'm the chimney
/ corner and smoke. He must hustle
on until he's a great grandfather
nowadays before ne can have Chin
ney corner rights.
Chicago janitors Will not get the
raise, and they say they will not va
cate their quearters. Janiting will
become "a lively occupation IN Chi
cago now. God save the tenants.
Remember when you consider that
SS0S persons were killed by automo-
y
the vehicles We're not 10 blame but
the bonc-headery of persons who
failed 90 operate them carefully.
The fan in price Is fine when it
Iapplies 20 what the other fellow has
TO sell.
They are proposing a course in
manners in the New York schools.
Why contine such instruction to New
York? Why not light the torch of
civilization i'm every focus of rough
neckery?
or course. so long as sugar sells
for nine cents pound. YOU couldn't
expect good candy 20 sell for less
than S1.25. There must be three or
] four cents worth Of sugar in q
pound Of candy Indeed, the sugar
probably costs half as much as the
ribbon string around the box
Prps't Wilson observed his cath
birthday the past week, but ne is
, much older than that. The stress
and tragedy OF life. more than the
, years frost the locks and bend the
shoulders OF men. The presidency
is rarely kind 10 those who occupy
the august station.
b And II some Of these concerns
with capital stock inflated by alleged
stock dividends expect 20 earn on
their wind this new year they are
. going 10 have an awakening.
Il Is evidently going 90 take quite
/ a while for the nation 20 realize
that labor creates all and pays all.
regardless OF those who manipulate
the cash registers.
. The president is confident that
history viii vihdicate him. History
Will as certainly vindiCate him as
, hysteria has eviscerated kim.
The short skirts frequently ex-
, plain why the Christmas stocking
D has been supplanted by the Christ
mas tree You can decorate two
: trees with what il would take 20