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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-06

numbers each a gem of descriptive
composition. They are saturated
with characteristics of Norwegian
peasant life and fairly speak of the
legends and traditions of that coun-
try. Although Grieg has often been
termed the Chopin Of the North"
it is not because he is initiative of
the Polish master, because the indi-
viduality and personality of each is
as distinctive as his nationality. but
rather because both composers be-
long 10 the same type of genius.
Much Of the charm of Grieg lies In
his love Of part-writing. and this
is particularly noticeable in his
pieces that will be played today. His
treatment of the orchestra, al
ways new and original, is never-the-
less, euphonic and harmonious. His
intense nationality and marked in
dividuality find constant expression
in his music. the originality and
style Of which are unmistakable.
other numbers on the program
include works Of Strauss. GIuck.
GODDARD, Handel and Suppe.
The program for this afternoons
concert follows.
l. Two Pieces from Natoma &C..
-......... Herbert
(a) Dagger Dance (b) Invo-
cation.
2 Minuet (from Bernice) Handel
CD Gavotte (from Iphigenie)
...................... Chuck
3. Adagio Patheque .....- GODDARD
4. Aria (Samson and Delilah)
.......... Saint-Saens
MIS-. Julia NJ. Rode.
;. Lyric Pieces for String or
chestra ....-....-......G erie 3
ca Gade OBJ Elegie (c)
Gratitude Cd) Grandmother
Ninuet (e) At the Cradle.
Z. Light Cavalry ...-....S uppe
"Tannhauser" was played so well
by the Blackstone orchestra last
week. that even Director Vitale was
surprised at the unusual ability
shown by his men. Excellent ex-
preston and perfect balance OF
parts was maintained even in the
difficult slurring accompaniment OF
the Pilgrims Chorus and the runs
and attacks were beyond criticism.
Director V-tale IS now satisfied that
no score is too difficult for his men
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-06

IT He International Reform Blu
reau-can you believe that it
- a real thing?
II advocates the stopping OF trains
and Of street cars on Sunday.
It demands that nobody go out for
run In the automobile on Sunday.
or even for walk, and il is limited
that II we listen 10 the demands of
this society we'll begin to believe we
must eat nothing warm on the first
day OF the week for fear OF doing
wrong by boiling the coffee or roast
ing the beef.
Dear me. how far the pendulum
swings!
To be sure. we have gone a good
ways the other way sirue the war.
Take the matter Of public dane
Ing, for instance, Before the war.
Mary and Kate and Genevieve would
no more have dreamt of going TO
public dance and dancing with abso-
Lutte strangers than they would have
thought of smiling at a strange man
In the streets and asking him to take
them TO dine in a strange restaurant.
But the public dancing for the sol
diers and sailors broke the ice
and poor little Mary and Kate and
Genevieve went through into the
cold water without so much as a
gasp.
And now. Tom. Dick or Harry sees
Mary at luncheon or knows Kate by
sight at the library and he doesn't
think he's doing anything out OF the
10 go somewhere With him and dance
the whole evening. CT to step into
his automobile and take a run down
the road. And every once in a while,
Mary or Kate on Genevieve or some
OF the rest of the girls accept the
invitatiOn-and what happens? We
begin TO wonder what the world is
coming to-
The world is coming TO just exact
ly what it's come from-and we
might as well make up our minds to
that It's all very we'll for young
persons with bobbed hair and thumb
rings OF sit around in a cafe and
make fun Of the conventions. and
call every oId-fashioned idea OF mod
esty and reserve mid Victorian -
but when il comes right down to
facts. the conventions are just abOu,
the only things that stand between
innocent girls and good women and
hideous and dreadful disgrace and
SORROW.
Tom. Dick and Harry went to the
wars and did good work there.
We're all proud OF them as soldiers.
but they're just the same men they
we're before ley went as far as
women are concerned-and any one
OF them Will tell you so. II he'll tell
you what he really thinks.
The Sour sunday Laws are direct
outgrowth OF the downfall OF the
conventions.
Tick took. says the pendulum
took tick-and back IL swings again,
IT Mary and Kate and Genevieve
and Tom and Dick and Harry don't
like the idea OF blue laws. the best
thing they can do 10 stop the passing
OF them IS 20 make a few decent.
common sense law 8 for themselves
Let Little Mary, who's as good as
gold and not PARTICULAR sensible.
stop lighting her cigarette in public
Just 10 astonish the neighbOrs.
Let Kate give Up going TO a pub
lie hall 10 dance on sunday night
and Jet Genevieve prevail upon her
friends not 20 make quite SO much
noise al the Sunday afternoon picnic
and things will gradually settle
themselves. But. IL none Of these
girls and their friends. and neither
Tom. Dick nor Harry do any or these
things. we're going 10 blame them
for the blue laws. and were going
10 blame them justly.
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WOMAN'S INTELLECT
b. Leila Brechenser.Rostiser

oCIAL this
- both
republicans
Possibly at this point the reader will glance the
course and I'adnt that ymbolca
South Bend
" bur lapse. Tho
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The Humanitarian.

Il use this horrible shrek horn
on my automobile for humane rea-
sons" explained Lieut.. Hustled. IF
can paralyze a pedestrian with
fear. he will stand still and I am
less likely to run over him. The
Arklight.
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Owing 20 illness in the home q
Mrs. George Ahlhorn. the "Wednesday
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The Altrustic club. composed OF IS
wives Of Studebaker men. mostly
new residents Of the city. viii give
a charity card party ar the home u
Mrs. Sydney smith z32 Marquette
av. Friday afternoon. Nov. IS.
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M and Mrs. Alfred Dufen5ach.
1929 " ST. Joseph st.. viii enter
tain the Monday Night Dinner club
at dinner Monday evening
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The Current Events department
Of the Progress club VIII meet Mon
day afternoon az the club. The pro-
gram will consist OF reports Of the
convention al Muucie- Mrs. $. O.
Nedd viii report the general husi-
ness. Mrs. =. Referring viii give a
report on art and the last evenings
session. Mrs. Nelson Aulc and Mrs.
Richard El5el also are on the pro-
gram
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REFORM?

THD international Reform Blu
reau-can you believe that it
- a real thing?
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
Erratic, Interesting Manor Road Line Modern
lied to the Disgust of Old Residents

continual stentorian stutter-every time the
car managed to roll few feet further along
it emphasized this triumph with a resound-
ing thump
There was only thin shell Of boards be-
tween the wheels and the seats and every
once i'm a while a wheel underneath would
hit the flooring n whack Just to notify the
world It was on the job As the car bumped
and ratified along passengers were in con
tlnual apprehension that the flooring would
fy up and smite them. II the fat man from
a circus had ever stepped upon a board
when IL was in weakened condition and
plunged through he would have found him
self wearing the car around his waist.
The conductor, after the exertion of col
ecting couple of fares, would usually re-
tire to corner seat to recuperate the rest
of the trip. He had locker under the seats
in the middle Of the car, where he kept his
library of newspapers. Usually. Just when
a passenger was getting used to the motion
and was able to think OF dinner without
uualm. he would be disturbed by the con-
ductor, who would make him get up so the
conductor could get n newspaper with which
10 while away the time
Despite all the abuse that was heaped
upon 1t, it was a neighborly car always
ready to do the residents favor except by
running fast One woman on the line used
TO have the car crew do her marketing.
She'd give them money and instructions on
the down trip to the stores OF Casteton ave-
nue. and on the return Journey they'd bring
her back all the vegetables and hair dye she
wanted Whenever a passenger wished 10
step Off at a shop himself and spend fifteen
minutes buying toothbrush and talking 10
the pretty cashier in the grocery the motor
man and conductor would obligingly wait
for him-their time was the public's.
OF morning the car would wait patiently
outside the door OF regular customers who
were late. like n faithful pup. One morning
the motorman stopped and changed his bell
loudly outside a particular house, seeing no
signs OF life from his usual clientele The
passengers swore. 10 denote the passing Of
ten minutes One by one the customary
quartet from this, household came flying out,
The New York herald., 1921-06-05

ample time to get across without any
shocks to their nervous system. The motor
man and conductor were usually elderly
employees who took this route as a rest
cure One motorman who had been on the
line for many years boasted that he had
never had an accident or injured any one
and, as one passenger remarked, he never
hurt any speed records either.
The car never connected with any trains
or met any ferryboats-it just ran. Resting
on one truck. it lurched along I'm drunken
manner quite appropriate to the surround
ings at it's two terminals. The sensation of
riding inside this rocking horse, passengers
said, was only preferable to being seasck
They were generally thankful at the end of
the trip that the car hadn't shown an in
clination to frivolous bursts OF speed. or
they should have had to depart hurriedly
without taking leave OF the conductor.
And the conductor would have felt hurt
For he usually knew all his fifty passengers
by heart and took quite friendly interest
In their comings and golngs. III one OF the
family circle happened to have only a large
bill on him. too large for the conductor to
change-say s2-that passenger was al
lowed to ride free and still was shown every
courtesy. just like a paying passenger
Fares did not matter much to this train
crew-conversatio was the principal me-
dium OF exchange that engrossed them.
The fashion i'm which this car happened to
be exiled on the route was typical OF the
free and easy system on which II was run,
which might be said to be based on inn
pulse. The Manor road line had number
of sharp curves in IT, and someone told Of
ficlais of the road that these curves would
sharpen up fiat wheels. restoring them to
their youthful vigor AS this antediuvian ark
originally had one fat wheel II was thrust
10 m Lp itq i'm
But this chiropractic treatment was too
drastic for presently II had a second fiat
wheel then the third caught the symptoms.
and finally the fourth Joined the clanlting
symphony. For the doctorng TO prove ef-
fective. the other three wheels should have
been quarantined
Riding on the car was like listening to
The New York herald., 1921-06-05

Kentucky The first Sunday of his pastor
ate he preached powerful sermon against
card playing. That afternoon he was waited
upon in his study by a committee from his
congregation.
Doctor" said the spokesman you are
now in Kentucky and therefore we excuse
you for not knowing that the members of
your church all play cards. 1t Is one of
the things that is done in Kentucky. We
think you are making q mistake in attack
ing us that way
The preacher said he did not gamble. but
liked game of whist himself. so he would
not mention that particular subject again.
The following Sunday he leveled the bat
teries OF his oratory against the evils OF
usury, told how the usurers had been driven
from the Temple, and presented some very
powerful arguments.
Directly after the service he was again
waited upon this time by the bankers who
explained to him that country banks were
forced to practise usury to a very limited
extent, but that the matter had always been
a subject of dissension between the bankers
and the farmers. They told him he was at
tacking the financial pillars of his church,
so he agreed to drop the subject.
The next Sunday the new pastor attacked
dancing. After the service a committee of
young ladies. all members of the Ladies'
Aid Society, called upon him.
Doctor said the pretty young spokes-
woman, about the only amusement we girls
have is at the country club where the dances
are given. We simply cannot give up our
only pleasure and we are sure you do not
wish to drive us out of the church"
The preacher was sure also, so he selected
another topic for the following Sunday. He
attacked the rum demon and delivered one
OF the most powerful arguments for prohibit
ton that had ever been heard in Kentucky
1t was very large delegation that waited
upon him after church that day
"It has always been the custom of Ken
tuckians to take nip or two every day" he
was told. "It is one Of our institutions
Every gentleman Of Kentucky keeps a de-
canter OF whiskey on his sdeboard. You
are making a mistake in estranging us all
from you"
Very well, gentlemen, I suppose you are
right" answered the new pastor, but 7
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
By FRANK VREELAND.

O TATEN ISLAND should be celebrated
in song and story. and not merely for
having q couple OF popular cemeteries.
and pleasant communities in and around
New York, Garden of Eden where the five
cent fare still reigns supreme, but it is the
home Of a surface car which until recently
could have posed for the cartoons Of the
Tooneruille Trolley without straining.
Except to Staten Islanders this trolley,
and the system under which it was run, was
almost too weird to be believed, and proved
that the theory Of the survival of the fittest
didn't hold good when applied to electric
cars For it still teetered along years after
far nobler and better trolleys had mouldered
to their graves, and passengers still cursed
II without effect.
1t was a dingy yellow closed affair, that
looked old enough to have grown up with
the island. It was Just about large enough
20 hold two fat men and their bundles and
a couple of squalling children. Inside were
seats covered with disreputable carpet. so
ancient and dirty that the moths had long
since scorned to ravage 1t as being without
stimulus.
This antique juggernaut ran along Manor
road from Broadway and Richmond terrace.
on the north shore of Staten Island, TO
Eckstein's Brewery, Westerleigh, so 1t can
be seen that the interests Of the motorman
and conductor, at least, were amply provided
for in pre-Volstead days Indeed at the North
Shore end were two saloons on opposite
sides OF the street. always ready for a fight
or a frolic. so the car crew never lacked for
entertainment. no matter how dull t might
grow for passengers who were waiting for
them to move on. In tho words Of one
Staten Islander, the car ran from bad to
worse.
Often, when the strain OF handling the
rush hour traffic of ten passengers became
too terrific, motorman and conductor at
either end Of the trip would bury their
faces in the cool foam and try to forget
what n rotten world this is. Not only did
they have this impediment TO their speed.
but they were constitutionally averse to
hurrying and always gave the frogs who
crossed the single track on Manor road
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Staten Islands Quaint Trolley Thing of the Past

putting on hats, neckties, collars and coats
as though they had just started to dress on
the summons to the presence The new
conductor-they had n new one occasionally
after long geological periods elapsed-had
become impatient and finally roared to the
motorman:
"Aw, why don't you go inside and pull
them out of bed?"
But there was vital reason why the car
had become a part of this lone, so that in
this case it's slogan might be said 10 be.
Passengers called for and delivered" The
winter before the car had been stalled I'm a
big snowdrift near this house and the crew
had TO stay in IT. according 20 instructions,
though IT did not appear likely that II this
car were abandoned any one would steal t.
The car was fairly warm, but as the time
passed by II became evident that the crew
would starve to death IN the midst OF plenty.
This particular family, hearing of the plight
of the men. sent them meals regularly for
three days, lest the Manor road trolley and
it, stellar cast disappear
Presently the community spirit of other
families asserted itself and they likewise
rushed to the rescue with potatoes and
onions, until the train crew was threatened
with Indigestion from too much kindness.
Presently the neighborhood adjourned 20 the
car and played pinochle with the crew and
for a couple Of days it was the community
centre
II was in this fashion that II entwined it
self about the life OF West New Brighton
and Westerleigh. but now Il has passed. and
Staten Island family life seems somehow
to have been undermined. for the new one
man trolleys that have supplanted Il are
too efficient to make the business of tran
sit n social AFFAIR and all the romance has
gone out OF trolleying in Richmond Borough
A GREAT contest staged on many morn
~ ings at the ST. George ferryhousc
determines whether the pilot of an
incoming ferryboet will outguess the crowd
waiting TO storm the ship. AS there is an
entrance gate to slip at each end Of tho
ferry terminal the problem is TO guess az
which Of tho two slips the boat will dock
tho winners getting the best seats on board
Often the crowd Is KEEP, rushing back and
forth between each end Of the concourse
seething the while and threatening to over
throw the present administration
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
ing expenses:

This leaves balance of ST. which the
Young man may save If he wishes or which
he may spend foolishly If he desires to do So
The manner in which that one dollar, the
difference between the 500 and the 500, is
expended will make of these young men
either paupers or financial kings. We feel
competent to speak upon the question be-
cause OF our own wealth. This appears to
be an opportune moment to state exactly
what position we occupy in the financial
affairs of the world. 1t is not generally
known, but it will doubtless interest a great
many persons to learn that our fortune,
combined with that of John D. Rockefeller,
ST.. is probably greater than the combined
fortunes of any two other men in the United
States. Now we will admit freely that is a
rather envlable position to occupy, but we
have absolutely no feeling of pride, are
not puffed up about ii and we refer to it so
seldom that few realize It.
When the idea of becoming rich first came
TO us we sought the advice of a man who
had amassed large fortune and who could,
we felt, speak with the wisdom Of expert
ence.
How did you start your fortune?" we
asked him.
my first job" he replied. was as a sec
ton hand on a railroad. We were paid one
dollar a day and were given our meals. We
slept In tents. We were allowed to make
purchases at the company commissary for
anything we needed. These amounts were
deducted from our pay. I put in 900 days
of work for the company and then asked
that ! be paid Off They deducted what /
had charged against me at the commissary
and handed me s29e.75. | have been rich
ever since"
do you mind telling what you did with
that quarter" we asked him.
IL had my shoes repaired" he replied.
Young man, II you will do what did you
also will be rich"
We'll. you sec. railroad jobs are so hard
to get now" we answered.
A NYWAY we think Mr.. Edison is en-
~ trely right about his list of aues-
tons. OF course. it is very unfor-
tunatc but he happens to be in charge of
,he plant that he is operating over in West
Orange, and perhaps he has lashed himself
into n frame Of mind which causes him TO
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
By DAN CAREY.

N for inst instance. nc ~ 1900 = =.
Just because he asks few simple
perfectly easy questions of lot of school
boys for the purpose OF ascertaning if they
have much an ordinary high school
education before giving them jobs in his
factory we are all thrown into turmoil
and spend the day asking each other
whether he is right or wrong, and if either,
why. So far as we have been able to ascer-
tain. every one who has written anything
upon the subject has taken the position
that Mr.. Edison is wrong but no lucid rea-
son has been given for such an attitude
Clearly the time has arrived for one of our
best minds to come to the defence of the
great inventor. Our well known modesty
withheld from undertaking this task for
several weeks in the vain hope that one of
the others of us would say something in his
behalf, but their silence indicates that they
are waiting for us to take the lead and
therefore speak boldly
In considering the questions asked bv
Mr.. Edison remember first:
"A little learning is a dangerous thing,
Drink deep. or taste not the Pierian spring.
There shallow draughts intoxicate the
brain,
And drinking largely sobers us again"
Then consider the simplicity of the oues-
tons asked of the candidates. The ma
jority of them were so easy as to be rather
foolish. To be perfectly frank about it we
had not the slightest difficulty in answer
ing every one of them to our entire satis-
faction.
Remember also that the young men who
were to answer these questions were to re-
ceive the princely sum of 81 200 or so a year
Now that is a large amount of money to
intrust to the care of one man. Few per-
sons realize just what sum of money of
that size amounts to when the well known
principles of relativity are applied to It,
For instance. by practising the strictest
economy one may eat three meals a day i'm
the restaurants at cost of only s5 day
Therefore for $1,000 a year one may eat
three meals day for 240 of the 365 days
Why. $1,000 will buy 100 quarts of whiskey
and after drinking them a man would not
need any more money.
THO those young men who did get jobs
with Mr. Edison at 800 a month we
suggest the following budget for lv-
The New York herald., 1921-06-05

1t seems to us that if he wishes to gather
around him men who know the first names
of the thirty wives of the late Mwata
Yamvo, who was King of the Congo, or de-
sires to be associated only with the ten men
in the United States who understand the
theory of relativity, that is entirely his own
affair and not ours.
Personally, we don't care to make the ac-
quaintance of anybody who can understand
the theory of relativity. with the exception
Of Mayor Hylan, of course. There is a suff1
cent mental activity for us in attempting
to keep pace with the ever changing rules
of Kelly pool. Lots of time we win, or
imagine that we have won, only to find that
the rules have been changed again while we
slept. We've lost lots of money that way.
They have baseball commissions. art COM
missions, boxing commissions and hosts of
other commissions on matters of relative i'm
portance, but Kelly pool, the great national
pastime, the game which strikes at the very
vitas of our social life is absolutely un-
governed and uncommissioned. There ought
to be a Kelly pool commission created at
the next session of the Legislature. Our
candidate for chairman is Abe Baermann,
the well known literary broker.
We purposely avoided meeting Prof Elm
stein. solely on account of his theory of rela-
tivity, until we discovered that he did not
understand it himself. so now we have
changed our opinion of him, and we are
willing to greet him as a brother in a game
of Kelly pool at any time and place he may
select
The New York herald., 1921-06-05

TNO those young men who did get jobs
with Mr.. Edison at 800 a month we
suggest the following budget for liv-